Tropical House Design Handbook: Bioclimatic, Safe, Comfortable, Economical and Respectful of the Environment

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Authors and contributors
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Challenges and Objectives
Chapter 2: Climate
	Climate in general
	Tropical climate
	Local climate
	Corner of our street
Chapter 3: Heat
	What is heat?
	Where does heat come from?
	Where does the heat go?
	Should we avoid it?
Chapter 4: Thermal Comfort
	Ambient temperature
	Ventilation
	Humidity
	Behaviour of materials
	Colour and texture of materials
	Other parameters influencing the temperature felt
Chapter 5: Traditional Construction
	Constraints
	Forms taken by traditional constructions
	Traditional construction and current challenges
	Lessons from the past
Chapter 6: Protection from Solar Radiation
	How does solar radiation reach us?
	How to position our house to limit its exposure to solar radiation?
	How to protect the house from solar radiation?
	What characteristics should sunshades have?
	How to protect the house from residual solar radiation?
Chapter 7: Thermal Insulation
	How to manage the airtightness of the habitable unit?
	How to limit the external surface of the habitable unit?
	How to slow down the heat flows through the envelope of the habitable unit?
	What level of insulation should be achieved?
	Which insulation to use?
Chapter 8: Cooling and Air Conditioning
	How to manage the production of endogenous heat?
	What cooling methods should be used?
	How to air condition and dehumidify?
Chapter 9: Feasibility
	How much does it cost?
	How to improve an existing house?
Chapter 10: Examples of Projects
	Economical house
	Standard house
	Ventilated house
	Designer house
	Townhouse
	Creole house
	Eco Village
Chapter 11: Portfolio
Chapter 12: Apartment Blocks
Conclusions and Perspectives
Annexes
	Nuclear energy
	Climate Engineering
	Eruptive, impact or nuclear winters
	Fukushima
	Hydrogen
	Traditional, vernacular, local and bioclimatic architecture
Bibliography
Index