Passive and Low Energy Ecotechniques : Proceedings of the Third International PLEA Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, 6–11 August 1984

Passive and Low Energy Ecotechniques (PLEA) presents the proceedings of the Third International PLEA Conference held in Mexico City, Mexico on August 6-11, 1984. The book includes papers on state-of-the-art selected topics aimed at providing a basic knowledge; country and regional or personal monographs to continue the exchange of national information which is an established feature of PLEA; and position papers for the topic seminars. The text also presents papers on vernacular shelter and settlement; case studies of new buildings and retrofits, urban and community planning and design, photovoltaic systems implementation, cooling systems, modeling and simulation, guidelines and tools for design and planning. Content: Other Pergamon Titles of Interest , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv PREFACE , Page v , Arthur Bowen INTRODUCTION , Page xv PASSIVE AND LOW ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: A GLOBAL VIEW , Pages 1-10 , J. Douglas Balcomb PASSIVE AND LOW ENERGY DESIGN FOR THERMAL AND VISUAL COMFORT , Pages 11-28 , S.V. Szokolay CLIMATE DERIVED SHELTER AND SETTLEMENT , Pages 29-44 , B.S. Saini CONSERVATION PRACTICES AND POTENTIAL IN VARIOUS CLIMATES , Pages 45-72 , Simos Yannas A DECADE OF PASSIVE COOLING: A Perspective from the U.S.A. , Pages 73-87 , Jeffrey Cook PASSIVE AND LOW-ENERGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICES — DEHUMIDIFICATION , Pages 88-120 , H.I. Robison GUIDELINES FOR ENERGY OPTIMIZATION THROUGH LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN OVERHEATED ARID REGIONS , Pages 121-143 , Abdelmohsen M. Farahat EXPERIENCES AND EXPECTATIONS OF EARTH COUPLED BUILDINGS RESEARCH , Pages 144-160 , Kenneth Labs ILLUMINATION OF BUILDINGS AND URBAN AREAS , Pages 161-171 , Benjamin Evans ENERGY-EFFICIENT ATRIUM DESIGN , Pages 172-177 , Donald Watson DESIGN GUIDELINES ON VERTICAL AIRFLOW IN BUILDINGS AND URBAN AREAS , Pages 178-209 , Arthur Bowen WELL TEMPERED AND ILLUMINATED INTERIORS , Pages 210-225 , Baruch Givoni BUILDINGS, ENERGY AND URBAN MORPHOLOGY , Pages 226-254 , ANIS A. SIDDIQI AN OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENT STATUS AND FUTURE POTENTIAL OF COMPUTERIZED ENERGY ANALYSIS , Pages 255-263 , Francisco Arumi-Noe, Glenn W. Crow THE DESIGN OF URBAN OUTDOOR SPACE: A BIOCLIMATIC APPROACH , Pages 264-274 , Sergio Los PHOTOVOLTAICS STATE-OF-THE-ART , Pages 275-289 , Charles E. Backus ENERGY FROM WIND IN RURAL AND URBAN COMMUNITIES , Pages 290-309 , P.J. Musgrove RECYCLING AND METHANE PRODUCTION FOR HUMAN USE , Pages 310-325 , Subrata Sengupta, Ramarathnam Narasimhan PERSPECTIVE OF BIOCLIMATIC ARCHITECTURE IN BRAZIL , Pages 326-339 , O.D. Corbella COUNTRY/REGIONAL MONOGRAPH INDIA , Pages 340-359 , B.S. Saini COUNTRY MONOGRAPH PAKISTAN , Pages 360-383 , Anis A. Siddiqi PASSIVE AND ACTIVE BUILDINGS IN THE ARABIAN GULF AREA , Pages 384-395 , A.A.M. Sayigh REGIONAL MONOGRAPH - AUSTRALIA , Pages 396-416 , S.V. Szokolay THE UNITED KINGDOM A COUNTRY MONOGRAPH , Pages 417-456 , R.M. Lebens PASSIVE SOLAR AND LOW ENERGY ECOTECHNIQUES IN SWITZERLAND A REGIONAL MONOGRAPH , Pages 457-478 , A. Faist REGIONAL MONOGRAPH FOR DENMARK ON SOLAR ARCHITECTURE , Pages 479-491 , O.C. Jørgensen ITALIAN REGIONAL MONOGRAPH , Pages 492-516 , Sergio Los, Natasha Pulitzer PRESENT STATUS OF PASSIVE SOLAR TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION IN KOREA A REGIONAL MONOGRAPH OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA , Pages 517-531 , Paul C. Auh, Won-Hoon Park 100% NATURAL THERMAL CONTROL - PLUS , Pages 532-545 , Harold R. Hay THE “TROMBE-MICHEL” SOLAR WALL AND ITS PRESENT IMPLICATIONS , Pages 546-594 , Jacques MICHEL, Thierry FONTAINE SOLAR ENERGY STORAGE , Pages 595-605 , A.A.M. Sayigh ON THE INADEQUACY OF SOLAR DESIGN TOOLS , Pages 606-608 , Kenneth Labs IMPROVING URBAN ENVIRONMENTS: URBAN FORESTRY AS URBAN IMPROVEMENT , Pages 609-616 , Edmund N. Hilliard The Study and Use of Natural Air Flow in Buildings , Pages 617-619 , Benjamin Evans, FAIA FIES PASSIVE AND HYBRID COOLING SYSTEMS - A POSITION PAPER , Pages 620-626 , Baruch Givoni MECHANICAL SYSTEMS WITH LOW ENERGY REQUIREMENTS , Pages 627-631 , H. Robison CHAPTER 6 - THE VERNACULAR CAVE DWELLING IN FRANCE MONITORING OF THERMAL PERFORMANCE , Pages 632-639 , Helen Mulligan RECYCLING IN HOUSING , Pages 640-652 , Jorge González Claverán, A.C. CONESCAL THE THERMAL CONCEPT OF THE TRADITIONAL ARAB MARKET PLACE - ANALYSIS AND PROPOSALS , Pages 653-663 , Sahar M.B. Rassam THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE TRADITIONAL ISLAMIC HOUSE AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO MODERN HOUSING , Pages 664-671 , Miles Danby TRADITIONAL JAPANESE LOW-TECHNOLOGY APPROACH TO HOUSING: AN ESSAY ON WOOD , Pages 672-681 , Barbara Sandrisser PASSIVE COOLING TECHNICS FOR A HOUSE IN A HOT SUB-HUMID CLIMATE IXTAPA, GUERRERO, MEXICO , Pages 682-687 , José Luis Aguirre Gas, Beatriz Martínez Vera ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND ENERGY CONSERVATION IN THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING FOR THE STATE OF DURANGO , Pages 688-693 , Miguel Murguía, Juan Gabriel Solórzano, José Luis Aguirre Gas RESIDENCE FDR SENIOR CITIZENS USING PASSIVE SOLAR SYSTEMS IN MEXICO CITY. MEXICO , Pages 694-697 , HECTOR GIRON DE LA PEÑA ENERGY EFFICIENT RESEARCH RESIDENCE FOR PASSIVE SYSTEMS CONSIDERING CONVECTIVE AIR MOVEMENTS WITH A SOLAR ROOFING SYSTEM FOR WATER HEATING , Pages 698-702 , HECTOR GIRON DE LA PENA SOLAR ROOFING SYSTEM FOR LOW-COST DOMESTIC WATER HEATING AT THE ENERGY EFFICIENT RESEARCH FACILITY , Pages 703-704 SOME SOLAR ENERGY PROJECTS IN NORWAY(SCANDINAVIA) , Pages 705-712 , Harald N. Røstvik THE DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF A PASSIVE HEATING SYSTEM FOR A FAMILY HOUSE IN HUNGARY , Pages 713-720 , é. Fekecs, P. Tóth CONJUNTO SOLAR I - BIOCLIMATIC AND PASSIVE DESIGN APPLIED TO LOW COST MULTISTOREY HOUSING. FIRST EXPERIENCE IN ARGENTINA , Pages 721-738 , C.de Rosa, M. Basso, J. Fernández, A. Gibert, G. Lelio, F. Solanes, R. Vilapriñó, V. Armando, A. Puig, A. Ravetto, G. Lesino, L. Castro Padula, M. Grion, J. Fucaraccio, R. Rébora, L. Loffano THE PERFORMANCE OF A MASSIVE PASSIVE SOLAR RESIDENCE IN PORTUGAL - PRELIMINARY RESULTS , Pages 739-746 , E.O. Fernandes, E.A.B. Maldonado, H.J.P. Gonçalves PASSIVE SOLAR HOUSES FOR FARM WORKERS IN SOUTHERN ITALY , Pages 747-754 , G. Cuppini, G. Raffellini GUIDELINES FOR ECOTECHNIQUES IN ISLAMIC COMMUNITIES , Pages 755-770 , Salah Aldin A. Balto CLIMATE SENSITIVE URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN , Pages 771-776 , Vladimir Matus COMMUNITY CONCEPTS FOR LIVING IN ARID REGIONS — A SOLAR OASIS , Pages 777-784 , H.J. Kessler, M.R. Yoklic, R.L. Medlin EL BASON: FROM WASTE TO HUMUS , Pages 785-789 , Johan van Lengen URBAN WASTE IN MEXICO: TREATMENT AND ULTIMATE DISPOSAL , Pages 790-794 , Jose Miguel Quintana, Sergio Cruz Medrano PLANT MATERIALS FOR RESIDENTIAL ENERGY CONSERVATION–LIFE CYCLE COSTING , Pages 795-805 , D.E. Buffington, R.J. Black ECOTECHNIQUES APPLIED TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING: SEDUE'S ECODUVI PROJECT , Pages 806-818 , Héctor Ceballos Lascuráin MERIDA VII FONAPO IN MERIDA, YUCATAN, MEXICO , Pages 819-823 , Ignacio Colin ECO-COMMUNITIES FOR URBAN RETENTION IN MEXICO'S MEGACITY GREEN BELT ZONES , Pages 824-832 , Octavio Barocio de la Lama THE REMOTE HOME POWER SYSTEM PROJECT ON THE NAVAJO RESERVATION , Pages 833-836 , Harlen Chapman, Leon Codron PHOTOVOLTAIC ELECTRIFICATION OF 3 VILLAGES IN SAUDI ARABIA , Pages 837-848 , Arthur Bowen, Salah Aldin Balto, Ahmed Al-Saief INDIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLING , Pages 849-854 , Juan M. Rodríguez Anza HEAT PUMPS IN LOW ENERGY HOUSING , Pages 855-863 , D J Fisk THE EVOLUTION OF THE DESIGN OF SOLAR WATER HEATERS IN NORTH AMERICA , Pages 864-867 , J. Perlin A PROGRAM FOR THE AUTOMATIC COMPUTING OF SOLAR GAIN OF A PARALLELEPIPED VOLUME CONSIDERING THE SHADOWS CAST ON IT BY ANY SYSTEM OF SURROUNDING PARALLELEPIPED VOLUMES , Pages 868-878 , B. Colajanni PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF TYPICAL MEDITERRANEAN BUILDINGS RETROFITTED WITH SOLAR CHIMNEY , Pages 879-888 , S. Barbera, G. Cammarata, L. Margani, L. Marletta A DESCRIPTIVE MODEL FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL FORM OF THE BUILDING , Pages 889-898 , R. Tappuni, S. Mehdi EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF CHOICE OF MATERIALS ON THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES OF BUILDINGS IN URBAN BUILT UP AREAS , Pages 899-907 , Anis A. Siddiqi OTHERS PARAMETERS IN A DESIGNER GLOBAL APPROACH FOR SIZING A PASSIVE SOLAR SYSTEM , Pages 908-914 , P. DEPECKER, J. BRAU, J.J. ROUX, F. ALLARD MONITORED ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF NEW AND RETROFITTED BUILDINGS , Pages 915-921 , Alan K. Meier PROJECT OF A ‘GLASS, SPACE AND STONE’ SYSTEM: PROTOTYPE CONSTRUCTION AND MEASUREMENT OF ITS THERMAL PROPERTIES. AN EVALUATION DERIVED FROM A SCALE MODEL AND COMPUTER PROJECTIONS , Pages 922-931 , D. Francese AIR FLOWDYNAMICS IN BIOCLIMATIC BUILDINGS A COMPUTER ALGORITHM FOR OPEN AND CLOSED CIRCUITS , Pages 932-943 , G. Cammarata, R. Fichera, L. Marletta, M. Rosso A NEW APPROACH TO BUILDING DESIGN BY MEANS OF THE SENSITIVITY THEORY , Pages 944-951 , G. CAMMARATA, L. MARLETTA, F. PATANE, F. PATANIA COMPUTER SIMULATION AND THERMAL MEASUREMENTS OF PASSIVE HEATED AND VENTILATED BUILDINGS , Pages 952-959 , M.M. Razek, G.B. Hanna, E.M. El-Salam, N. Farag THERMAL COMFORT IN HOT DRY COUNTRIES: RADIATIVE COOLING BY “DIODE” ROOF , Pages 960-967 , X. Berger, M. Schneider, J.C. Deval, F. Kieno, C.N. Awanou, I. Donet ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TWO DOMESTIC SOLAR HOT WATER SYSTEMS IN THE CLIMATE OF FOUR DIFFERENT PLACES OF COSTA RICA , Pages 968-978 , Shyam S. Nandwani RADIOMETRIC RESEARCH OF NET LONG-WAVE AND TOTAL RADIATION ON THE BUILDING ENVELOPE , Pages 979-987 , W. Grzeszczyk INDOOR THERMAL EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT WALL CONFIGURATIONS IN WARM HUMID CLIMATES , Pages 988-993 , Alejandro L. Aguirre Piña CONSTRUCTION OF SOLAR ENVELOPES , Pages 994-999 , Vladimir Matus ENERGETICS IN DESIGN , Pages 1000-1006 , S.V. Szokolay A SYSTEMATIC GRAPHICAL PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING WINDOW DIMENSIONS , Pages 1007-1015 , Riadh R. Tappuni, Atif A. Hassan ENERGY CALCULATION SLIDE RULES FOR SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES , Pages 1016-1024 , R. Ritschard, Y. Huang, G. Verzhbinsky, I. Turiel, D. Wilson A CATALOG OF HOUSING TYPOLOGY IN ECOLOGICAL TERMS , Pages 1025-1034 , Aykut Karaman PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT SUBDIVISIONS , Pages 1035-1039 , F.A. Curtis, M.W. Schlosser ECOLOGICAL ARCHITECTURE : A Holistic, evolutionary paradigm of architectural design and aesthetics built upon energy and environmental concerns , Pages 1040-1047 , Jusuck Koh A BRIEF RÉSUMÉ ON BIOREGIONS/BIOTECHNOLOGIES: Planning & Communication Tools for Indigenous Populations and Third World Countries , Pages 1048-1061 , Pliny Fisk III INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS ON DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES ON ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE ENERGIES: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS , Pages 1062-1078 , Peter J. Catania, Josie J. Catania THE INTEGRATION OF SOLAR BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN IN THE CURRICULA OF ARCHITECTURE SCHOOLS IN MEXICO , Pages 1079-1092 , José Roberto, García Chávez ECOTECHNIQUES IN JAPANESE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE A REGIONAL MONOGRAPH OF JAPAN , Pages 1093-1109 , Ken-ichi Kimura AUTHOR INDEX , Pages 1111-1112 SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 1113-1117