PPT 1 AND 2

Question 1

Strategic arrangement of architectural elements in bldgs and structures to respond to specific conditions of sun, weather, and climate prevalent in the tropic region.

Question 2

Horizontal lines, Equator

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Latitude

Question 3

Prime Meridian, Vertical Lines

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Longitude

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Para,eters or coordinates that help determine the location of any place on earth, measured in degrees and minutes

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Latitude and Longitude

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One of the two times of the year resulting in the most amount of daylight time or the least amount of daylight time in a single day (start of summer and winter)

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Solstice

Question 6

one of the two times of the year when the amount of daylight and nighttime hours are just about of equal length

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Equinox

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Two solstices every year

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December and June

Question 8

The region of earth surrounding the equator

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Tropics

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Tropics is also referred to

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Tropical zone or the torrid zone

Question 10

The general patttern of the tropical climate is

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Warm temperatures

Question 11

Moisture content of the atmpsphere “Dampness”

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Humidity

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(Characteristics of Tropical Climate) Temperature?

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27-28 Celcious, sky temp usually higher than air temp, ground temp lower than air temp

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(Characteristics of Tropical Climate)Relative humidity?

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53 to 100 %

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(Characteristics of Tropical Climate) Precipitation?

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120-140 days of rainstorm a year

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(Characteristics of Tropical Climate) Wind

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Light and have long periods of still air

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(Characteristics of Tropical Climate) General

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high temp and high humidity create high thermal stress and encourage insect breeding

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Wer szn

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June to Nov

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Dry szn

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Dec to May

Question 19

The human body maintains a thermal balance by controlling heat loss and gain

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Thermal Comfort

Question 20

The range of conditions under which most people feel comfortable. It is a function of a number of variables

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Comfort Zone

Question 21

Human comfort as determined by the ability of the body to dissipate the ehat and moisutre it produces by metabolic action

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Thermal Comfort

Question 22

Factors affecting thermal comfort

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Air temperature, mean radiant temperature, air velocity, relative humidity

Question 23

you as an architect

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should design a structure than can minimize heat gain and give thermal comfort to the users

Question 24

he temperature of the surrounding air, which determines the heat flow between the human body and the environment

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Air temperature

Question 25

a human biometeorology parameter that is used to assess the linkages between the outdoor environment and human well‐being.

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Mean radiant temperature

Question 26

the speed at which air is moving over an individual and is measured in meters per second (m/s).

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Air velocity

Question 27

In this hot and humid zone, the average temperatures are greater than 64 F (18C) year round and there is more than 59 inches of precipitation each yr

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Tropical zone or the torrid zone

Question 28

These climate zones are so dry because moisture is rapidly evaporated from the air and there is very little precipitation

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Dry

Question 29

In this zone, there are typically warm and humid summers with thunderstorms and mild winters

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Temperate

Question 30

Associated with large landmasses and characterized by an extreme annual range of temp

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Continental

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Extremely cold even in the summer, the temp never goes higher than 50 F (10c)

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Polar

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The measure of tthe average pattern of variation in the temp, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, precipitation, in a given region over long periods of time

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Climate

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sets of atmospheric conditions prevailing at any given place and time, it is the momentary state of the atmospheric env at a certain location

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Weather

Question 34

Climate of a region and/or the entire country; Basis of microclimate

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Macroclimate

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Climate at a regional scale

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Mesoclimate

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Climate of a site and its immediate environs

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Microclimate

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Factors that affect microclimate

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Topography, Soil, Water, Vegetation, Artificial Structures

Question 38

Bottom of a hollow war, air in the hollows rises upwards due to buoyancy effects

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Anabatic flow

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Cooler air drifting down the slope

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Katabatic flow

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Warm wind which blows up a steep slope or mountain side, heating of the slope, also known as upslope flow. Typically occur during the daytime in a caml sunny weather

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Anabatic Wind

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Wind that blows down a slope of gravity. Occurs at night, when highlanfs radiate heat and are cooled

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Katabatic Wind

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The difference between urban and rural temperatures

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Urban-Heat-Island-Effect

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Strategies related to sustaibable design practices

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Passive cooling, sunshading, Thermal conductivity