By M. Sala
During this ebook we search to procedure the architecture-energy mix and its courting to human convenience and the surroundings .There are chapters on thermal convenience, low strength structure facing a number of criterion for convenience in numerous components of the realm. The publication additionally seeks to appreciate how earlier generations lived in harsh climates and with no plentiful assets of power, but controlled to layout and construct acceptable dwellings supplying either convenience and concord with the surroundings. different chapters take care of the bioclimatic idea in Vernacular structure; the key position which weather performs at varied destinations and the way this may dictate the form and type of the structures and keep power; the significance of micro-climate and its a variety of components and utilization; air flow and its significance in constructions and the expertise for contemporary structure.
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Buildings were constructed of materials that are not suitable for the region's environment (steel and concrete). Dwellings constructed as a large enclosed glazed space with no provision for ventilation and protection from the sun (Fig. 11). High rise buildings have a high electricity consumption, as shown in Table 2 [6]. The Doha Sheraton (Fig. 12), for Table 2 Air conditioning load in some hotels in Qatar (Sayigh, 1985). Hotel No. 4 36 A. H. MarafiajRenewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2 (1998) 25-37 example, designed by a Japanese company and is constructed of steel frame.