It serves as climatic mesh that filters the outside environment to create a proper and hopefully a comfortable indoor environment.

• Building fenestration

• Building envelope

• Building materials

• Building orientation

Rate of heat transfer that occurs through a unit thickness of material for a unit area subjected to a unit difference in temperature.

• Conduction

• Conductivity

• Resistance

• Resisitivity

This design variable refers to materials and construction; thermal insulation; surface qualities; shading and sun control.

• Building fabric

• Fenestration

• Air-tightness

• Building shape

A phenomenon where the urban temperature is hotter than rural temperature.

• Albedo effect

• Urban heat island

• Wind shadow

• Azimuth

A climate classification where the main problem is the lack of heat (under heating), or an excessive heat dissipation for all or most parts of the year.

• Hot-dry climate

• Warm-humid climate

• Cold climate

• Solar radiation

A cooling system using a building’s design and construction to maintain a comfortable temperature within the building.

• Passive cooling

• Stack effect

• Electro-mechanical

• Thermal mass

Wind speed __________ with the increase in height above the ground.

• Increases

• Decreases

• Deflected

• Is not affected

The tendency of air or gas in a shaft or other vertical space to rise when heated, creating a draft that draws in cooler air or gas from below.

• Coriolis force

• Chimney effect

• Thermal mass

• Uniform heat emission

Maximum solar heat factor for roofs in warm humid tropics.

• 3%

• 4%

• 5%

• 6%

Any cool mass that is available for the absorption of excess heat, including water bodies, the ground, and massive building materials.

• Heat sink

• Water features

• Cooling breezes

• Radiant cooling