A New Approach For Solar Analysis Of Buildings

Abstract – One of the greatest challenges of architects is to design buildings not only receive more from the kind face of the sun; but also protect themselves from the sun’s unkindness. If a building could walk and change its form or skin, the solar problems of architectural design might be solved a little bit easier on the paper; but most of the buildings are standing and static creatures, so the design should be very intelligent to work on both cold and hot times through the year. As the properties of each location like temperature pattern and surroundings geometry affect the design solutions; a proper approach for solar analysis of buildings is needed to answer important questions in solar architecture like the effect of the form and orientation of buildings, the proper amount of openness in each direction and the effect of shading or reflecting surroundings.