Design for improved solar shading control
By: [principal author, Paul Littlefair ; contributors, Quinten Babcock [and others] ; editor, Ken Butcher]
Contributors: Butcher, Ken; Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers; Great Britain. Department of Trade and Industry
Series: CIBSE -- TM37; TM (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) -- TM37.
Publisher: CIBSE
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 29
ISBN-13: 9781680150155; 9781903287576
Subjects: Daylighting; Light in architecture; Buildings; Environmental engineering; Éclairage naturel; Lumière en architecture; Constructions; Technique de l'environnement; Conforto térmico das construções; Fachadas; Normas técnicas
Description: This publication provides guidance on the design of facades to incorporate appropriate levels of solar shading, and gives information on some of the design options available. Avoiding overheating due to solar gain is a key design requirement to minimise the use of mechanical cooling and reduce energy consumption by cooling systems. Good low energy design will seek to minimise the effect of excessive solar gains in summer by appropriate orientation, massing and selection of the building facade. However, additional measures may still be required to provide solar shading to the building to reduce solar gains and the associated risk of overheating. The guidance in this CIBSE TM demonstrates how designers can address the issue of solar gain, ensuring that the building is able to benefit from solar gains when appropriate without suffering problems of excessive gains in summer. Under Part L of the 2006 Building Regulations for England and Wales, there is now an explicit requirement to limit heat gains to buildings. This will involve assessing designs of naturally ventilated buildings to ensure that they will not suffer from overheating in summer. --
Notes: "Dti, Department of Trade and Industry."

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 22-23) and index.

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Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Introduction:; title: The purpose of this document ; Principles of solar overheating control ; Other sources of information -- -- 2.; title: Requirements of the building regulations:; title: Approved Document L2A (2006): buildings other than dwellings ; Approved Document L1A (2006): dwellings -- -- 3.; title: Solar control techniques:; title: Introduction ; Shading measures ; Control of solar shading -- -- 4.; title: Quantifying solar control performance:; title: Glazing ; Blinds and shutters alone ; Solar protection devices combined with glazing ; Derivation of the effective g-value ; Combinations of glazing and shading -- -- 5.; title: Calculating gains:; title: Calculating solar gains ; Calculating internal gains -- -- 6.; title: Examples of gain calculation:; title: Open-plan office ; Bedsitting room ; Industrial unit. -- -- Appendix A:; title: Standard casual gains for different types of space.