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Characteristics of Hot Dry Climate

This document describes the characteristics of a hot dry climate and strategies for building design in these climates. Key points include: - The climate is very hot and dry during the day with low humidity and rainfall. Nights can be cooler. - Buildings should be enclosed and inward-looking to protect from heat, sun, and dust. Larger walls should face north and south. - Shading is extremely important. Roofs, walls, and outdoor spaces should be shaded through overhangs, trees, or surrounding buildings to reduce heat gain.

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Characteristics of Hot Dry Climate

This document describes the characteristics of a hot dry climate and strategies for building design in these climates. Key points include: - The climate is very hot and dry during the day with low humidity and rainfall. Nights can be cooler. - Buildings should be enclosed and inward-looking to protect from heat, sun, and dust. Larger walls should face north and south. - Shading is extremely important. Roofs, walls, and outdoor spaces should be shaded through overhangs, trees, or surrounding buildings to reduce heat gain.

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HOT DRY CLIMATE

• Characterized by very hot, dry air and dry


ground.
• Day time air temperature ranges from 27-49
degree Celsius, night
time temperature may fall to 22 degrees.
• Humidity is moderate to low.
• Water level is usually low.
• Low rainfall, as low as 500mm/year.
• There is little or no cloud cover which permits
direct radiation to heat
the ground during day and ground to lose heat
during night.
• Summers are subjected to hot, dusty winds.
• This region is usually flat, sandy, rocky ground
with spares
vegetation of cacti thorny bushes.
• Parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya
Pradesh fall under it.

PHYSIOLOGICAL
OBJECTIVES
• Problem is of protection: reduce the radiation
from the sun, ground
and the nearby buildings.
• Breeze can be used after it has been cooled and
filtered.
• The building objective is to minimize heat gain
during day and heat
loss during the night.
• Lack of humidity/Evaporation is the climatic relief.
• Low humidity leads to high rate of evaporation
and this can be an
advantage: Desert coolers.

FORM AND
PLANNING
• Buildings and the external living spaces are to be
protected from the
hostile conditions: Solar radiation, hot dusty winds,
etc.
• Enclosed, compact and inward looking building
is the most
suitable.
• Larger dimensions of the building should face
North and South.
• Non-habitable rooms like toilets, store room, etc.
can be used as
thermal barriers: can be placed on East and West.
• Roof, walls and outdoor spaces must be
shaded: Roof
projections (chajja), shading devices, trees, walls
of surrounding
buildings are common examples.
• Mutual shading: by aligning buildings close to
each other.
• Fenestrations (doors and windows) should be
small.
• Simple ceiling with ventilated roof is advisable.

SOME TRADTIONAL
CASES
• Examples can be the mud houses in Kano,
Nigeria or even in Egypt.
• Roof and heavy walls made of earth, brick or
stone.
• The heavy walls provide good thermal and noise
insulation.
• Roof and courtyards are used at night for
sleeping.
• Windows and doors are small to restrict heat
and dust.
• One major example is the haveli of Rajasthan

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