References

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comfort

icon	name	description
	heating	The provision of space heating, including strategies to prevent indoor temperatures to drop below the lower boundary of the comfort zone beside the actual input of energy to increase indoor temperatures.
	cooling	The provision of space cooling, including strategies to prevent the indoor temperature to rise above the upper boundary of the comfort zone next to the actual input of energy to cool down the building.
	daylighting	The provision of comfortable amounts of daylight within indoor spaces.
	ventilation	The provision of an healthy indoor air quality by the introduction of fresh air and thus the removal of stale air from indoor spaces.
	hot water	The generation of hot water for domestic use, e.g. shower, cooking, etc.
	electricity	The generation of electricity for domestic use.

energy treatment

icon	name	description
	promotion	The admittance of external energy forces to enter the building, but also aid undesired energy flows in exiting the building.
	prevention	To keep undesired external energy forces from interfering with the indoor climate.
	conservation	The capacity of the building to retain energy within the building. Most common measures include prevention of heat loss through infiltration and transmission.
	buffering	The capacity of the building to lessen the direct impact of fluctuations in outdoor energy flows.
	distribution	The transportation of energy throughout the building to from locations with an abundance to locations that lack energy.
	recovery	The partial or full regain of energy from waste flows.
	storage	The ability to bridge discrepancies in energy supply and demand by keeping energy separate from the building which is retrievable at any desired time.

energy sources

icon	name	description
	sun	The sun disperses great amounts of electromagnetic radiation in a wide spectrum into the universe. The amount of solar radiation that actually strikes the earth’s surface is called global radiation and can be broken down into direct and diffuse component. Both direct and diffuse radiation is a valuable source of energy. Diffuse radiation makes us experience ambient daylight and, if not reflected back into the atmosphere, global radiation is absorbed in matter as thermal energy.
	earth	The on-going process of radioactive decay from the earth’s inner core produces an on-going flux of heat to its surface, while the temperature of the space surrounding the earth’s matter is graded much lower. The temperature drops steadily when reaching the earth’s surface, but the gradient depends in both space and time due to several factors, such as soil condition, groundwater flows and surface temperature.
	water	Water is an essential component of life on earth. Over 70% of the earth’s surface is covered by water. However, most of this water is not suited for living organisms. The relative small quantity that is potable is replenished from a continuous hydrological cycle. Simplified this cycle consists of five main elements: condensation, precipitation, infiltration, run off and evaporation.
	wind	Wind is the movement of air in the atmosphere. Air movement behaviour is subject to the laws of physics, due to inertia air flows have a tendency to continue their path even when it meets an obstacle. Air always flows from high pressure to low pressure, where air pressure differences occur due to differences in air temperature. Due to friction near the surface of the earth, air speeds drop at lower altitudes.
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visibility of design solutions

icon	name	description
	visible	This design solution has a clear visual impact on the design.
	invisible	This design solution has no clear visual impact on the design.
	both visible or invisble	This design solution can have a clear visual impact on the design, but can also be designed in a less present way.

design solution types

icon	name	description
	site planning	Site planning includes the exploration of the proposed building site with the goal to benefit from existing or planned vegetation, water bodies and landform. The building site should also be considered in its urban context to map possible obstruction from nearby objects such as buildings. examples : shading from on-site vegetation, cooling potential of shaded areas and nearby water bodies, earth shelter (e.g. (partial) buried buildings that are protected from harsh conditions or exploit the earth’s large thermal capacity)
	building form and layout	Through optimisation of building form and layout the energy potential of the built environment can be harvested where it is offered through careful selection of building form and orientation, or can be created from the design of outdoor zones with intermediate climate conditions. At the same time undesired energy flows can be limited through compact building design, thermal zoning and clustering. examples : compact design, thermal zoning, buffer zone (i.e. atrium)
	building structure	The building structure has a load bearing function but also predetermines spatial layout and the location and orientation of massive elements. examples : climate-responsive building elements such as energy piles and thermo-activated elements
	building skin	The building skin is the foremost intermediate between indoor and outdoor climate. The design of the envelope includes decision-making on insulation levels, permeability, material selection and the arrangement of transparent openings. examples : airtightness, (super)insulation and climate-responsive building elements such as sun space, solar chimney, thermal shutter
	building finish	The building finish (e.g. coverings of floors, walls and ceilings, glass treatment, etc.) has a fine-tuning effect on visual, thermal, hygric and acoustical qualities of indoor spaces. examples : reflective finishing, lime stucco
	(integrated) building services	Building services are complementing components that have the sole purpose of energy harvest, distribution and delivery. In common practice building services often act as stand-alone component but they exist with different degrees of architectural integration. The building services considered in climate-responsive design have a high degree of architectural integration. examples : building integrated systems such as solar air collector, solar thermal collector, photovoltaic cells and urban wind turbine, and non-integrated systems such as deep-layer earth coupling, ground-coupled ventilation and vertical heat exchangers.