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ALL ABOUT "BIOCLIMATIC ARCHITECTURE" The energy consumption of buildings can be dramatically reduced; the comfort of the occupants enhanced, by using readily available design techniques, technologies and methods. This low cost approach to intelligent building design is producing results that have developed the interest in BIOCLIMATIC ARCHITECTURE. The LIOR Multimedia GUIDE provides, in great detail, all about the use of form, function and technology to reduce energy consumption and improvement of occupant comfort. View Screenshots demo & Full Content ListHow to obtain the LIOR GUIDES?Our own experience: 20 Years ago we bought a 100 years old house outside Brussels that had to be completely renovated. It was a smallish house with a lot of style and a fairly large garden particularly on the east and south side. Actually that was the main criterion for this choice, because we wanted to "surround this house with a large conservatory, so we could live our day-life "in the light" and in a garden inside and outside. Kind of "living in nature through the seasons and adjusting to the climate changes" : what was called a "Bioclimatic House". We searched and searched for information about this architectural principle and found very little or no literature about this. But we were determined and played it by ear (having some considerable experience in renovations, however). 2,5 Years of living in a wharf and a team of polyvalent building workers made this possible. A Belgian specialised company built the conservatory we designed (130 m² from east to west around the house) inspired by the old style "winter garden" of the passed century, but with modern materials & insulating and sustainable technologies. Despite the comments of several architects thinking we were crazy to build this ... in Belgium, the whole experience was a total success and heaven to live in. The kitchen on the east side (sun over breakfast), our offices on the south-east view on a centenarian apple tree (and its pink picture of blossoms in the spring) and the rest of the garden + view on the village (we live on top of a hill), south a small sitting room in between the giant plants, and south-west more offices part of which has now become my husbands' painting studio. All day "in the light" and sun whenever it shines, of which we never miss a ray! This is how we found out that Belgium was not such a grim country as we thought and that there is much more sun than one thinks. Sun heats the whole house when it shines (2 more glass surfaces on the first floor) and a lot of heating (gas or open fires with heat recovery) is being saved that way.
It has been calculated with a special EU Research Centre software that considering the average amount of local sunshine, we must save 60% on heating compared to a traditional construction of the same volume. We monitored for a couple of years and determined the adequate attitude towards this kind of living in a Bioclimatic House and found such a success, interest and admiration of press, visitors and public that we thought this experience should be communicated and we set out to find, by then, existing international experts in the matter, who could extensively develop this "solar" way of living, to make this knowledge available to all. Hence the idea of the multimedia GUIDE, richly illustrated, practical and complete guide on "Bioclimatic Architecture", which was started 10 years ago and has had several updates since.
How to obtain the LIOR GUIDES?See other Solar Multimedia Guide: PHOTOVOLTAICS BONUS: Free download of Brochure on BIOCLIMATIC ARCHITECTURE (pdf file sent by e-mail after purchase of LIOR BCA GUIDE - within 24h.)Authors:ENERGY RESEARCH GROUP – School of Architecture – University College Dublin - IRELAND: Professor Owen LEWIS, Architect John GOULDING, Architect Vivian BROPHY, Architect Ann Mc NICHOLL, Architects Delphine & Philip GEOGHEGAN, Ing. Cyrian KING, Ing. Pierre JOLIVET, Ing. Paul KENNY Additional parts in update: Ing. Paola BONATO - With the collaboration of Prof. A. DE HERDE "Architecture et Climat" University of Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium Each sector contains
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