CONTINENTAL CLIMATIC ZONE

Prepared By: Anant Nautiyal

Dhir Dhwaj SinghRiya Taneja

B.ARCH 2nd YEAR

State Institute ofUrban Planning and Architecture

CLIMATOLOGY

CONTINENTAL CLIMATE

Continental climate is a climate characterized by important annual variation in temperature due to the lack of significant bodies of water nearby.

Continental climatic conditions occur due the impact of cold air mass which penetrates the region during the winter time and the warm air mass that breaks in at the summer time.

Temperature - three months with a temperature exceeding 10ºC (50ºF) while winters may sometimes go below 0ºC (32ºF). Average summer temperature ranges from 70 F to 90 F at the daytime while goes to almost 50 F and 65 F during the night time.

Annual precipitation :- 24 inches to 48 inches.

It is generally hot in summers and grey and dreary in winters.

• The regions affected with Continental weather conditions comprises of tall-grass prairies or forests.

• Continental climates are usually witnessed along the east coasts and north western coasts of Northern Hemisphere (especially North America and Asia), and at higher elevations in other parts of the world.

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GREEN CLIMATE FUND HEADQUARTERS

• Green Climate Fund is ‘an ecological model project’ and demonstrates the motto: ‘green is the new black’• With a design inspired by the beautiful setting in the Rhine valley, and with curvilinear forms, nature light wells, roof top gardens and a large sunken terrace for the restaurant, the three level structure will comply with the latest energy and building ecology standards, meeting the highest demands in terms of sustainability (German gold certificate), ecology and energy efficiency (net zero energy).

• It is designed to showcase the latest environmental building techniques, and is equipped with integrated regenerative energy production systems, photovoltaic's and bioreactors.

•LAVA are more well-known for their competition-winning designs for a zero-carbon, zero-waste city in Masdar, Abu Dhabi

Client: The Federal Government of Germany Location: Bonn, GermanySize: 13,000 sq.mProject Team: LAVA - Tobias Wallisser, Alexander Rieck, Chris BosseWith Stephan Markus Albrecht, Marvin Bratke, Stefanie Pesel, ChristianTschersich

BONN, GERMANY

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GREEN CLIMATE FUND HEADQUARTERS

The vision for international climate protection will be realised in the building design itself, with innovative solutions such as:• Facades are articulated according to building orientation• Surfaces integrate various means of regenerative energy production• Photo-voltaics and bioreactors demonstrate the application of the latest technologies• The building responds to the site to maximize the experience of its natural qualitiesDescribed as ‘architecturally appealing’ and ‘environmentally friendly with functional spaces that foster working productivity’ the purpose built GCF headquarters will offer ideal working conditions for approximately 300 Green Climate Fund officials, on a 13,000m2 site.

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GREEN CLIMATE FUND HEADQUARTERS

The three- storey proposal features a sunken terrace, a roof garden and a series of tiered balconies, designed to showcase the latest environmental building techniques, and is equipped with integrated regenerative energy production systems, photovoltaic and bioreactors.

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GREEN CLIMATE FUND HEADQUARTERS

The facade takes on a curvilinear form that hosts nature light wells, roof top gardens and large sunken terrace for the restaurant. The interior planning includes an access and logistics area with security controls, a visitor reception zone, state-of-the-art office technology, an auditorium, a conference room, a canteen/cafeteria and an underground car park.

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GREEN CLIMATE FUND HEADQUARTERS[GENERAL FEATURES]

Windows: The windows have solar heat gain performance but can also lose a lot of energy via conduction, infiltration and radiation. Therefore, windows are an important component of passive houses. The heat loss of windows via conduction, thermal bridges, infiltration and radiation must be as little as possible and their heat gain in winter must be as high as possible.

Window Orientation: South-facing windows can collect a lot of solar heating energy in winter. The north-facing windows can not collect direct sunrays and thus receive little heat gain in winter. But they can lose a lot of heating energy in winter. Therefore the area of west, east and north facing windows must be minimised.

Doors: To reduce heat loss via conduction doors must have minimal thermal loss coefficients. Heating energy can be lost through external doors via convection as well as infiltration. Therefore, the external doors must be airtight and an extra internal door swinging into the room must be added. This will reduce heat loss through the internal warm air exhausting during the use of these doors to enter into the building and exit from it. Use of external doors in north-facing walls of a building will increase heat loss.Therefore, the external doors must not be placed in north-facing walls, nor in the direction of strong, cold, winter winds.