CLIMATE CONSULTANT CHARTS

This chart compares the Dry Bulb temperature (Outside Air) to the Wet Bulb Mean (Humidity and the Eff ects of Evapora on) use to shades of red lines.

The greater the distance between the two red line refl ects low humidity. When the 2 red lines are close together the humidity is high. The yellow in the chart represents the me when solar radia on is the highest. The light blue color represents the ho est months in the year.

In the design of the preschool, LPA used a large awning roof to cover the breezeway allowing the children to play outside for longer periods with less exposure to solar radia on.

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This chart is helpful in designing the solar PV panel system for a building In the design of the ENC Preschool, the roof is lted about 20° and the PV Panels are located on the roof. The front of the building is oriented on the east-west axis.

IMAGES FROM SOFTWARE h ps://energy-design-tools.sbse.org/ This chart is helpful in designing founda on systems for a building In the design of the ENC Preschool, there is a radiant fl oor hea ng system in the slab. This warms the building because according to the chart the warmest ground temperature is under 70° at the warmest part of the year.

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