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EFFECTS OF CLIMATE ON BUILDING ELEMENTS: A CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, KEBBI, KEBBI STATE.

Salome Kolo, Philip Ayuba, Galadima Sulaimon

Abstract


Elements of climate have posed a challenge to the design and construction of buildings that could provide comfort for the occupants. Buildings now have to moderate the outdoor climate and provide comfortable conditions for its occupants without excess use of energy. This can only be done by designing buildings that respond to the microclimatic conditions of the environment. This paper seeks to investigate the effectiveness of faculty buildings in Federal University Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria, with respect to the climate. Three faculty buildings were randomly selected, modelled and analysed with the existing climatic data, using Ecotect simulation software. The simulation of the buildings was based on peak period of solar radiation (February to June) and extreme recorded temperature of a single day (45oC of 10th April 2011). Results illustrate a slightly better performance along the East and West functions of the faculty buildings, and a considerable better performance along the North and South functions of the faculty buildings. The research concludes that the faculty buildings are not climate responsive as the designers did not take into consideration the extreme climatic conditions of the micro climate.
Keywords: climate, building form, building orientation, building materials, simulation.


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