Some interesting features of the ECBC
Sunday, December 23, 2007
(This may need a little mulling over!)
Orientation - The baseline (standard) building performance shall be generated by simulating the building with its actual orientation and again after rotating the entire building 90, 180, 270 degrees, then averaging the results. The building shall be modeled so that it does not shade itself.
Fenestration — Fenestration areas shall equal that in the proposed design or 40% of gross above grade wall area, whichever is smaller, and shall be distributed uniformly in horizontal bands across the four orientations. No shading projections are to be modeled; fenestration shall be assumed to be flush with the exterior wall or roof. Manually operated fenestration shading devices such as blinds or shades shall not be modeled.
Roof albedo - All roof surfaces shall be modeled with a reflectivity of 0.30
Ref: http://hareda.gov.in/ECBC.PDF (ECBC 2006)
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