Special Aspects of the Bioclimatic Analysis in the Moscow Region

One of the strategic solutions to develop the architectural and engineering concept of the building on the basis of its functional purpose is to carry out a bioclimatic analysis; it is very peculiar as even when the design of the building does not exist but the map coordinates are available it is possible to develop a strategy to create the architectural concept of the structure as well as to evaluate the most appropriate configuration of engineering systems considering the positioning of the structure in relation to the cardinal points, its shape and size, the percentage of glazing, the basic parameters of the enclosing and translucent elements as well as the reasonability of certain engineering systems, the potential use of renewable and low-carbon sources of energy.

As a rule, the bioclimatic analysis begins with the collection of meteorological data during a certain period of time. To obtain reliable values they use the dynamic indices of the climatic data per hour throughout the entire year. Hence, they use the data of the given year, depending on the goals set during the project as well as on the basis of the functional characteristics of the structure.

In practice they refer to the climatic year that corresponds to the average indices that are typical of the region in relation to the entire period of observation. For Moscow the average indicative year corresponds to that of 2005. Depending on a certain situation one can use the data that correspond to critical parameters, that is, the year with the maximum or minimum values of certain parameters, such as the outdoor temperature. The strategy to use estimated values that are calculated with account for the trends of the climate change specific of the region should be regarded with special attention. In this case it is possible to use one of the three scenarios: optimistic estimation; pessimistic estimation; moderate estimation.

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Article by: A.V.Sedov, Head of the “Smart City” Scientific Laboratory at Moscow State University of Civil Engineering,
Member of the Expert Council on Energy Efficiency under the Ministry of Construction,
Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Science, assistant professor;
E.E.Radzievskiy, graduate student at the Department of Information Systems,
Technologies and Automation in Construction at Moscow State University of Civil Engineering;
S.V.Zhukovskiy, General Manager of “EcoSeven” LLC.