energy mapping assignment 1: weather analysis and list of strategies carry out an analysis of your building site's local climate. the analysis will form the basis for selection of potential strategies for the climate and energy concept. list those strategies, and be prepared to discuss how the local climatic conditions call for them. climatic analysis will be based on regional information (weather data file, local weather statistics, etc) as well as more local information (shading obstructions, local wind effects, air quality concerns, etc). the primary tool for this will be ecotect, but you are welcome to search elsewhere for useful data and/or graphics. the analysis is meant to inform strategies, and we will come up with some of these in class. therefore please give a good overview of patterns of temperature, solar radiation, solar geometry (sun path diagram), humidity, and wind. consider different time scales, from hourly to seasonal. the climate analysis is also meant to argue in the favor of your strategies. therefore parts of the analysis should be tailored to specific strategies. arrange the information in a way that shows something clearly for or against a strategy. for instance, if you want to use the wind for ventilation on hot days, and a wind rose shows moderate winds with a consistent direction during summer afternoons, then you not only have a good case, but the wind direction suggests how you might orient openings. if you want to expose thermal mass to the interior in order to stabilize temperatures, a graph showing high daily temperature swings would make a convincing case. below are suggestions for some data that may be useful: temperature: shows when the building can be open or must be closed with heating/cooling annual average- this tells you the temperature of the earth below the site, useful for ground-coupled heating and cooling monthly averages typical diurnal swings solar radiation: shows when shading is needed, or when there is potential for solar heating typical daily totals for each month daily patterns of radiation or cloud cover (how consistent is it?) solar geometry: implies need/potential as well as geometry for solar shading/collection sun path diagram local obstructions - this can be of critical importance. for instance, if you are considering passive solar heating, but tall buildings block the winter sun, the strategy will not work. wind: protection/exposure of unenclosed or partly enclosed spaces, natural ventilation, etc speed and direction for different periods, temperature ranges local obstructions (may reduce or augment speed) humidity: psychrometric chart. ecotect allows you to consider different conditioning strategies based on patterns of data on the chart. it may also be possible to plot humidity (e.g. dew point or wet bulb temp)along with dry bulb temperature on an hourly basis. rainfall: when, how much