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Sustainable Design Resources: Climatic Design

Resources related to sustainable environmental design.

Design for Desert Climate

Yaama Mosque, Architect Falke Barmou. 1962-82. (Source: www.greatbuildings.com)

Finding Books & Articles

Use keywords and subject headings in library catalogs and indexes.

  • Architecture and climate
  • Architecture and energy conservation
  • Architecture and solar radiation
  • Architecture and energy conservation.
  • Buildings - energy conservation
  • Solar energy
  • Solar radiation
  • Towers
  • Urban climatology
  • Urban heat island
  • [place] - climate- statistics

Websites and Print Sources for Data

Related Research Guides

  • Building Codes Regulatory Resources --This is a guide to locating codes, especially for California and the San Francisco Bay Area, in the UC Berkeley libraries and on the internet. This guide provides links to many full text resources.