%T Precipitation and buildings: estimation of the natural potential of locations to sustain indirect evaporative cooling strategies through hot seasons
%A Claudio Aurelio Diaz
%A Paul Osmond
%A Steve King

%I 49th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association, 2-4 December 2015, Melbourne, Australia
%D 2015

%K Cooling, %K Sustainable building design and construction, %K Weather

%P 45-54

%U https://apo.org.au/node/234151

%X Precipitation is a relevant climatic variable for building and urban design in hot climates, because of its potential to naturally mitigate heat excess in buildings and cities by evaporative cooling; and as a primary source of water to artificially reproduce this cooling mechanism, particularly in the humid tropics and subtropics. However, precipitation is commonly neglected in the analysis and development of climate responsive architecture and is rather seen as a cause of problems.
%9 Conference paper