APPLICATION OF BIOCLIMATIC ARCHITECTURE PRINCIPLES IN THE DESIGN OF HOTEL AT KATSINA NIGERIA

📄 Project Abstract

This paper presents the application of bioclimatic principles in architectural design whose applicability is modified by region and building type. It highlights the bioclimatic principles necessary to achieve environmentally-friendly indoor environment and energy saving strategies. The aim of the research is therefore to develop a theoretical solutions as well as design solutions for sustainable and energy efficient hotels in hot-dry climate. A qualitative case study of three hotels which indicated the use of bioclimatic principles and which are in the climatic region as the study area was conducted to identify the relationships between variables. Visual survey, interviews and checklist methods were all used in conducting the case study survey of all the selected cases. Therefore, research was carried out on the hot-dry climate, the architectural design requirement of the study area and bioclimatic design requirement of the area in order to achieve the research objectives. The overall ...