APPLICATION OF BIOCLIMATIC PRINCIPLES TO REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN THE DESIGN OF SENATE BUILDING FOR NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, KEFFI

📄 Project Abstract

In the Traditional Architecture of any settlement, one can find a very strong relationship between the forms of architecture and the local climate. The form of shelter decides the bulk of its energy consumption. The climate becomes the dominant forces in finding the solution when there is scarcity of available resources. The modern buildings' unrealistic faith in artificial systems leads to designs which disregard the climate and produce buildings that are both physiologically and psychologically in hospitable as well as more energy consuming. Therefore, the need to design with climate for comfort has become necessary for modern architecture. The study is the application of bioclimatic principles to reduce energy consumption in the design of senate building for Nasarawa State University, Keffi. The aim is to design a senate building that will achieve bioclimatic comfort in hot humid climate region with reference to Keffi, Nasarawa state where the proposed project will be sited. This is...