Part Ⅰ Principles and Elements of Design 3
1. Global Context 3
1.1 Architecture and Bioclamatic Design—Less is Beautiful&Alexandros N. Tombazis 3
1.2 Sustainability and Architecture&Arie Rahamimoff 12
1.3 Sustainability—Concept and Reality&Tony Rigg and Ruth Lahav 14
2. Shelter or Form&Arvind Krishan，Kunal Jain and Mukund Rajgopalan 22
3. Climate and Thermal Comfort in India&Fergus Nicol 59
4. Passive Heating and Cooling Design Strategies&Simos Yannas 68
5. Settlement Patterns and Site Planning&Isaac A. Meir 84
6. The Building Envelope&Steven V. Szokolay 97
7. Openings and Daylighting 110
7.1 Openings in Hot Climates—Wind，Sun and Shading&Yair Etzion 110
7.2 Daylighting and Shading&Nick Baker 131
8. Natural Ventilation of Buildings in India&Susan Clare Roaf 147
9.Appropriate Technology for a Climatically Responsive Low Energy Architecture&Wolfgang Willcomm 165
10. Design Tools 176
10.1 Archipak：A Solar/Climatic Design Package&Steven V. Szokolay 176
10.2 Solar Envelopes：An Optimum Built-form in Response to Daily and Annual Solar Movement&Arvind Krishan，Ankush Krishan and N.K.Bansal 190
11. Actual Projects and Case Studies&Arie Rahamimoff，Brian Ford，Mark Hewitt，Arvind Krishan，Jeffrey Cook and AN Young 198
11.1 Projects of Arie Rahamimoff—Built and Unbuilt 199
11.2 Projects of Short Ford ＆ Associates，London&Brian Ford and Mark Hewitt 204
11.3 Projects&Arvind Krishan 216
11.4 Case Study：Designing Locally—Adobe in Mali&Jeffrey Cook 243
11.5 Case Study：Thermal Performance of Traditional Houses in Northern India&A.N. Young and A.Krishan 256
PartⅡ Design Data 271
1. Climatic Parameters 271
2. Climatic Context 274
3. Climatic Data 277
4. Solar Shading Masks 347
5. Analysis of Radiation on Different Building Surfaces and Hourly Ambient Temperature Variations 388
5.1 Calculation Method for Solar Radiation 388
6. Vegetation Data 394
7. Data Tables 406