2.3 UK Climates and Microclimates

By the end of this lesson, you will have learned about… Sun, wind and rain in the UK Sea-level rise, coastal erosion and flooding Using climate data in building / retrofit design City vs rural climate Site scale micro-climate Questions for designers to consider 1. Sun, wind, and rain in the UK Solar radiation in the […]

Footnotes

  1. Insolation map from: http://www.contemporaryenergy.co.uk/solarmap.htmse Accessed 29th Nov 13
  2. http://passipedia.passiv.de/ppediaen/basics/passive_houses_in_different_climates/introduction
  3. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/431943/BR_PDF_AD_C_2013.pdf
  4. http://watermaps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/wiyby.aspx?&topic=floodmap#x=357683&y=355134&scale=2
  5. https://www.thenbs.com/knowledge/flood-mitigation-solutions-in-buildings-part-three
  6. CIBSE (http://www.cibse.org/knowledge/cibse-other-publications/cibse-weather-data-current,-future,-combined-dsys)
  7. Source: from p.17 in the report at the following link: http://www.slideshare.net/WebadminTSB/design-for-the-future-report-june-2010
  8. http://www.slideshare.net/WebadminTSB/design-for-the-future-report-june-2010

Essential reading

  1. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/regional-climates
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