Importance of Building Orientation in Architecture!

The building orientation is generally used to refer solar orientation while planning of house with respect to sun path. The orientation can refer to a particular room or most important, the building facade. The word ‘building orientation’ is basically the positioning of a building with respect to the sun, usually done to maximize solar gain at the appropriate time of the year when required in cold climate and to minimize solar gain in a hot climate. Best house orientation can increase the energy efficiency of your home by making it more comfortable to live in and cheaper to run from energy consumption point of view. The fact is that the sun is lower in the sky in winter than in summer allows us to plan and construct buildings that capture that free heat in winter and reject the heat in summer. The building orientation of the whole building plays an important part in designing a good home. Must Read: Importance of Site Location & Wind Di...