GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE ASSIGNMENTS

CLIMATE CONSULTANT
The Climate Consultant software seems to have inspired many of you – that’s great.  Most of you, however, could go further and interpret the diagrams for your specific climate and stressful seasons (winter and summer).  Try the psychometric and the wind rose diagrams for one month, or winter or summer months separately.  They will immediately give you better insights into your climate during the periods of highest stress.  Also, click on the (lower left) radio button for monthly display instead of daily display for say the time plot diagram – it will be easier to interpret.  Don’t just dump the year’s summary – it will not tell you as much.

STRATEGIES
Your also have some good strategies for climate adaptations for your spaces.  Most of you, however, followed your intuition and did not relate the software diagrams to your strategies.  The point is to read a diagram and then use it to refine your specific design and strategy.  What does the summer wind rose tell you for example; where are those cooling breezes between 1 PM and 5 PM when it’s hottest?  And so on.
I think Jaclyn Tyler took it to the next stage – check out her BLOG.  Also Scott Pfeifer’s.  And Annie Kemp’s use of the psychometric chart for just the winter months – ditto wind rose.

SPELLING
Climate Consultant misspells psychometric!  And so did I.