Functional Plans for Designing Residential Units in Hot and Humid Climate Based on Sustainable Architecture and Ecological Systems

Buildings are one of the main energy consumers and thus, trying to find ways of creating structures that get their energy from alternative sources rather than from fossil fuels has created a new challenge among architects and designers. If the environmental conditions of the location are taken into consideration, the shape of the building, the way it is positioned and interior design can make living in that house much more comfortable. Each building must be designed in a way that minimizes the use of new sources of energy. In this article, different methods of overcoming critical situations or benefiting from favorable climatic conditions have been introduced; hence, it will become possible to take advantage of natural environmental conditions and provide considerable heat and comfort. In order to reach this goal, first, the influence of weather conditions on a house in a hot and humid area was studied in Bandar Abbas, Iran. The final form was gained through the study of the consistency and the efficient use of useful sources of energy in nature such as sunlight and wind. Given the nature of the subject, descriptive research and observation have been employed in this study.