Title :
The Ecological Strategies of Vernacular Building - Case Study of Tibet
Author :
Huang, Lingjiang ; Hu, Yuan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Archit., Wuhan Univ., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
Ecological building is a key factor in sustainable development. Compared with contemporary building, the vernacular building has ecological and environment-friendly strategies which could contribute to modern building design. In this paper, Tibet is studied as a case and the main ecological aspects of Tibetan vernacular building such as natural resource, solar energy use and climate response are discussed. And it is concluded that the key of vernacular building in Tibet is the harmony attitude to the environment, and the passive and sustainable solutions should be redeveloped for modern application in building design.
Keywords :
design for environment; ecology; structural engineering; Tibet; building design; climate response; ecological building; ecological strategies; environment-friendly strategies; natural resource; solar energy use; vernacular building; Buildings; Computer architecture; Electronic mail; Energy consumption; Environmental economics; Power generation economics; Solar energy; Surfaces; Sustainable development; Urban planning; Tibet; ecological; vernacular building;
Conference_Titel :
Challenges in Environmental Science and Computer Engineering (CESCE), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3972-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5924-7
DOI :
10.1109/CESCE.2010.55
