Development and Application of Environmental Parameters and Bioclimatic Principles in the Architectural Design of Buildings

Abstract

In modern conditions of consumption of natural, primarily energy resources, and environmental pollution, buildings are ranked among the biggest consumers and polluters, and that at the world level. The paper provides an overview of contemporarytrends, as well as challenges regarding the use of created and available natural resources, by determining the relationship that exists between the economic, efficient, and effective use of natural resources on the one hand, and the reduction of environmental pressures of buildings on the other hand, but also by considering alternative scenarios in the future, in which ecological parameters and bioclimatic principles would be more relevant for the design of ecologically correct, sustainable buildings. The emergence, development, and application of ecological parameters of bioclimatic principles in architectural design, as it was concluded in this paper, was motivated to a lesser extent solely by requirements to reduce negative pressure on the living environment, and to a greater extent dominated by the desire to ensure continuity in the supply of resources. This conclusion is supported by the fact that it was only in the last decades of the last century that awareness regarding the condition and negative contribution of human activities in terms of environmental pollution has matured sufficiently. Accordingly, the paper analyzes the reasons for the application of ecological parameters and bioclimatic principles in the context of the architectural design of buildings.