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"The Secret of Passive Design: Focus on the Sun, Not the Wind" was published in Nikkei Kenplatz!

"The Secret of Passive Design: Focus on the Sun, Not the Wind" was published in Nikkei Kenplatz!
Due to my circumstances, last month, I had too much work to do, so I asked the person in charge to do something difficult.
I took one day off.
So, it's been a while, but I'd like to introduce a new series of articles for Kempplatz that has just been posted.
http://kenplatz.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/building/column/20150324/695769/
I hope you will think of this as a detailed summary of the content I usually give in my lectures.
I think this is a good idea, but I suspect that the majority of practitioners are unaware of what is written in this article.
While most ordinary people and practitioners are careful about "ventilation,"
Winter solar radiation acquisition and
Summer sun protection
I think most people are pretty indifferent to this.
Just recently, I had the opportunity to review each company's plans at a study session on high-insulation housing.
Everyone, you've done a decent job with the Q and C values.
The winter solar gain and summer solar protection were in shambles...
In this case, even if you improve the Q and C values, the effect will be halved in winter and will have the opposite effect in summer.
I don't think it's okay to ignore the wind. However, a design that ignores the sun and prioritizes the wind is
This is a design method that saves 10 yen while wasting 10,000 yen.
If you were to save 10 yen on top of saving 10,000 yen, that would make sense...
So, I hope you will read it.

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