Imajineer Studio
Posts tagged SHGC
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Climate-Responsive Design
29 Jun 2026 · 5 min
Cooling Load Math: The kWh Per Square Meter Test
The same building in the same climate can run on half the cooling energy or twice the energy, and the difference is set before a chiller is specified. Cooling...
Climate-Responsive Design
15 Jun 2026 · 5 min
Window-to-Wall Ratio in Tropical Residential
A square meter of unshaded glass in Phnom Penh admits several times more heat than the wall it replaces. The window-to-wall ratio decides how much of that heat...
Climate-Responsive Design
15 May 2026 · 5 min
How the SHGC number decides what tropical glazing actually costs to run.
Glazing is the largest single thermal decision in a tropical building envelope, and the metric that matters is SHGC. Clear single-pane glass admits 84 percent...
Green Building and Certification
29 Apr 2026 · 4 min
The LEED Certification Pathway for Tropical Buildings
LEED v5 went live in April 2025 with a new scoring logic. Half the points sit in decarbonization. A quarter in quality of life. A quarter in ecological...