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Solar Orientation in Phnom Penh, Hour by Hour
An east-facing unit and a west-facing unit can differ by 5 to 7 degrees indoors at 4:30 PM, with identical layouts and glazing. The variable is the hour, not...
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...
What a Digital Twin for Building Operations Does
A digital twin can cut a building's HVAC energy by 15 to 20 percent, but the value is not created by the software. It is decided at the brief stage, through...
Roof Overhang Ratio: Designing for Sun and Rain in a Tropical Climate
architecture, tropical architecture, roof overhang, overhang ratio, solar shading, climate responsive design, passive cooling, roof design, facade design...
Gaudí First Principles Design and the Tropical Brief
Antoni Gaudí finished only 17 buildings, yet a century after his death he is the most recognized architect of his era. The reason is not decoration. It is a...
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...
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...
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...
The Architect-Developer Tension Is a Cost-vs-Lifecycle Argument
The architect-developer tension is usually framed as a clash of taste. The honest read is mathematical. The developer reads one column on the spreadsheet...