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• Exposed surface areas are reduced by careful orientation and shape of building.
• Wall and roof insulation and double glazing
• Thicker walls.
• Providing air locks and lobbies darker colours inside as well as outside.
• Reduce shading on walls and glazed portions.
• Utilise heat from appliances and provide thermal storage mass like trombe wall, mass wall etc.
• Sunspace and solarium with day-lighting strategies.
• Skylights—domed or pyramid shaped—with baffles to control glare are more efficient.
• Glazing area should be 3 to 9 per cent of the floor area to provide adequate lighting levels.
H.P. STATE CO-OPERATIVE BANK
BUILDING, SHIMLA
Location : Shimla, Himachal Pradesh