Environmental Design Library @ UC Berkeley

Climatic Design Resources

Climate, local and global, will effect building design, building performance and energy consumption. This guide will provide strategies for locating materials at the University of California, Berkeley libraries on climatic design data, as well as links to selected Web sites. For additional assistance consult the Environmental Design Library reference staff.

Atlases
Data Sources
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Finding Books & Articles
Indexes - for articles
Journals
Library collections at UCB
Energy
Design
Research Guides

Content reviewed:__. Compiled by Susan Koskinen; updated by David Eifler.

Atlases

• Atlas of climatology and variability in the GFDL R30S14 GCM / Michael A. Alexander, James D. Scott. [Boulder, Colo.?] : University of Colorado, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Climate Diagnostics Center, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, [1996].
  
  Earth Sci G1046.C8 A6 1996
• Britannica atlas. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, c1994. Scales differ.
  
  EnvDesign f G1021 .B76 1994 Atlas
• California, an environmental atlas guide / Bern Kreissman; Barbara Lekisch. Davis, Calif.: Bear Klaw Press, c1991
  
  EnvDesign F859 .K74 1991 Reference (also: Info Ctr, Bancroft, BioSci, Earth Sci )
• Northern California atlas gazetteer: detailed topographic maps / DeLorme. 4th ed. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme Mapping, c1998. Scale 1:150,000.
  
  Earth Sci f G1525 .D42 1998
• The weather almanac: a reference guide to weather, climate, and related issues in the United States and its key cities / Richard A. Wood, editor. 9th ed. Detroit: Gale Group, c1999.
  
  EnvDesign Design QC983.R831 Shelved: Latest edition reference, earlier edition in stacks

Data Sources - Links & CDs

• California weather / Jim Goodridge. CD ROM [Mendocino, CA: J. Goodridge, 2000].
  
  WRCA R G405 P-1
• Climate Institute http://www.climate.org/ In 1986, two years after initiating the EPA Risk Assessment concerning chlorofluorocarbons the Climate Institute was founded, to serve as a bridge between policy makers and scientists around the world and dedicated to being the world's foremost authority on climate change information, science and responses.
• Climate Profiles http://www.bestplaces.net/climate/from Sperling's Best Places. Selected data on many cities and countries.
• Climates of the States: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration narrative summaries, tables, and maps for each State, with overview of state climatology programs / new material by James A. Ruffner. 2d ed. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Co., 1980.
  
  EnvDesign QC983 .C56 1980 Library has: v. 1-2 (1175 p.) (c1980)
  Hum/Area QC983 .C56 1980 Desk Library has: V.1-2 (1980)
• National Climate Data Centerhttp://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html of the US Department of Commerce. The world's largest active archive of weather data, NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world.
• EcoDesign. http://www.ecodesignresources.net/ This site is a collection of resources for ecological design of buildings and cities. It is hosted by the College of Architecture and Design at the University of Tennessee.
• Engineering weather data / Michael J. Kjelgaard. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2001. Includes Bin Data:weather data used for energy consumption calculations.
  
  EnvDesign TH7015 .K54 2001 Reference
• Facility design and planning: engineering weather data / Dept of the Air Force, the Army, and the Navy. Washington : [Dept. of Defense], Dept. of the Air Force, 1978.
  
  EnvDesign QC982 .U43 1978
  Engi QC982 .U43 1978 Reference
• Global daily summary temperature and precipitation, 1977-1991 / <1994> National Climatic Data Center (U.S.)
  
  Earth Science QC983.A1 .N372 compu/d CD ROM
• Golden Gate Weather Services http://ggweather.com/links.html - includes links to many sources and statistics.
• Great Buildings - Types - Climates http://www.GreatBuildings.com/types.html
• Guide to standard weather summaries and climatic services / for the Director, Naval Oceanography and Meteorology. 1978.
  
  EnvDesign QC982.5.U6 .U54 1978 Reference
• International station meteorological climate summary
  
  EnvDesign QC981 .I58 1995 CD ROM Reference
  Earth Sci QC981 .I58 1995 compu.
• Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Heat Island Group. http://eetd.lbl.gov/HeatIsland/Heat Island research is conducted to find, analyze, and implement solutions to the summer warming trends occurring in urban areas, the so-called 'heat island' effect. Concentrates on the study and development of more reflective surfaces for roadways and buildings. Site also includes cool pavements, cool roofs and more
• National Climatic Data Center http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html - NCDC archives weather data obtained by the National Weather Service, Military Services, Federal Aviation Administration, and the Coast Guard, as well as data from voluntary cooperative observers.
• National Climatic Data Center- Local Climatological Data http://www7.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/getcoopstates.html - a monthly summary from major airport weather stations that includes a daily account of temperature extremes, degree days, precipitation, wind, hourly precipitation and 3-hour weather observations.
• National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration http://www.noaa.gov/- NOAA is a federal agency focused on the condition of the oceans and the atmosphere. Provides information and data at all levels.
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory http://www.nrel.gov/- renewable energy research and data.
• National Weather Service http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/ - links to San Francisco Bay Area, California and climate archives.
• Solar Radiation Data Manual for Buildings http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/pubs/bluebook/ - from the National Renewable Energy Lab. Includes solar radiation and climate data.
• Sun Angle Calculator http://www.susdesign.com/sunangle/ - SunAngle computes the position of the sun and related information for a given location, date, and time. This information may be useful in building design, solar energy system design, photography, and other applications.
• Weather America : the latest detailed climatological data for over 4,000 places--with rankings / Alfred N. Garwood. Milpitas, CA : Toucan Valley Publications, c1996.
  
  Info Ctr QC983 .W385 1996
• Weather Underground http://www.wunderground.com - includes international weather information.
• Wind Resource Information http://www.nrel.gov/rredc/wind_resource.html from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
• World climate disc global climatic change data / <1992>
  
  Earth Science QC981.8.C5 .W675 1992 CD ROM
• World Data Center for Meteorology http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/wdc/ - World Data Center(WDC) for Meteorology is maintained by the U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, and NCDC. Established during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957, the World Data Center System now functions under the guidance of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU).
• World Meteorological Organization http://www.wmo.int/pages/index_en.html Includes weather prediction, air pollution research, climate change related activities, ozone layer depletion studies and tropical storm forecasting, coordinates global scientific activity. The United Nations, the Geneva-based Organization provides the authoritative scientific voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere and climate.
• World weatherdisc climate data for the planet Earth. <1988>
  
  EART: QC982.5 .W67 compu/d; CD ROM

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

• The Encyclopedia of climatology / edited by John E. Oliver, Rhodes W. Fairbridge. New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1987. Series title: Encyclopedia of earth sciences ; v. 11.
  
  Earth Sci QC854 .E5251 1987 Reserve/Dictionary
• Encyclopedia of climate and weather / Stephen H. Schneider,ed. NY: Oxford University Press, 1996.
  
  Earth Sci QC854 .E523 1996 Reserve/Dictionary v.1-2 (1996)
• The Facts on File dictionary of weather and climate / edited by Jacqueline Smith. NY: Facts on File,2001.
  
  EnvDesign QC854 .F33 2001
• Glossary of weather and climate: with related oceanic and hydrologic terms / edited by Ira W. Geer. Boston, Mass.:American Meteorological Society, 1996.
  
  Earth Sci QC854 .G56 1996 Reference

Finding Books & Articles

Use keywords and subject headings in library catalogs and indexes.

Indexes - for articles

See also Article Databases on UC Berkeley Library homepage.

• Architecture Indexes Abstracts http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/architecture_articles.html - UCB Environmental Design Library, contains an annotated list of article indexes.
• Earthscape http://www.earthscape.org/ - UC Only. In addition, Earthscape features the full text and images of books and selected chapters, arranged both by topic and by publisher.
• Environmental Planning Indexes Abstracts http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/environmentalplanning_articles.html - article indexes.
• Environmental and Pollution Management Databases http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=berk&access=berk250&cat=default - UCB Only. Pollution Management Databases are also available. Coverage includes 1981-present.

Journals

This is a selected list; for more titles use ejournals or search by title in library catalogs .

• Climate Dynamics Springer-Verlag (Heidelberg) access via Melvyl
  Earth Sci QC851 .C54 Coverage: v 12 n 12 - 1996- Format: Electronic Journal
• Climatic Change Kluwer Academic Publishers [via Kluwer Online
  
  Earth Sci QC981.8.C5 C55 Coverage: (1997-) Format: Electronic Journal
• Energy design update. Boston, MA : Cahners Pub. Co.
  
  EnvDesign Design TJ163.5.D86.E64. Library has: 13:9(Sept 1993)-
• International Journal of Climatology. John Wiley and Sons [via Wiley InterScience] Coverage: v 16:1- (1996-)
  
  Earth Sci QC851 .J573Format: Electronic Journal available through CDL.
• Journal of climate. http://uclibs.org/PID/4135 Boston, MA : American Meteorological Society, c1988. Electronic location: v.1(1988)- Am. Meteorol. Society.
  
  Earth Sci QC851.J573 Library has: 1(1988)-16:20(Oct 2003)-
• Solar energy. Phoenix, Ariz.: Association for Applied Solar Energy, 1958.
  
  Available Online http://uclibs.org/PID/2152 : v.54 (1995) - UC Only.
  Engineering TJ810.A1.S65 Library has: 2(1958)-
• Solar today. Boulder, CO : American Solar Energy Society, 1987-
  
  EnvDesign TJ809 .S65 12:6(Nov/Dec 1998)-

Energy

• Energy and climate in the urban built environment / edited by M. Santamouris; authors, D.N. Asimakopoulos. London : James James (Science Publishers), 2001.
  
  EnvDesign NA2542.35 .E54 2001
• Energy and resource efficiencies / [presented by] The American Institute of Architects. [S.l.] : ICBO Video Productions, 1993. 1 video sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 Resource suppl.
  
  Media Ctr VIDEO/C 3740
• The energy book : a resume of present knowledge and research. Stockholm : Byggforskningsradet; The Swedish Council for Building Research, [1996?]
  
  Environ Design TJ163.5.B84.E54 1996
• Power with nature: alternative energy solutions for homeowners / Rex A. Ewing. Updated 2nd ed. Masonville, CO: PixyJack Press, c2006. Includes solar, wind, hyro, heating, off-grid, grid-tied, bibliography, glossary, and resources.
  
  EnvDesign TJ809.4.E95 2006
• Regional guidelines for building passive energy conserving homes / by the AIA Research Corporation for the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research in Cooperation. [Washington]: The GPO Office 1978.
  
  EnvDesign NA2542.3 .A4

Design - current books

• -arium : weather and architecture / [edited by Jurgen Mayer H., Neeraj Bhatia]. Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz, 2010.
  
  EnvDesign NA2541 .A65 2010
• Architecture and the environment: bioclimatic building design / David Lloyd Jones ; coordinating researcher, Jennifer Hudson. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 1998.
  
  EnvDesign NA2542.35 .J65 1998
• The builder's guide to cold climates: details for design and construction / Joseph Lstiburek. Newtown, CT : Taunton Press, 2000.
  
  EnvDesign TH153 .L78 2000
• Builder's guide : mixed climates / [written by Joseph Lstiburek]. Westford, MA : Building Science Corporation; [Minneapolis] : Energy Efficient Building Association, c1997.
  
  EnvDesign TH4812 .L782 1997 Reference
• The builder's guide to mixed climates: details for design and construction / Joseph Lstiburek. New town, CT : Taunton Press, c2000.
  
  EnvDesign TH146 .L78 2000
• Built by hand : vernacular buildings around the world / written by Athena Steen, Bill Steen, and Eiko Komatsu; 1st ed. Layton, Utah : Gibbs Smith, c2003. Includes information on natural materials used around the world, a chapter on natural ventilation - good photos and wind scoops.
  
  Environ Design TH4811.S7 2003
• Climate considerations in building and urban design / Baruch Givoni. New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1998.
  
  EnvDesign NA2541 .G56 1998
• Climate responsive architecture: a design handbook for energy efficient buildings / editors, Arvind Krishan .[et al.]. New Delhi; New York: Tata McGraw-Hill Pub. Co., c2001.
  
  EnvDesign TJ163.D86 C53 2001 CD at Circulation Desk; Book in stacks
• Climate responsive design: a study of buildings in moderate and hot humid climates / Richard Hyde. London; New York : E FN Spon, 2000.
  
  EnvDesign NA2541.H93 2000
• Comfort in any climate / Michael Reynolds. Taos, N.M. : Solar Survival Press, c2000.
  
  EnvDesign TJ163.5. D86 .R49 2000
• Commercial building design: integrating climate, comfort, and cost / Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates, Min Kantrowitz Associates. New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1987.
  EnvDesign TH4311 .C661 1987
  NRLF TH4311.C66 1987
• Commissioning buildings in hot, humid climates : design and construction guidelines / by CH2M Hill; edited by J. David Odom and George DuBose. Lilburn, GA: Fairmont Press, c2000.
  
  EnvDesign TH1096 .C657 2000
• Courtyards: aesthetic, social, and thermal delight / John S. Reynolds. New York: Wiley, c2002.
  
  EnvDesign NA7523.R49 2002
• Desert architecture: climate responsive design as a means to energy efficient homes and buildings / by Pat Guthrie, architect. 2nd ed. Scottsdale, Ariz. : John Pat Guthrie, Architect, Inc., 1995.
  
  EnvDesign NA7117.A74 G8 1995
• Design for climate: guidelines for the design of low cost houses for the climates of Kenya / Charles Hooper. Nairobi : Housing Research and Development Unit, University of Nairobi, 1975.
  
  EnvDesign NA7466.6.K4 H66 1975
• Design for northern climates: cold-climate planning and environmental design / Vladimir Matus. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1988.
  
  EnvDesign NA2542.C75 M381 1988
• Design with climate: bioclimatic approach to architectural regionalism. Princeton,N.J., Princeton University Press, 1963.
  
  EnvDesign NA2540 .O44
• Eco-tecture: bioclimatic trends and landscape architecture in the year 2001 / [Ana Rosa de Oliveira, Alejandro Bahamon. Barcelona : Loft Publications, 2000.
  
  EnvDesign NA2542.35.O45 2000
• Northern cityscape: linking design to climate / Norman Pressman. Yellowknife, NT : Winter Cities Association, c1995.
  
  EnvDesign NA2542.C75 P74 1995
• Outdoor human comfort and its assessment: state of the art / American Society of Civil Engineers. Task Committee on Outdoor Human Comfort. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, c2004. Focuses on wind, air temp, solar radiation, includes assessment models and design solutions.
  
  EnvDesign and Engineering TA654.5.A47 2004
• Sun, wind light: architectural design strategies / G.Z. Brown, Mark DeKay ; illustrations, Virginia Cartwright .2nd ed. New York : J. Wiley, c2001. Includes data, design drawings, wind catchers, solar information.
  
  EnvDesign NA2542.3.B76 2001
• Wind towers: detail in building / Battle McCarthy Consulting Engineers. Chichester : Academy, 1999. Includes wind scoops, design, applications, case studies, types and maps.
  
  EnvDesign NA2542.3.B364 1999
• A windtower house in Dubai / Anne Coles and Peter Jackson. London: Art and Archaeology Research Papers, 1975. (Series: AARP, Art and archaeology research papers) Analyses one house - includes wind tower design, photos, floor plans, elevations, roof plans, etc.
  
  EnvDesign NA2541.C64

Research Guides

• Building Codes Regulatory Resources http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/Codes.html --This is a guide to locating codes, especially for California and the San Francisco Bay Area, in the UC Berkeley libraries and on the internet. This guide provides links to many full text resources.
• Building Science Resources http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/architecture_buildingscience.html -- This is a guide to the literature of building systems, performance measurement, technology, materials etc.
• Daylighting Lighting Design http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/Daylighting.html -- This is a guide to resources on daylighting or natural lighting, site planning, performance measurement, technology, materials etc.
• Green Design Resources http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/GreenAll.html -- This guide will lead you to information and give you strategies for locating newer materials as they become available.
• Solar Design http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/solardesign.html -- This is a guide to selected resources on Solar Design issues with strategies for locating materials at UC, Berkeley libraries and on the internet.

Collections At UC Berkeley

• Earth Science and Map Library - Climatology
• Earth Science and Map Library - Climate and Weather

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