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Climate

The exterior environmental conditions that will impose a load on the building enclosure, including temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind, and solar radiation. Dividing a map into climate zones allows designers, code bodies, and others to make recommendations based on expected regional loads. See the following climate zone maps for examples:

Department of Energy's Climate Zones

BSC's Hygro-Thermal Regions


Variants

  • climate zone, hygrothermal region