1. SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

2. ADAPTATION OF THE HUMAN BODY TO THE ENVIRONMENT: METABOLISM AND WELL-BEING
2.1 THE BODY AND THE BUILDING: OPEN THERMODYNAMIC SYSTEM / METABOLISM
- energy balance
- loads (occupancy, lighting, equipment, outside air, inertia)
2.2 COMFORT: PARAMETERS AND FACTORS
- Hygrothermal
- Acoustic
- Lighting
- Cultural
- Physiological

3. CLIMATE
- Climate classifications
- Latitude
- Proximity to bodies of water
- Thermal winds
- Temperature
- Precipitation
- Relative humidity

4. BIOCLIMATIC STRATEGIES IN FOLK ARCHITECTURE
- Hot dry climates
- Hot humid climates
- Temperate climates
- Cold climates
4.1 GEOMETRY AND ENVIRONMENT
- Relationship with the environment
- Form
- Microclimate
- Orientation
- Solid/void

5. HEAT TRANSFER:
5.1 CONDUCTION
- Thermal conductivity and insulation (specific heat)
5.2 CONVECTION
- Thermal air movements
5.3 RADIATION
- Solar radiation
- Relative position of the soil
- Sizing of solar shading

6. BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN IN WINTER CONDITIONS
6.1 COLLECTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND STORAGE
- Greenhouse effect
- Thrombo wall

7. BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN IN SUMMER CONDITIONS
7.1 ACTIONS AGAINST OVERHEATING
- Opening protection
- Ventilated roofs and facades
7.2 ACTIONS AGAINST THE FEELING OF HEAT WITHOUT COOLING
7.3 VENTILATION AS A COMBINED STRATEGY FOR ELIMINATING OVERHEATING AND REDUCING THE FEELING OF HEAT
- Pressures and depressions (Venturi / Pascal)
- Natural ventilation
- Forced ventilation
- Induced ventilation
7.4 COOLING ACTIONS
- Evaporative cooling (evaporation and photosynthesis)
- Radiant cooling
- Conductive and convective cooling

8. THERMAL INERTIA
- Different energy storage systems
- Thermal mass of the building
- Thermal fluctuations and stability
- Wave phase shift and damping
- Ground thermal gradient
- Underground architecture