A Simple Heliodon System for Horizontal Placed Models

Contemporary Urban Affairs 2017, Volume 1, Number 3, pages 54– 61 A Simple Heliodon System for Horizontal Placed Models * Dr. Maged G., Mikhael 1, Mr. Mostafa, Metwaly ² ,2 Canadian International College (CIC), Egypt 1E mail:... More

Contemporary Urban Affairs 2017, Volume 1, Number 3, pages 54– 61 A Simple Heliodon System for Horizontal Placed Models * Dr. Maged G., Mikhael 1, Mr. Mostafa, Metwaly ² ,2 Canadian International College (CIC), Egypt 1E mail: maged_george@cic-cairo.com ,E mail: mostafa_metwaly@cic-cairo.com A B S T R A C T Most probably, all our buildings are affected by sunlight. Hence, the ignorance of the sun’s impact results in overheating, glare, and missed opportunities for the positive use of daylight, leading to wasted energy. Heliodon is considered to be a powerful tool that can aid students, professionals, building developers and users to better understand the relationship between the sun’s path and its effects on the architectural model(s). Most of the heliodons are relatively expensive and complex in operation. Thus, the need to design and build a simple and relatively inexpensive one emerged. It was proposed to work on this heliodon as a team project in the environmental co Less