Climate Design Wizard

Think Brick Australia is proud to present a new tool that makes designing for climate extremely practical and accessible: The Climate Design wizardThink Brick Australia has collected, compared, analysed and simplified historical technical climate data and complicated design principals in an online tool that makes it easy for anyone to apply climate design principles when building a home.

The Climate Design Wizard merges decades of climate data from the Bureau of Meteorology with insights gained from Think Brick’s research into Australian building styles (carried out with the University of Newcastle).

The data, which includes information and advice on heating and cooling, ventilation, wind, humidity, house orientation and rainfall – is all presented in a format that is easy to print out and show to a builder, architect, building designer or urban planner.

The wizard gives you practical advice that is relevant to where you live – it currently covers design strategies for the different climatic conditions in 27 locations across Australia.

Think Brick Australia intend the wizard to be a big step forward in bringing the benefits of climate-aware building design to homeowners, designers, architects and builders across Australia.

The result is a natural, ecologically sustainable solution to achieving a thermally efficient, comfortable home.

The Climate Design Wizard offers climate control at the click of a mouse so you can stay comfortable all year round and help the planet while you’re at it.

Go to the Climate Design wizard

Related Information

Read our research papers on Climate Design recently presented by Think Brick CEO, Linda Ginger at Congress and Industry Conferences

Climate Responsive Design Strategies

This paper presents climate studies of four different locations (Sydney, Bankstown, Camden and Penrith) within Sydney Metropolitan Region.

Full Paper_CRC.pdf (965 kb)

Understanding Climate for Energy Efficient or Sustainable Design – presented to Housing Congress 2008

Understanding climate is a pre-requisite for energy efficient or sustainable architecture. This paper provides vital information to optimize natural energies to create comfortable living conditions.

Full Paper_Housing congress.pdf (971 kb)

Thermal Mass Requirement for Building Envelope in Different Climatic Conditions – presented to IBMAC 2008

This study investigates the thermal mass requirement at three different places: Mackay, Brisbane and Amberley in Queensland, Australia.

Full Paper_IBMaC.pdf (684 kb)

The Bushfire Hazard

Think Brick discusses the planning, materials selection, design, detailing and construction of brick housing as well as specific provisions and practices to increase housing safety in bushfire-prone areas.

cbpi_building_bushfire_areas.pdf (608 kb)

For more information about building design strategies for different climatic conditions across Australia visit our Designing for Climate Online Guide.

Read more about the brick industry’s position on designing for a changing climate and the policy issues it entails on the official Think Brick Australia Blog and post your opinions on these topics.