Abstract
Strategies of environmental control as a part of the human temperature regulation are discussed from the viewpoint of architecture and housing. It is necessary to review the living environment in the past, to have the prospect of the future one. Both the enyironmental control of the passive and low energy architecture and the active behavior of the residents are included in the concept of the creation of living environment. The former is relatively a ‘hard’ aspect and the latter is a ‘soft’ one. The development of the mechanical equipment of Lhe architecture gave the architects much more freedom in their shape design. However, the present crisis of the global environment might stop this tendency, because the dependence on the mechanical equipment consumes a great deal of energy. We should think better the traditional wisdom to control environment, such as sprinkling water in summer-uchimizu. Behavior and the life style of people should be made much of in the study of biometeorology. It is necessary to distinguish the academic study and the decision making. Biometeorology must proceed much more with including much wider study field to contribute to the decision making of the creation and utilization of manmade environment.
