Proposals according to Donald Watson & Kenneth Labs

Bioclimatic design strategies are effective for “envelope-dominated” structures—such as homes and one- or two-story facilities—to provide a large portion if not all of the energy required to maintain comfort conditions.
“Internal load dominated” buildings—such as hospitals, offices, commercial kitchens, windowless stores—experience high internal gains imposed by the heat of occupancy, lights, and equipment. In such cases, the external climatic conditions may have less influence on achieving comfort and low energy utilization. However, as internal loads are reduced through energy-efficient design—such as low-wattage lighting, energy-efficient equipment, occupancy scheduling and zoning—the effects of climate become more obvious and immediate. All buildings can benefit from available daylighting, but large glazed areas require careful shading control, glazing selection, and possibly night insulation.
The “resources” of bioclimatic design are the natural flows of energy in and around a building—created by the interaction of sun, wind, precipitation, vegetation, temperature and humidity in the air and in the ground. In some instances, this “ambient energy” is useful immediately or can be stored for later use. There are definable “pathways” by which heat is gained or lost between the interior and the external climate in terms of the classic definitions of heating energy transfer mechanics. From these, the resulting bioclimatic design strategies can be defined:
Conduction: from hotter object to cooler object by direct contact. 

Convection: by flow of air between warmer objects and cooler objects. 

Radiation: from hotter object to cooler object within the direct view of each other 
regardless of the temperature of air between, including radiation from sun to earth. 

Evaporation: the change of phase from liquid to gaseous state: The sensible heat (dry- 
bulb temperature) in the air is lowered by the latent heat absorbed from air when 
moisture is evaporated. 

Thermal storage: from heat charge and discharge both diurnally and seasonally, as a 
function of its specific heat, mass, and conductivity. Although not usually listed alongside the four classic means of heat transport, this role of thermal storage is helpful in understanding the heat transfer physics of building climatology.