South Florida lies in the sub-tropics, latitudes that mediate the tropical equatorial circumference and the hemispheric temperate bands. The southern quarter of peninsular Florida is the only part of the United States that belongs to this global climate belt. The region includes the greater Caribbean basin with its numerous islands and surrounding continental shores that share the characteristics that its buildings respond to heat, sun, rain, humidity, tropical force winds.
Due to concerns about energy use and its carbon after-effects, and a growing understanding of the adaption needed...