Energy and environment in architecture : a technical design guide /

Baker, Nick,

Energy and environment in architecture : a technical design guide / Nick Baker and Koen Steemers. - 224 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

About this book -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Energy and environment -- Introduction -- Low-energy strategies -- The provision of comfort -- Heating -- Prevention of overheating -- Daylighting -- Ventilation -- The passive zone concept -- Atria and sunspaces -- Energy systems -- Bibliography -- The LT Method -- Introduction to the LT Method -- How to use the LT Method -- LT Method worked examples -- LT data and worksheet -- Bibliography -- Case studies -- Introduction -- App. A.1: Glossary -- The LT model -- LT default values -- Design checklist -- Illustration acknowledgements -- Index. Pt. 1. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Pt. 2. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14. Pt. 3. App. A.2. App. A.3. App. A.4.

This technical guide deals with environmental issues facing every architect at the concept stage of designing a building. This includes determining the energy use for lighting, heating, cooling and ventilation.

0419227709 9780419227700

98054418


Architecture and energy conservation
Public buildings--Design and construction

NA2542.3 / .B34 2000

720.472

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