Energy and environment in architecture : a technical design guide / Nick Baker and Koen Steemers.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : E & FN Spon, 2000Description: 224 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0419227709
- 9780419227700
- 720.472 22
- NA2542.3 .B34 2000
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
About this book -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Pt. 1. Energy and environment -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Low-energy strategies -- Ch. 3. The provision of comfort -- Ch. 4. Heating -- Ch. 5. Prevention of overheating -- Ch. 6. Daylighting -- Ch. 7. Ventilation -- Ch. 8. The passive zone concept -- Ch. 9. Atria and sunspaces -- Ch. 10. Energy systems -- Bibliography -- Pt. 2. The LT Method -- Ch. 11. Introduction to the LT Method -- Ch. 12. How to use the LT Method -- Ch. 13. LT Method worked examples -- Ch. 14. LT data and worksheet -- Bibliography -- Pt. 3. Case studies -- Introduction -- App. A.1: Glossary -- App. A.2. The LT model -- App. A.3. LT default values -- App. A.4. Design checklist -- Illustration acknowledgements -- Index.
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.
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