Architecture in a climate of change : a guide to sustainable design / Peter F. Smith.
Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford ; Boston : Elsevier/Architectural Press, 2005Edition: Second editionDescription: xv, 278 pages : illustrations, plans ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0750665440
- 9780750665445
- Guide to sustainable design
- 720.47 22
- NA2542.3 .S62 2005
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Includes index.
Previous ed.: 2001.
1. Climate change - nature or human nature? -- 2. Predictions -- 3. Renewable technologies - the marine environment -- 4. Renewable technologies - the wider spectrum -- 5. Low energy techniques for housing -- 6. Insulation -- 7. Domestic energy -- 8. Advanced and ultra-low energy houses -- 9. Harvesting wind and water -- 10. Existing housing : a challenge and opportunity -- 11. Low energy techniques for non-domestic buildings -- 12. Ventilation -- 13. Energy options -- 14. Lighting - designing for daylight -- 15. Lighting - and human failings -- 16. Cautionary notes -- 17. Life-cycle assessment and recycling -- 18. State of the art case studies -- 19. Integrated district environmental design -- 20. An American perspective -- 21. Emergent technologies and future prospects -- App. 1. Key indicators for sustainable design -- App. 2. An outline sustainability syllabus for designers.
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