Energy Manual : Sustainable Architecture.
by
Fuchs, Matthias.
Title
:
Energy Manual : Sustainable Architecture.
Author
:
Fuchs, Matthias.
ISBN
:
9783034614542
Personal Author
:
Fuchs, Matthias.
Physical Description
:
1 online resource (280 pages)
Series
:
Birkhäuser Generalstandingorder
Contents
:
Preface -- Part A Positions -- 1 Global change -- 2 Energy change -- 3 Architecture and sustainability -a difficult relationship -- 4 Doing things right - on efficiency and sustainability -- 5 Solar Architecture -- 6 Planning and building in life cycles -- Part B Planning -- 1 Fundamentals -- Global boundary conditions -- Energy -- Climate and comfort -- 2 Urban space and infrastructure -- Land use -- Planning to suit the location -- Infrastructure and technical services -- 3 Building envelope -- Maintaining and gaining heat -- Avoiding overheating -- Decentralised ventilation -- Using the daylight -- Generating electricity -- 4 Building services -- Sustainable building services -- Heating -- Cooling -- Mechanical ventilation -- Optimising the artificial lighting -- Generating electricity -- 5 Materials -- Heat flow -- Embodied energy -- Materials in the life cycle -- 6 Strategies -- Energy concepts -- Politics, legislation, statutory instruments -- Planning process -- Sustainable architecture -- Diagnosis system for sustainable building quality (DSQ) -- Part C Case studies -- Project examples 1 to 20 -- Part D Appendix -- Parameters -- Climate data -- LCA data -- Statutory instruments, directives, standards -- Bibliography -- Picture credits -- Subject index.
Abstract
:
An indispensable planning aid for energy-efficient and sustainable construction; following the proven model of earlier manuals in the series.
Local Note
:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Subject Term
:
Architecture -- Environmental aspects.
Sustainable architecture.
Sustainable development.
Genre
:
Electronic books.
Added Author
:
Hegger, Manfred.
Stark, Thomas.
Electronic Access
:
Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 1251540-1001 | NA2542.36 -- .E5313 2008 EB | Ebrary E-Books |