Insulating Modernism : Isolated and Non-isolated Thermodynamics in Architecture.
Title:
Insulating Modernism : Isolated and Non-isolated Thermodynamics in Architecture.
Author:
Moe, Kiel.
ISBN:
9783038216452
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (320 pages)
Contents:
Foreword. Iñaki Abalos -- Buildings are Non-isolated, Transient Structures of Dissipation: A Reckoning in the Form of an Introduction -- A History of Heat Transfer in Buildings -- A Material History of Insulation in Modernity -- Physiology, Insulation, Climate, and Pedagogy -- The Architecture of Dissipation -- A Dissipative Epilogue: Breathing Walls, by Salmaan Craig -- Conclusion: The Metabolic Rift, Gift & Shift of Architecture's Necessary Excess -- Acknowledgements -- Illustration Credits -- About the Author -- Index of Persons, Firms, and Institutions -- Index of Buildings and Objects.
Abstract:
What is the best way to achieve sustainable energy savings in buildings? The mainstream construction industry has been saying for decades: it's insulation. Today there is a growing movement among architects who claim that, by contrast, it isintelligent design thatprovides the best energetic results. This book describes the history, theory and facts of the mainstream insulation technology and the emerging alternative design approaches.
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.
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