Renewable Energy For Sustainable Development And The Built Environment.
Title:
Renewable Energy For Sustainable Development And The Built Environment.
Author:
Pereira, Fernando O.
ISBN:
9781845446239
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (107 pages)
Series:
Environemental Management and Health ; v.13
Environemental Management and Health
Contents:
Contents -- Abstracts and keywords -- Guest editorial -- Sustainable house design: Fernando de Noronha-Brazil -- Sunny walls vs sunnier roofs -- IDEA -- Two low income social housings -- Urban planning instruments to improve winter solar access in open public spaces -- Energy saving by means of innovative building envelope systems -- Green roofs in temperate climates and in the hot-humid tropics - far beyond the aesthetics -- Optimal orientation and automatic control of external shading devices in office buildings -- A new language of architecture -- News from the Net -- News -- Books and resources -- Diary.
Abstract:
It is worth noting that the late 1950s were, at the same time, the stage of the''air conditioning era'' and the ''rediscovery'' of bioclimatic design, acomprehensive design concept that includes all climatic impacts and placesuser well-being as the focus of building design.
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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