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Sun, Wind, and Light: Architectural Design Strategies
About this book
An updated guide to designing buildings that heat with the sun, cool with the wind, and light with the sky.
This fully updated Third Edition covers principles of designing buildings that use the sun for heating, wind for cooling, and daylight for natural lighting. Using hundreds of illustrations, this book offers practical strategies that give the designer the tools they need to make energy efficient buildings.
- Hundreds of illustrations and practical strategies give the designer the tools they need to make energy efficient buildings.
- Organized to quickly guide the designer in making buildings respond to the sun, wind and light.
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Yes, you can access Sun, Wind, and Light: Architectural Design Strategies by Mark DeKay,G. Z. Brown in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Architecture & Architecture Methods & Materials. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Sun, Wind & Light: Architectural Design Strategies
- Copyright
- Contents Overview
- SWL Printed Contents, abbreviated
- SWL Electronic Contents, abbreviated
- Alphabetic Contents of Strategies, Techniques, Bundles, Synergies and High-Performance Assessments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I: Navigation
- Part II: Using Sun, Wind & Light
- Part III: Synergies
- Part IV: Bundles
- Part V: Favorite Design Tools, condensed
- Part VI: Favorite Design Strategies, condensed
- Part VII: High-Performance Buildings
- Appendices (Print)
- Part VIII: Detailed Design Strategies
- Part IX Detailed Analysis Techniques
- Appendices (Electronic)
- Indices
- EULA