Heating, Cooling, Lighting

Sustainable Design Strategies Towards Net Zero Architecture

Norbert M. Lechner, Patricia Andrasik

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9781119585749
• eBook ISBN:
  9781119585794
• Edition: 5
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: Architecture Design

The essential guide to environmental control systems in building design

For over 25 years Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Strategies Towards Net Zero Architecture has provided architects and design professionals the knowledge and tools required to design a sustainable built environment at the schematic design stage. This Fifth Edition offers cutting-edge research in the field of sustainable architecture and design and has been completely restructured based on net zero design strategies. Reflecting the latest developments in codes, standards, and rating systems for energy efficiency, Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Strategies Towards Net Zero Architecture includes three new chapters:

• Retrofits: Best practices for efficient energy optimization in existing buildings
• Integrated Design: Strategies for synergizing passive and active design
• Design Tools: How to utilize the best tools to benchmark a building's sustainability and net zero potential

Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Strategies Towards Net Zero Architecture is a go-to resource for practicing professionals and students in the fields of environmental systems technology or design, environmental design systems, construction technology, and sustainability technology.

Table of contents

• COVER
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• TITLE PAGE
• COPYRIGHT
• FOREWORD TO THE FIFTH EDITION
• FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION
• PREFACE
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• PART I: FUNDAMENTALS
• PART II: PASSIVE DESIGN STRATEGIES
• PART III: ACTIVE DESIGN STRATEGIES
• PART IV: INTEGRATED DESIGN
• PART V: TOOLS
• APPENDIX A: HORIZONTAL SUN-PATH DIAGRAMS
• APPENDIX B: VERTICAL SUN-PATH DIAGRAMS
• APPENDIX C: SOLAR ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH ANGLES
• APPENDIX D: METHODS FOR ESTIMATING THE HEIGHT OF TREES, BUILDINGS, AND THE LIKE
• APPENDIX E: SUNDIALS
• APPENDIX F: SUN-PATH MODELS
• APPENDIX G: THE WATER TABLE FOR VENTILATION STUDIES
• APPENDIX H: SITE EVALUATION TOOLS
• APPENDIX I: HELIODONS
• APPENDIX J: TABLES OF R-VALUES
• APPENDIX K: RESOURCES
• APPENDIX L: CONVERSION FACTORS BETWEEN THE INCH-POUND (I-P) SYSTEM AND THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI)
• APPENDIX M: SIZING A PV ARRAY
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX
• END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT