Heating, Cooling, Lighting
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Heating, Cooling, Lighting

Sustainable Design Strategies Towards Net Zero Architecture

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eBook - ePub

Heating, Cooling, Lighting

Sustainable Design Strategies Towards Net Zero Architecture

About this book

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.

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Information

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

Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  3. TITLE PAGE
  4. COPYRIGHT
  5. FOREWORD TO THE FIFTH EDITION
  6. FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION
  7. PREFACE
  8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  9. PART I: FUNDAMENTALS
  10. PART II: PASSIVE DESIGN STRATEGIES
  11. PART III: ACTIVE DESIGN STRATEGIES
  12. PART IV: INTEGRATED DESIGN
  13. PART V: TOOLS
  14. APPENDIX A: HORIZONTAL SUN-PATH DIAGRAMS
  15. APPENDIX B: VERTICAL SUN-PATH DIAGRAMS
  16. APPENDIX C: SOLAR ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH ANGLES
  17. APPENDIX D: METHODS FOR ESTIMATING THE HEIGHT OF TREES, BUILDINGS, AND THE LIKE
  18. APPENDIX E: SUNDIALS
  19. APPENDIX F: SUN-PATH MODELS
  20. APPENDIX G: THE WATER TABLE FOR VENTILATION STUDIES
  21. APPENDIX H: SITE EVALUATION TOOLS
  22. APPENDIX I: HELIODONS
  23. APPENDIX J: TABLES OF R-VALUES
  24. APPENDIX K: RESOURCES
  25. APPENDIX L: CONVERSION FACTORS BETWEEN THE INCH-POUND (I-P) SYSTEM AND THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI)
  26. APPENDIX M: SIZING A PV ARRAY
  27. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  28. INDEX
  29. END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT