
Guide A: Environmental design
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
CIBSE Guide A: Environmental design is the premier technical/reference source for designers and installers of building services, especially low energy and environmentally sustainable buildings. This is the eighth edition, which comprehensively updates its predecessor. It also contains many significant changes in both format and content.The updated contents acknowledge and satisfy current UK legislation, specifically the 2013 Building Regulations Approved Documents L and F, and the recommendations of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. Additionally, the authors of each chapter have incorporated the latest published research and recognised best design practice to ensure that environmental design engineers and installation engineers can practise at the forefront of their profession.
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Table of contents
- CIBSE Guide A Environmental design
- Foreword
- Contents
- 0 Quality in environmental design
- 1 Environmental criteria for design
- 2 External design data
- 3 Thermal properties of building structures
- 4 Ventilation and air infiltration
- 5 Thermal design, plant sizing and energy conservation
- 6 Internal heat gains
- 7 Moisture transfer and condensation
- 8 Health issues
- Index