Performance-Based Building Design
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Performance-Based Building Design

From Below Grade to Floors, Walls, Roofs, Windows and Finishes

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eBook - PDF

Performance-Based Building Design

From Below Grade to Floors, Walls, Roofs, Windows and Finishes

About this book

Performance-Based Building Design

This third book in a series of three dealing with building physics and its application, looks to the impact a performance requirements linked approach has on building design and construction. It starts with a resumption of what's expected from buildings, followed by discussing a range of materials needed to guarantee a correct heat, air, moisture response. Then, looked is to preparing the building site, the excavations needed, the foundations, the below-grade parts and spaces, the structural systems commonly used, the floors, different types of outer walls, different types of roof assemblies, inside walls, the glazing, windows, outer doors, glass façades, bal-conies, all kind of shafts, chimneys, stairs, timber-frame construction, wall, floor and ceiling finishes. Each time again, not only the heat, air, moisture related metrics but also structural integrity, durability, fire safety, acoustics, maintenance, sustainability and buildability are dis- cussed. The whole ends with looking to the risks deficiencies may cause.

For this new edition, all chapters have been critically reviewed, actualized and gifted with additional figures where needed, so incorporating the experiences gained from 38 years of teaching to architectural and building engineering students, from 36 years of research, and from 53 years of practice, curing damage cases due to failing performance.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. About the Author
  7. List of Units and Symbols
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1 What Does Performance‐Based Requirements Mean?
  10. Chapter 2 Materials for a Correct Hygrothermal Performance
  11. Chapter 3 Clearing the Building Site, Excavations and Foundations
  12. Chapter 4 Parts and Spaces Below and on Grade
  13. Chapter 5 Load‐Bearing Structures
  14. Chapter 6 Floors
  15. Chapter 7 Outer Walls and Roofs: Performance Checks
  16. Chapter 8 Massive Outer Walls
  17. Chapter 9 Massive Outer Walls Insulated Either Inside or Outside
  18. Chapter 10 Cavity Walls
  19. Chapter 11 Concrete Panel and Sheet‐Metal Outer Walls
  20. Chapter 12 Outer Walls with Transparent Insulation
  21. Chapter 13 Low‐Slope Roofs
  22. Chapter 14 Pitched Roofs
  23. Chapter 15 Sheet‐Metal‐Covered Roofs
  24. Chapter 16 Inside Walls, Balconies, Shafts and Staircases
  25. Chapter 17 Windows, Outer Doors, and Glass Façades
  26. Chapter 18 Timber Frame Construction
  27. Chapter 19 Interior Finishes
  28. Chapter 20 Risk Analysis
  29. Index
  30. EULA