Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference - Couverture rigide

Haggard, Ken; Bainbridge, David A.; Aljilani, Rachel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1138468762 ISBN 13 : 9781138468764

Editeur : Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

Our pocket reference books provide a wealth of practical information at your fingertips, whenever you need it. Rich in background detail, at-a-glance tables and diagrams, equations, and more, the Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference is a handy resource for architects, engineers and students.
Coverage includes:

definitions
load determinants and Responses (including world wide biomes and climates, building metabolism and response, thermal sources and sinks, passive building responses to sources and sinks, tuning the building to the environment, optimizing insulation and thermal mass for comfort)
contextual aspects (including microclimate and siting, temperatures, humidity, wind, radiation and comfort parameters
passive components (including building envelope, passive solar terminology, orientation, apertures and glazing, thermal storage, thermal control and materials
design tools (including sun path diagrams, sun peg diagrams, air flow relationships, thermal modelling and life cycle design
specific functions (including passive heating, passive cooling and ventilation, natural lighting, passive water heating, resource collection and integrated design).

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

David A. Bainbridge is Associate Professor of Sustainable Management at the Marshall Goldsmith School of Management, www.sustainabilityleader.org. He is coauthor of the best selling book The Straw Bale House, Village Homes' Solar House Designs, The Water Wall Design Manual, The Integral Passive Solar Water Heater Book and the First and Second Passive Solar Catalogs and contributed to the California Passive Solar Handbook.

Ken Haggard is principle and architect, San Luis Sustainability Group. www.slosustainability.com. He is coauthor of Straw Bale Construction Sourcebook, Fractal Architecture- Design for Sustainability, A Brief Architectural History of San Luis Obispo County, and the California Passive Solar Handbook.

Rachel Aljilani is a LEED AP and associate with San Luis Sustainability Group. She coauthored A Student Guide to Sustainable Living and the San Luis Obispo Guide to the Use of Graywater.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1138468762
• ISBN 13: 9781138468764
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 94
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible