A profile of Austrian practice SPS Architekten - Thalgau Fully illustrated with approx. 70 images and approx. 30 plansSimon Speigner is a pioneer of sustainable, energy-efficient building in Austria. His practice sp...Lasīt vairāk
Bringing together real-world examples, Architecture and Energy offers starting points for how to approach construction today and into the future. The energy requirements of buildings are enormous, resulting in a significant prop...Lasīt vairāk
Fundamentals of Building Performance Simulation, 2nd Edition compares the theory and practice of a multi-disciplinary field to the essentials for classroom learning and real-world applications. Authored by a veteran educator and researcher,...Lasīt vairāk
Fundamentals of Building Performance Simulation, 2nd Edition compares the theory and practice of a multi-disciplinary field to the essentials for classroom learning and real-world applications. Authored by a veteran educator and researcher,...Lasīt vairāk
Towards Energy-Efficient Buildings: Envelope Technologies and Sustainable Energy Systems examines the intersection of building design and energy systems analysis, paving the way to sustainable, efficient buildings and our communal energy futur...Lasīt vairāk
Architectural Design Strategies for Saving Energy in Buildings: An Architects View employs an architects perspective, defined equally as art and engineering science, to the contemporary concept of designing buildings that use less energ...Lasīt vairāk
This book provides an overview of the basic concepts of quality, indoor lighting, and explains concepts like visual comfort, visual interest, and integrated design as they relate to the practice of lighting design. Energy-efficient lighting techno...Lasīt vairāk
Governments across the globe are setting targets for reducing their carbon emissions. For example, the UK Government has committed to an eighty per cent reduction by 2050, when twenty-eight million buildings that currently exist will still be stan...Lasīt vairāk
This book explores the legal barriers to energy modernisation in Germanys residential building sector, especially when low-income tenants are involved. It also examines potential solutions to the landlord-tenant dilemma and how they may be applied w...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 19-Apr-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Gibbs M. Smith Inc, ISBN-13: 9781423665250)
A beautiful book for readers researching affordable options for chic yet environmentally friendly ADU construction.Library JournalAccessory dwelling units (ADUs) are good for people and communities. An inside look at 2...Lasīt vairāk
Living off the grid has become increasingly desirable in recent years. Escaping the city to be immersed in nature is ever more appealing as the pressures of everyday life increase. The need to reduce our carbon footprints as the effects of climate ch...Lasīt vairāk
This book describes the detailed process behind the development of a comprehensive thermo-bio-architectural framework (the ThBA). This framework systematically connects the thermal performance requirements of a building to relevant solutions found...Lasīt vairāk
This book focuses on the transition towards net-zero carbon built environments to deliver on the climate emergency. It provides an evidence-based roadmap and proposes guidelines to achieving targets covering emerging technologies, materials, innov...Lasīt vairāk
This book presents a methodology for the design, construction, monitoring, optimization, and post-occupancy evaluation of net-zero and positive-energy communities based on the experiences gained in the EU Horizon 2020 ZERO-PLUS project. It describ...Lasīt vairāk
This book presents a methodology for the design, construction, monitoring, optimization, and post-occupancy evaluation of net-zero and positive-energy communities based on the experiences gained in the EU Horizon 2020 ZERO-PLUS project. It describ...Lasīt vairāk
This book explores membrane materials as a means of translating natural and renewable resources into a more flexible, dynamic, and reactive architectural skin....Lasīt vairāk
Sustainability is to become the guiding principle of social action and economic activity. At the same time, its ways and means are far from clear. As a holistic praxis, sustainability must combine technical and material as well as social, economi...Lasīt vairāk
This book provides the reader with an understanding of the impact that different morphologies, construction materials and green coverage solutions have on the urban microclimate, thus affecting the comfort conditions of urban inhabitants and the e...Lasīt vairāk
The book focuses on the key contemporary issue of Climate change, constructing the narrative from traditions of Urbanism through its Axiology and Epistemology. The book is a rich collection of seven chapters and attempts to address each of the aspec...Lasīt vairāk
The completely revised basic work presents itself at the state of the art. The numerous explanations on sustainable building systems are brought together in the new chapter Energy Concepts. The technical content is condensed according to the fac...Lasīt vairāk
