Architecture in a climate of change : a guide to sustainable design / / Peter F. Smith

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815970903321
• Autore: Smith Peter F (Peter Frederick), <1930-, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Boston : , : Architectural Press, , 2005
• ISBN: 1-136-42852-6; 1-136-42853-4; 1-280-64218-1; 9786610642182; 0-08-045746-0
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (295 p.)
• Disciplina: 720.47
• Soggetti: Architecture and energy conservation; Architecture - Environmental aspects; Architecture and climate; Sustainable architecture
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previous ed.: 2001.; Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Architecture in a Climate of Change; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One Climate change - nature or human nature?; Chapter Two Predictions; Chapter Three Renewable technologies - the marine environment; Chapter Four Renewable technologies - the wider spectrum; Chapter Five Low energy techniques for housing; Chapter Six Insulation; Chapter Seven Domestic energy; Chapter Eight Advanced and ultra-low energy houses; Chapter Nine Harvesting wind and water; Chapter Ten Existing housing: a challenge and opportunity; Chapter Eleven Low energy techniques for non-domestic buildingsChapter Twelve Ventilation; Chapter Thirteen Energy options; Chapter Fourteen Lighting - designing for daylight; Chapter Fifteen Lighting - and human failings; Chapter Sixteen Cautionary notes; Chapter Seventeen Life-cycle assessment and recycling; Chapter Eighteen State of the art case studies; Chapter Nineteen Integrated ; district environmental design; Chapter Twenty An American perspective; Chapter Twenty One Emergent technologies and future prospects; Appendix One Key indicators for sustainable design; Appendix Two An outline sustainability syllabus for designersIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: Revised to incorporate and reflect changes and advances since it was first published the new edition of Architecture in a Climate of Change provides the latest basic principals of sustainability and the future of sustainable technology.Including new material on wind generation, domestic water conservation, solar thermal electricity as well as international case studies Architecture in a Climate of Change encourages readers to consider new approaches to building making minimum demand on fossil based energy.