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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823731703321

Autore

Eicker Ursula

Titolo

Energy efficient buildings with solar and geothermal resources / / Ursula Eicker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , 2014

ISBN

1-118-70708-7

1-118-70705-2

1-118-70707-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (605 p.)

Disciplina

697/.78

Soggetti

Sustainable buildings

Solar buildings

Geothermal space heating

Air conditioning - Energy conservation

Heating - Energy conservation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part A. Passive solar -- part B. Natural ventilation -- part C. Daylighting of buildings.

Sommario/riassunto

A modern and unique perspective on solar and geothermal technologies for heating and cooling buildings  This book will have a broad appeal reaching practising engineers in the industry as well as students. With introductory sections for each technology described, material includes chapters on: geothermal energy use for the heating and cooling of buildings; a chapter on electrically driven heat pumps/chillers; material on night radiative cooling, photovoltaic thermal collectors, temperature modelling and thin film photovoltaic modelling.   Includes general introductory