LEADER 02939oam 2200469 450 001 9910741140703321 005 20190911103511.0 010 $a1-4471-5511-4 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4471-5511-9 035 $a(OCoLC)860986632 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL6XPO 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000019015 100 $a20130726d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEnergy-efficient timber-glass houses /$fVesna Zegarac Leskovar, Miroslav Premrov 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 1$aNew York :$cSpringer,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (vi, 178 pages) $cillustrations (some color) 225 1 $aGreen Energy and Technology,$x1865-3529 300 $a"ISSN: 1865-3529." 311 $a1-4471-5510-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aBasic Principles of Energy-efficient Building Design -- Structural Systems of Timber-Frame Buildings -- Timber-glass Prefabricated Buildings. 330 $aThe book discusses combining timber and glass, two eco materials, with a view to developing an optimal contemporary energy-efficient house with an attractive design. Furthermore, the book connects an architectural design approach with structural research to show the possibilities of stabilizing the building with an increased size of the glazing. Research results where the glazing is considered as a load-bearing structural element are therefore presented in a manner leading to the development of an optimal model of the timber-glass house, considering both the structural and energy related aspects.  The presented research work can be useful to designers and future experts in their planning of optimal energy-efficient timber buildings. The study is based on using timber and glass, which were previously neglected as construction materials. With suitable technological development and appropriate use, they are nowadays becoming essential construction materials as far as energy efficiency is concerned. However, their combined use is extremely complicated, from both the constructional point of view as well as from that of energy efficiency and sets multiple traps for designers. A good knowledge of their advantages and drawbacks is thus vitally important, which is shown in the present monograph. 410 0$aGreen energy and technology. 606 $aArchitecture and energy conservation 606 $aWooden-frame houses$xEnergy conservation 615 0$aArchitecture and energy conservation. 615 0$aWooden-frame houses$xEnergy conservation. 676 $a620.12 700 $a?egarac Leskovar$b Vesna$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0867173 702 $aPremrov$b Miroslav 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910741140703321 996 $aEnergy-Efficient Timber-Glass Houses$93553608 997 $aUNINA