Sun, Wind, and Light: Architectural Design Strategies - Softcover

DeKay, Mark; Brown, G. Z.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470945788 ISBN 13: 9780470945780

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

AN UPDATED GUIDE TO DESIGNING BUILDINGS THAT HEAT WITH THE SUN, COOL WITH THE WIND, AND LIGHT WITH THE SKY. THIS FULLY UPDATED THIRD EDITION COVERS PRINCIPLES OF DESIGNING BUILDINGS THAT USE THE SUN FOR HEATING, WIND FOR COOLING, AND DAYLIGHT FOR NATURAL LIGHTING. USING HUNDREDS OF ILLUSTRATIONS, THIS BOOK OFFERS PRACTICAL STRATEGIES THAT GIVE THE DESIGNER THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO MAKE ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS. HUNDREDS OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRACTICAL STRATEGIES GIVE THE DESIGNER THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO MAKE ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS. ORGANIZED TO QUICKLY GUIDE THE DESIGNER IN MAKING BUILDINGS RESPOND TO THE SUN, WIND AND LIGHT.

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Contraportada:

Design net-zero energy buildings that heat and power with the sun, cool with the wind, and light with the sky

The updated sustainable design classic

Doubled content

Focused on designing for Architecture 2030® carbon-neutral performance targets

Tools to connect related strategies.

Part I–VII: 400-page printed book

• Multiple aids for navigation
• A new knowledge structure for net-zero design
• 7 synergies and 9 strategy bundles
• 6 high-performance buildings assessments
• Condensed versions of favorite strategies and tools

Part VIII–IX: 450-page electronic book (free download)

• Searchable PDF documents
• Over 100 preliminary design strategies
• 29 design analysis techniques

Digital Extras (free download)

• The SWL Tools spreadsheet for net-zero design (62 pages)
• Climate Calendar data spreadsheets for the U.S. (28 cities)
• 700 pages of Climatic Context reports for U.S. climate regions

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• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0470945788
• ISBN 13: 9780470945780
• Einband: Encuadernación en espiral
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 432