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

Author: Mark DeKay

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-12-16

Total Pages: 870

ISBN-13: 1118332881

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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.

North Sun '94
North Sun '94

Author: Kerr McGregor

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-23

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 1134253982

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Contains 69 papers presented at the North Sun conference held in Glasgow from 7-9 September 1994. The contributions include sections on: solar water heating; active solar heating; photovoltaic applications; solar modelling and design tools; solar buildings; and policy and implementation.

ESEC '89
ESEC '89

Author: Carlo Ghezzi

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 506

ISBN-13: 9783540516354

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The book is concerned with the broad topic of software engineering. It comprises the proceedings of the European Software Engineering Conference (ESEC) held at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom in September 1989 and its primary purpose is to summarise the state of the art in software engineering as represented by the papers at that conference. The material covers both submitted papers and a number of invited papers given at the conference. The topics covered include: metrics and measurement, software process modelling, formal methods including their use in industry, software configuration management, software development environments, and requirements engineering. The book is most likely to be of interest to researchers and professionals working in the field of software development. The primary value of the book is that it gives an up-to-date treatment of its subject material and includes some interesting discussions of the transfer of research ideas into industrial practice.

Solar Air Systems
Solar Air Systems

Author: Robert Hastings

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 668

ISBN-13: 113425685X

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Active solar systems for air heating are a straightforward yet effective way of using solar energy for space heating and tempering ventilation air. They offer some unique advantages over solar water systems, can offer improved comfort and fuller use of solar gains than passive solar systems and are a natural fit with mechanically ventilated buildings. They can be economical, with short pay-back periods and can act not only as space heating or ventilation air heating but also for water pre-heating, sunshading, electricity generation (with hybrid photovoltaic systems) and can help induce cooling. This design handbook takes architects and building engineers through the process of designing and selecting an active solar system from the six types presented, optimizing the system using nomograms and curves, and finally dimensioning the components of the system. Tips are offered regarding the construction and how to avoid problems. The book will provide essential design information for all architects, building engineers and other building design professionals and all those concerned to reduce the environmental impact of buildings.

Towards a Green Architecture
Towards a Green Architecture

Author: Brenda Vale

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13:

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This volume contains six case studies of buildings which were deliberately designed to minimize environmental impact. The key issue of energy conservation is examined in each case, and other aspects of building, such as materials, energy content and potential harm to customers, are considered.