Bare Poles
Bare Poles

Author: Harold Strub

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1996-04-15

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0773584900

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Designing successfully for people in the world's coldest climates demands a broad understanding of site conditions and their unique social context. Until now such knowledge often lay unarticulated in the minds of a few experienced practitioners or in the disappearing traditions of aboriginal peoples.

Planning in Cold Climates
Planning in Cold Climates

Author: Norman Pressman

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13:

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Explores the development policies, strategies, concepts and trends that are intended to ameliorate the Canadian urban environments, particularly on problems arising during the lengthy harsh winter season. A critique of existing policies and developments reveals some errors which have been made in the past in Canadian towns and cities, from both social and physical viewpoints.

Proceedings of ISES World Congress 2007 (Vol.1-Vol.5)
Proceedings of ISES World Congress 2007 (Vol.1-Vol.5)

Author: D. Yogi Goswami

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 3091

ISBN-13: 3540759972

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ISES Solar World Congress is the most important conference in the solar energy field around the world. The subject of ISES SWC 2007 is Solar Energy and Human Settlement, it is the first time that it is held in China. This proceedings consist of 600 papers and 30 invited papers, whose authors are top scientists and experts in the world. ISES SWC 2007 covers all aspects of renewable energy, including PV, collector, solar thermal electricity, wind, and biomass energy.

Bioclimatic Housing
Bioclimatic Housing

Author: Richard Hyde

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-04-27

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 1136571140

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In the search for sustainable architecture, there is growing interest in the relationship between nature and design. In this vital new book, the termbioclimatic relating to the dynamic between climate and living organisms, is applied by the authors in focusing on countries where housing requires cooling for a significant part of the year. In this context, Bioclimatic Housing covers creative, vernacular architecture to present both the theory and practice of innovative, low-energy architecture. The book interweaves the themes of social progress, technological fixes and industry transformation within a discussion of global and country trends, climate types, solutions and technologies. Prepared under the auspices of a 5-year International Energy Agency (IEA) project, and with case studies from Iran, Malaysia, Australia, Japan, Sri Lanka and Italy, this is a truly international and authoritative work, providing an essential primer for building designers, builders, developers and advanced students in architecture and engineering.