Cold-climate Buildings Design Guide

Cold-climate Buildings Design Guide

Author: Ashrae

Publisher: Ashrae

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781939200006

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Buildings in arctic and subarctic climates face unique challenges, not only the cold,but also remoteness, limited utilities, permafrost, and extreme temperature shifts.Built structures must meet these challenges while maintaining occupant comfort and, ifpossible, minimizing impact on the environment. Harmonizing human comfort with theclimatic realities of these environments can be a delicate balancing act. Strategic designis key to building, commissioning, and operating efficient and long-lasting cold-climatestructures. This unified guide to cold-climate design provides expert knowledge on theissues commonly faced in arctic and subarctic climates.In addition to cold-climate considerations in HVAC calculations and system design, this book¿s chapters cover sustainability, controls, building design, and commissioning, all from this distinctive climatic perspective. The book also includes an appendix with seven case studies of buildings located in cold and extreme cold climates. These buildings are leaders in their field with regard to both efficiency and cold-climate design.Aimed at each member of the building team, from the designer and architect to thecommissioning authority, Cold-Climate Buildings Design Guide will serve as a valuableresource from the initial planning to completion of cold-climate buildings.


Design for Northern Climates

Design for Northern Climates

Author: Vladimir Matus

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company

Published: 1988-01-01

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9780442264635

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Presents a unique, comprehensive system for creating a design and planning response to local climatic situations for both low and high density urban environments. Detailed instructions are given for preparing analyses of cold-climate regions, including mesoclimatic analyses, topography analyses and microclimatic analyses.


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.


The Prairie Homestead Cookbook

The Prairie Homestead Cookbook

Author: Jill Winger

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Published: 2019-04-02

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1250305942

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Jill Winger, creator of the award-winning blog The Prairie Homestead, introduces her debut The Prairie Homestead Cookbook, including 100+ delicious, wholesome recipes made with fresh ingredients to bring the flavors and spirit of homestead cooking to any kitchen table. With a foreword by bestselling author Joel Salatin The Pioneer Woman Cooks meets 100 Days of Real Food, on the Wyoming prairie. While Jill produces much of her own food on her Wyoming ranch, you don’t have to grow all—or even any—of your own food to cook and eat like a homesteader. Jill teaches people how to make delicious traditional American comfort food recipes with whole ingredients and shows that you don’t have to use obscure items to enjoy this lifestyle. And as a busy mother of three, Jill knows how to make recipes easy and delicious for all ages. "Jill takes you on an insightful and delicious journey of becoming a homesteader. This book is packed with so much easy to follow, practical, hands-on information about steps you can take towards integrating homesteading into your life. It is packed full of exciting and mouth-watering recipes and heartwarming stories of her unique adventure into homesteading. These recipes are ones I know I will be using regularly in my kitchen." - Eve Kilcher These 109 recipes include her family’s favorites, with maple-glazed pork chops, butternut Alfredo pasta, and browned butter skillet corn. Jill also shares 17 bonus recipes for homemade sauces, salt rubs, sour cream, and the like—staples that many people are surprised to learn you can make yourself. Beyond these recipes, The Prairie Homestead Cookbook shares the tools and tips Jill has learned from life on the homestead, like how to churn your own butter, feed a family on a budget, and experience all the fulfilling satisfaction of a DIY lifestyle.


Cities Designed for Winter

Cities Designed for Winter

Author: Jorma Mänty

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13:

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Series of papers which describe approaches to cold climate habitability from various northern nations including examples from Canada, China, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Japan, Mongolia, Norway, Soviet Union, Sweden and the United States.


Climate Considerations in Building and Urban Design

Climate Considerations in Building and Urban Design

Author: Baruch Givoni

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 1998-01-20

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780471291770

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Climate Considerations in Building and Urban Design Baruch Givoni Climate Considerations in Building and Urban Design is the most comprehensive, up-to-date reference available on building and urban climatology. Written in clear, common-sense language by Baruch Givoni, the leading authority in the field, this book is a far-reaching look at a variety of climatic influences and their effects on individuals, buildings, and communities. Aimed at architecture and urban planning professionals and students alike, Climate Considerations in Building and Urban Design offers real-life solutions to climatological site planning and design issues, helping to settle disputes about site orientation, site organization, and the assembly of building materials. Climate Considerations in Building and Urban Design is organized into three parts. The first, Building Climatology, analyzes human thermal comfort and the effect of architectural and structural design features including layout, window orientation, and shading, and ventilation conditions on the indoor climate. Then, Urban Climatology explores the ways in which the climate in densely built areas can differ from surrounding regional climactic conditions, for example, in temperature, wind speed, and humidity. This part further explores the effects of urban design elements, such as urban density and building height, on a city's outdoor climate. Finally, Building and Urban Design Guidelines applies the body of available research on building climatology and the effects of physical planning on the urban and indoor climates to suggest design guidelines for different regions--for example, hot-dry and hot-humid climates. Filled with lists, tables, and graphs for easy cross-referencing, as well as hundreds of visuals, Climate Considerations in Building and Urban Design offers readers the ability to perform a quick check of a proposed scheme against authoritative criteria. Mr. Givoni's latest volume is a unique, indispensable guide to the relationship between building design, urban planning, and climate.


Foreign to Familiar: A Guide to Understanding Hot - And Cold - Climate Cultures

Foreign to Familiar: A Guide to Understanding Hot - And Cold - Climate Cultures

Author: Sarah A. Lanier

Publisher:

Published: 2004-02-01

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781581580723

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Foreign to Familiar is a splendidly written, well-researched work on cultures. Anyone traveling abroad should not leave home without this valuable resource! I highly recommend it as required reading for cross-cultural workers. Sarah Lanier's love and sensitivity for people of all nations will touch your heart. This book creates within us a greater appreciation for our extended families around the world and an increased desire to better serve them. - Dr. Kingsley A. Fletcher President, Hope for Africa, Inc. [on back cover].


Reshaping Winter Cities

Reshaping Winter Cities

Author: Livable Winter City Association

Publisher: Livable Winter City Association

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13:

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Collection of papers by Canadian experts concerning development policies, strategies, concepts and trends that will ameliorate important features of daily life in cities, with special emphasis on the winter season. Highlights critical issues related to cold climate urban environments.