Energy manual : sustainable architecture / Hegger [and three others].
2008
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Energie-Atlas. English.
Ebrary electronic monographs.
Ebrary electronic monographs.
Title
Energy manual : sustainable architecture / Hegger [and three others].
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Imprint
Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser ; Munich : Edition Detail, [2008]
Copyright
©2008.
Description
1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Formatted Contents Note
Part A. Positions : Global change / Chris Luebkeman
Energy change / Hermann Scheer
Architecture and sustainability: a difficult relationship / Robert Kaltenbrunner
Doing things right: on efficiency and sustainability / Manfred Hegger
Solar architecture / Thomas Herzog
Planning and building in life cycles / Karl-Heinz Petzinka, Bernhard Lenz
Part B. Planning : Fundamentals : Global boundary conditions ; Energy ; Climate and comfort
Urban space and infrastructure : Land use ; Planning to suit the location ; Infrastructure and technical services
Building envelope : Maintaining and gaining heat ; Avoiding overheating ; Decentralised ventilation ; Using the daylight ; Generating electricity
Building services : Sustainable building services ; Heating ; Cooling ; Mechanical ventilation ; Optimising the artificial lighting
Materials : Heat flow ; Embodied energy ; Materials in the life cycle
Strategies : Energy concepts ; Politics, legislation, statutory instruments ; Planning process ; Sustainable architecture ; Diagnosis system for sustainable building quality (DSQ)
Part C. Case studies
Part D. Appendix : Parameters ; Climate data ; LCA data ; Statutory instruments, directives, standards.
Energy change / Hermann Scheer
Architecture and sustainability: a difficult relationship / Robert Kaltenbrunner
Doing things right: on efficiency and sustainability / Manfred Hegger
Solar architecture / Thomas Herzog
Planning and building in life cycles / Karl-Heinz Petzinka, Bernhard Lenz
Part B. Planning : Fundamentals : Global boundary conditions ; Energy ; Climate and comfort
Urban space and infrastructure : Land use ; Planning to suit the location ; Infrastructure and technical services
Building envelope : Maintaining and gaining heat ; Avoiding overheating ; Decentralised ventilation ; Using the daylight ; Generating electricity
Building services : Sustainable building services ; Heating ; Cooling ; Mechanical ventilation ; Optimising the artificial lighting
Materials : Heat flow ; Embodied energy ; Materials in the life cycle
Strategies : Energy concepts ; Politics, legislation, statutory instruments ; Planning process ; Sustainable architecture ; Diagnosis system for sustainable building quality (DSQ)
Part C. Case studies
Part D. Appendix : Parameters ; Climate data ; LCA data ; Statutory instruments, directives, standards.
Note
Translated into English by Gerd H. Söffker, Philip Thrift and Pamela Seidel.
Local Note
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Language Note
Translation of the 1st German ed. published: München : Institut für internationale Architektur-Dokumentation, 2007.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Energie-Atlas. Energy manual : sustainable architecture. Basel : Birkhäuser, [2008] 280 pages ; 30 cm
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English
ISBN
9783034614542 e-book
9783764388300 (softcover)
3764388307 (softcover)
9783764387648 (hardcover)
3764387645 (hardcover)
9783764388300 (softcover)
3764388307 (softcover)
9783764387648 (hardcover)
3764387645 (hardcover)
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