Environment, Technology and Sustainability
Hocine Bougdah author Stephen Sharples author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:22nd Jul '09
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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- Paperback£39.99(9780415403795)
This second volume in the Technologies of Architecture series – the only series of books tuned to the architectural technology syllabus – explores the environmental influences on building design.
Looking particularly at sustainable building, a holistic view is taken, so that the influence of any one set of choices on other areas – such as the trade-off of daylighting against thermal insulation, or the balance needed between heating and ventilation – are not overlooked. The authors discuss available technologies for establishing a suitable microclimate within buildings, for managing the transmission of sound and for minimizing the exploitation of scarce energy and of other resources.
Using the perspective of a designer who needs a sound scientific basis for arriving at the optimum outcome, this valuably informative volume is ideal for architectural technology students, as well as first and second year architecture students.
ISBN: 9780415403788
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 861g
320 pages