Environment, Technology and Sustainability

di Hocine Bougdah (Autore)

Stephen Sharples (Autore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2009

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.

• Autore: Hocine Bougdah, Stephen Sharples
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Technologies of Architecture
• Anno: 2009
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 320 p.
• Dimensioni: 246 x 189 mm
• Peso: 688 gr.
• EAN: 9780415403795

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