Energy manual : sustainable architecture /
Contributor(s): Hegger, Manfred | Institut für internationale Architektur-Dokumentation.
Publisher: Basel ; Boston : Munich : Birkhäuser ; Edition Detail, c2008Description: 280 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783764388300 (softcover); 9783764388300:; 3764388307 (softcover); 9783764387648 (hardcover); 3764387645 (hardcover).Subject(s): Renewable energy sources | Sustainable architecture | Sustainable buildings -- Design and construction | Architecture -- Environmental aspects | Architecture and energy conservation | Sustainable developmentDDC classification: 720.472Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 720.472 HEG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Lost Checked out | 07/02/2023 | 0069055 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-271) and index.
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.
This manual presents a comprehensive look at the constructional parameters of energy efficiency and sustainability. It offers an advance look at the legal regulations being planned by the EU, and it points the way toward the efficient and sustainable construction and operation of buildings.