Description
| Product ID: | 9781138629073 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Architecture of Natural Cooling |
| Authors: | Author: Brian Ford, Rosa Schiano-Phan, Juan A. Vallejo |
| Page Count: | 280 |
| Subjects: | Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, The environment, Mechanical engineering, Heating, lighting, ventilation, Environmental science, engineering and technology, The environment, Mechanical engineering, Heating, lighting, ventilation, Environmental science, engineering & technology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book is not just for the technical specialist, as it also provides a general grounding in environmental design. Importantly, it demonstrates that understanding our environment, rather than fighting it, will help us to live sustainably in our rapidly warming world. Overheating in buildings is commonplace. This book describes how we can keep cool without conventional air-conditioning: improving comfort and productivity while reducing energy costs and carbon emissions. It provides architects, engineers and policy makers with a ‘how-to’ guide to the application of natural cooling in new and existing buildings. It demonstrates, through reference to numerous examples, that natural cooling is viable in most climates around the world. This completely revised and expanded second edition includes:
This book is not just for the technical specialist, as it also provides a general grounding in how to avoid or minimise air-conditioning. Importantly, it demonstrates that understanding our environment, rather than fighting it, will help us to live sustainably in our rapidly warming world. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-11-27 |