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Heating, Cooling, Lighting Design Methods for Architects
Second Edition
by Norbert Lechner
This book enables designers to provide for all of a building's thermal and lighting needs while minimizing energy consumption and maximizing sustainability.
It provides the detailed information needed to know to make the crucial decisions concerning thermal comfort, mechanical heating and cooling systems, climate, passive heating and cooling, shading, site planning, daylight and artificial lighting, and conservation.
This fully updated new edition includes:
- Sun path diagrams and instructions for making a sun machine (heliodon) and solar site evaluation tools
- Rules of thumb and simple sizing tables
- Numerous case studies and examples
- A "Key Ideas" list for quick reference and review
- More than 1,000 helpful photographs and line drawings
Contents:
- Heating, Cooling, and Lighting as Form-Givers in Architecture
- Sustainable Design
- Basic Principles
- Thermal Comfort
- Climate
- Solar Geometry
- Passive Solar
- Photovoltaics and Active Solar
- Shading
- Passive Cooling
- Site Design and Community Planning
- Lighting
- Daylighting
- Electric Lighting
- The Thermal Envelope: Keeping Warm and Staying Cool
- Mechanical Equipment for Heating and Cooling
- Case Studies
Appendices
- Horizontal Sun-Path Diagrams
- Vertical Sun-Path Diagrams
- Sun Machine
- Methods for Estimating the Height of Trees, Buildings, Etc.
- Sundials
- Sun-Path Models
- Computer Software Useful for the Schematic Design Stage
- Site Evaluation Tools
- Educational Opportunities in Energy-Conscious Design
- Resources (Books, Journals, Videos, and Organizations)
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Heating, Cooling, Lighting Design Methods for Architects
Second Edition
by Norbert Lechner
620 pages • $98.00 + shipping
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