Energy and Climate in the Urban Built Environment (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Santamouris, M.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Both the number and percentage of people living in urban areas is growing rapidly. Up to half of the world's population is expected to be living in a city by the end of the century and there are over 170 cities in the world with populations over a million. Cities have a huge impact on the local climate and require vast quantities of energy to keep them functioning. The urban environment in turn has a big impact on the performance and needs of buildings. The size, scale and mechanism of these interactions is poorly understood and strategies to mitigate them are rarely implemented. This is the first comprehensive book to address these questions. It arises out of a programme of work (POLISTUDIES) carried out for the Save programme of the European Commission. Chapters describe not only the main problems encountered such as the heat island and canyon effects, but also a range of design solutions that can be adopted both to improve the energy performance and indoor air quality of individual buildings and to look at aspects of urban design that can reduce these climatic effects. The book concludes with some examples of innovative urban bioclimatic buildings. The project was co-ordinated by Professor Mat Santamouris from the University of Athens who is also the editor of the book. Other contributions are from the University of Thessaloniki, Greece, ENTPE, Lyons, France and the University of Stuttgart, Germany.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 410
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134257973
• Artikelnr.: 42635794

Autorenporträt

M. Santamouris

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1
On the Built Environment ¿ the Urban Influences
Climate and Climate Change
Wind Patterns in Urban Environments
Wind Patterns in Urban Environments
Thermal Balance in the Urban Environment
Heat-island Effect
The Canyon Effect
The Energy Impact of the Urban Environment
Short-wave Radiation
Urban Pollution
The Role of Green Spaces
Appropriate Materials for the Urban Environment
Applied Lighting Technology for Urban Buildings
Active Solar Heating Systems for Urban Areas
Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation in the Urban Environment
Urban Settlements
Part 2
Guidelines for Integrating Energy Conservation Techniques in Urban Buildings
Examples of Urban Buildings
Appendix
Index