Carl Bovill

Sustainability in Architecture and Urban Design (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Sustainability in Architecture and Urban Design will help you understand the nature of the sustainability problem and show you how to implement your design for a sustainable future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317932277
• Artikelnr.: 41850351

Autorenporträt

Carl Bovill is an associate professor in the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at the University of Maryland where he teaches materials, environmental controls, and sustainability. His publications include Architectural Design, Integration of Structural and Environmental Control Systems (1991) and Fractal Geometry in Architecture and Design (1996).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Introduction. Part 1: The Global Sustainability Problem 1. Solar
Energy Use through Time 2. Uncontrolled Growth 3. The Ecological Footprint
4. Global Warming and Climate Change Part 2: Ecology and the Environment
5. Ecosystem Example: The Chesapeake Bay 6. Ecology and Architecture 7.
Environmental Economics 8. Nature's Geometry Part 3: The Residential Scale
9. Building Example: Watershed House 10. LEED For Residential Building
Points 11. The Energy Design Process 12. Bioclimatic Design 13. Solar
Control and Shading 14. Passive Solar Heating 15. Passive Cooling 16.
Embodied Energy and Thermal Mass 17. High Insulation Levels 18. Material
Choices Part 4: The Commercial Scale 19. Building Example: The Chesapeake
Bay Foundation Building 20. LEED For Commercial Buildings 21. Daylighting
22. Electric Lighting 23. Heating and Cooling 24. Indoor Air Quality 25.
Green Roofs 26. Material Choices Part 5: The Urban Scale 27. Urban Example:
San Francisco 28. LEED For Neighborhood Development 29. Urbanism 30.
Transit Oriented Development Part 6: Energy Sources 31. Conventional Fuels:
Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas 32. Alternative Energy Sources. Appendix A Sun
Path Diagrams. Appendix B Energy Analysis Computer Programs. Bibliography.
Index