Heating, Cooling, Lighting - Sustainable Design Strategies Towards Net Zero Architecture

The essential guide to environmental control systems in building design
 
For over 25 years Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Strategies Towards Net Zero Architecture has provided architects and design professionals the knowledge and tools required to design a sustainable built environment at the schematic design stage. This Fifth Edition offers cutting-edge research in the field of sustainable architecture and design and has been completely restructured based on net zero design strategies. Reflecting the latest developments in codes, standards, and rating systems for energy efficiency, Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Strategies Towards Net Zero Architecture includes three new chapters:
* Retrofits: Best practices for efficient energy optimization in existing buildings
* Integrated Design: Strategies for synergizing passive and active design
* Design Tools: How to utilize the best tools to benchmark a building's sustainability and net zero potential
 
Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Strategies Towards Net Zero Architecture is a go-to resource for practicing professionals and students in the fields of environmental systems technology or design, environmental design systems, construction technology, and sustainability technology.

List of contents

Foreword to The Fifth Edition xiii
Edward Mazria
 
Foreword to The First Edition xv
James Marston Fitch
 
Preface xvii
 
Acknowledgements xix
 
Part I Fundamentals 1
 
1 Background: Architecture In A Warming World 3
 
1.1 Introduction 4
 
1.2 Indigenous and Vernacular Architecture 5
 
1.3 Formal Architecture 6
 
1.4 Architecture and Energy 8
 
1.5 The Architectural Approach to Low-Energy Design 11
 
1.6 Climate and Architecture 14
 
1.7 Dynamic Versus Static Buildings 15
 
1.8 Form, Color and Ornamentation 15
 
1.9 Biophilic Design 18
 
1.10 Resilient Design 18
 
1.11 Sustainability Codes and Voluntary Programs 20
 
1.12 The Moral Imperative 20
 
1.13 Conclusion 21
 
Executive Summary 21
 
Resources 22
 
2 Climate Change: The Key Sustainability Issue 23
 
2.1 Easter Island: Learning From the Past 24
 
2.2 Sustainable Design and Climate Change 24
 
2.3 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Regenerate by Design 25
 
2.4 The Sustainability Movement 27
 
2.5 The Basic Causes of Environmental Problems 28
 
2.6 Growth 31
 
2.7 Exponential Growth 31
 
2.8 The Amoeba Analogy 32
 
2.9 Supply Versus Efficiency 33
 
2.10 Sustainable-Design Issues 33
 
2.11 Embodied Energy 34
 
2.12 Climate Change 35
 
2.13 The Ozone Hole 37
 
2.14 Efficiency Versus Renewable Energy 37
 
2.15 Energy Sources 37
 
2.16 Energy Use in Ancient Greece 38
 
2.17 Nonrenewable Fossil Energy Sources 39
 
2.18 Nuclear Energy 40
 
2.19 Renewable Energy Sources 41
 
2.20 Conclusion 48
 
Executive Summary 49
 
Resources 50
 
3 Basic Principles: The Physics Of Heat Flow For Heating And Cooling Buildings 51
 
3.1 Introduction 52
 
3.2 Heat 52
 
3.3 Sensible Heat 52
 
3.4 Latent Heat 53
 
3.5 Evaporative Cooling 53
 
3.6 Convection 54
 
3.7 Transport 54
 
3.8 Energy-Transfer Mediums 55
 
3.9 Radiation 55
 
3.10 Greenhouse Effect 57
 
3.11 Equilibrium Temperature of a Surface 58
 
3.12 Mean Radiant Temperature 59
 
3.13 Heat Flow 59
 
3.14 Heat Sink 60
 
3.15 Heat Capacity 60
 
3.16 Thermal Resistance 60
 
3.17 Heat-Flow Coefficient 61
 
3.18 Time Lag 61
 
3.19 Insulating Effect of Mass 62
 
3.20 Energy Conversion 63
 
3.21 Combined Heat and Power 63
 
3.22 Off-Site Versus On-Site Renewable Energy 64
 
3.23 The Game Changers: Heat Pumps and Batteries 64
 
3.24 Net-Zero Buildings 65
 
3.25 Conclusion 65
 
Executive Summary 66
 
4 Climate: Its Significant Impact On Buildings 67
 
4.1 Introduction 68
 
4.2 Climate 68
 
4.3 Microclimate 70
 
4.4 Climatic Anomalies 73
 
4.5 Climate Regions in a Time of Climate Change 74
 
4.6 Explanations of the Climatic Data Tables 75
 
4.7 Relative Heating and Cooling Loads 80
 
4.8 Climatic Data Tables 84
 
4.9 Design Strategies 119
 
Executive Summary 125
 
Resources 126
 
5 Psychometrics: Thermal Comfort 127
 
5.1 Biological Machine 128
 
5.2 Thermal Barriers 129
 
5.3 Metabolic Rate 131
 
5.4 Thermal Conditions of the Environment 131
 
5.5 The Psychrometric Chart 133
 
5.6 Dew Point and Wet-Bulb Temperatures 135
 
5.7 Heat Content of Air 136
 
5.8 Thermal Comfo

About the author

NORBERT LECHNER, LEED AP (Chapel Hill, NC) Architect and Professor Emeritus of Architecture in the Building Science Department at Auburn University, is an expert in energy responsive architectural design with an emphasis on solar responsive design, including daylighting. He is a consultant for designing sustainable, low energy, and solar responsive buildings, and is the inventor of new types of heliodons that are invaluable for teaching and designing solar responsive buildings.
PATRICIA ANDRASIK, NCARB, AIA, IIDA, LEED BD+C, LEED O+M (Washington, D.C.) Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture and Planning at The Catholic University of America, is a licensed architect in Washington, D.C. and is internationally recognized for her research in informing design through performance metrics and using performance metrics to inform O&M.

Summary

The essential guide to environmental control systems in building design

For over 25 years Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Strategies Towards Net Zero Architecture has provided architects and design professionals the knowledge and tools required to design a sustainable built environment at the schematic design stage. This Fifth Edition offers cutting-edge research in the field of sustainable architecture and design and has been completely restructured based on net zero design strategies. Reflecting the latest developments in codes, standards, and rating systems for energy efficiency, Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Strategies Towards Net Zero Architecture includes three new chapters:
* Retrofits: Best practices for efficient energy optimization in existing buildings
* Integrated Design: Strategies for synergizing passive and active design
* Design Tools: How to utilize the best tools to benchmark a building's sustainability and net zero potential

Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Strategies Towards Net Zero Architecture is a go-to resource for practicing professionals and students in the fields of environmental systems technology or design, environmental design systems, construction technology, and sustainability technology.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Andrasik, Andrasik Patricia, Nm Lechner, Norbert Lechner, Norbert M Lechner, Norbert M. Lechner, Norbert M. Andrasik Lechner, Lechner Norbert M.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781119585749
• ISBN: 978-1-119-58574-9
• No. of pages: 832
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Innenarchitektur, Architektur, Beleuchtung, Kühlung, Interior Design, Architecture, Heiztechnik, Bauentwurf, Klimatechnik, Building Design