Sustainable Solar Housing - Volume 2 - Exemplary Buildings and Technologies

Zusatztext 'Very well written and timely ... from an impressive list of very knowledgeable contributors with a good European balance. Readers will be comforted by their reputations...[and] devising solutions based on climate is an excellent idea.'Get Sust! Informationen zum Autor Robert Hastings works with AEU Architecture! Energy and Environment GmbH! Switzerland. The highly successful Sustainable Solar Housing project was awarded the Energy Institute's Environment Award in 2007. Maria Wall is at the Department of Energy and Building Design! Lund University! Sweden. Klappentext * * An auspicious and comprehensive two-volume treatment of current solar energy strategies and technologies employed in buildings Zusammenfassung Examines a range of potential solutions for low-energy building design, considering different strategies (energy conservation and renewable energy) and technologies (relating to the building envelope, ventilation, heat delivery, heat production, heat storage, electricity and control). This book presents strategies and solutions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Vol 1: Foreword * Introduction * Part I: Strategies * Introduction * Energy * Ecology * Economics of High-Performance Houses * Multi-Criteria Decisions * Marketing Sustainable Housing * Part II: Solutions * Solution Examples * Cold Climates * Temperate Climates * Mild Climates Vol 2: Foreword * Introduction * Part I: Exemplary Buildings * Overview * The Lindas Passive House Project in Goteborg, Sweden * Gelsenkirchen Solar Housing Estate, Germany * Sunny Woods Apartment Building, Zurich * Wechsel Apartment Building, Stans, Switzerland * Vienna Utendorfgasse Passivhaus Apartment Building * Plus Energy House, Thening, Austria * Part II: Technologies * Introduction * Building Envelope * Ventilation * Heat Delivery * Heat Production * Sensible Heat Storage * Electricity * Building Information Systems

Product details

• Authors: Robert S Wall Hastings, S. Robert Wall Hastings
• Assisted by: Robert S Hastings (Editor), S. Robert Hastings (Editor), Maria Wall (Editor), Wall Maria (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2009
• EAN: 9781844073269
• ISBN: 978-1-84407-326-9
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Architectural structure & design, ARCHITECTURE / Methods & Materials, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Building construction & materials, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology, Building construction and materials, Materials in architecture