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Architecture : comfort and energy / editors, C. Gallo, M. Sala, A.A.M. Sayigh.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture and climate.
- Architecture and energy conservation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Amsterdam : Elsevier Science, c1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this book we seek to approach the architecture-energy combination and its relationship to human comfort and the environment .There are chapters on thermal comfort, low energy architecture dealing with various criterion for comfort in different parts of the World. The book also seeks to understand how previous generations lived in harsh climates and without abundant sources of energy, yet managed to design and build appropriate dwellings providing both comfort and harmony with the environment. Other chapters deal with the bioclimatic concept in Vernacular Architecture; the major rol
- Contents:
- Cover; CONTENTS; Introduction; Chapter 1. Thermal comfort and the development of bioclimatic concept in building design; Chapter 2. Vernacular and contemporary buildings in Qatar; Chapter 3. Principles of thermal comfort; Chapter 4. Bioclimatism in vernacular architecture; Chapter 5. The utilization of microclimate elements; Chapter 6. Daylighting; Chapter 7. Ventilation; Chapter 8. Technology for modern architecture
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-18892-1
- 9786611188924
- 0-08-056060-1
- OCLC:
- 476131638
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