Authors:Mat Santamouris, D. Asimakopoulis,
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Keywords: buildings, technology, solar, energy, passive, cooling
Number of Pages: 484
Published: 1996-01
List price: $136.00
ISBN-10: 1873936478
ISBN-13: 9781873936474
Energy consumption in buildings represents about 40% of the total annual energy usage in the EU. With greater awareness of the need to reduce energy consumption comes a growth of interest in passive cooling, particularly as an alternative to air-conditioning. Drawing extensively on information and results compiled under the SAVE European Research Programme, this book describes the fundamentals of passive cooling together with the principles and formulae necessary for its successful implementation. This publication will be of interest to building designers, building engineers including mechanic
Author: Mat Santamouris
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Keywords: buildings, energy, solar, technology, approach, integrated, design, urban, environmental
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2006-09
List price: $136.00
ISBN-10: 1902916425
ISBN-13: 9781902916422
* International experts in the field explore the relationship of building design to the urban setting* Enables building professionals to adopt environmental design strategies in their daily work* Designed as an academic module that can satisfy postgraduate certificate requirements and is suitable for distance learning* Includes a free CD-ROMThe importance of an integrated approach in urban design is becoming increasingly apparent. This book explains how to overcome related challenges in environmental design of urban buildings and offers guidance on the use of new materials and techniqu
Author: Claude-Alain Roulet
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Keywords: buildings, solar, technology, energy, series, diagnosis, airflow, methods, ventilation, evaluation
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2008-01
List price: $156.00
ISBN-10: 184407451X
ISBN-13: 9781844074518
Energy efficiency in buildings requires, among other things, that ventilation be appropriately dimensioned: too much ventilation wastes energy, and insufficient ventilation leads to poor indoor air quality and low comfort. Studies have shown that ventilation systems seldom function according to their commissioned design. They have also shown that airflow measurement results are essential in improving a ventilation system. This key handbook explains why ventilation in buildings should be measured and describes how to measure it, giving applied examples for each measurement method. The book wil
Authors:A. K. Athienitis, Mat Santamouris,
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Keywords: solar, buildings, technology, energy, passive, analysis, design, thermal
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2002-11
List price: $115.00
ISBN-10: 1902916026
ISBN-13: 9781902916026
Passive solar design techniques are becoming increasingly important in building design. This design reference book takes the building engineer or physicist step-by-step through the thermal analysis and design of passive solar buildings. In particular it emphasizes two important topics: the maximum utilization of available solar energy and thermal storage, and the sizing of an appropriate auxiliary heating/cooling system in conjunction with good thermal control.Topics include:* transient heat transfer and thermal storage* fenestration components, systems and daylighting* dynamic models of heat
Author: Allan Brito
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Keywords: scenery, buildings, visualizations, interiors, environmental, architectural, create, architecture, blender, photorealistic
Number of Pages: 332
Published: 2008-05-30
List price: $44.99
ISBN-10: 1847193676
ISBN-13: 9781847193674
In Detail This book will show you how to create realistic architectural models in Blender. Blender is an open-source 3D animation program released as free software. It can be used for modeling, texturing, skinning, animating, and so on. It runs on all the important operating systems (including Windows, Mac, and Linux). You can create natural scenery, landscapes, plants, various weather conditions, environmental factors, building materials such as wood, metal, brick, and more. You will also learn how to add people to different scenes as well as other objects to an already existing photograp
Authors:L. Robertson, Takeo Naka,
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Keywords: buildings, council, amp, urban, habitat, monograph, criteria, loading, vol, building
Number of Pages: 900
Published: 1980-07-31
List price: $59.00
ISBN-10: 0872622371
ISBN-13: 9780872622371
The loads to which tall buildings are subjected are examined aiming to give a precise definition of the related structural requirements that are necessary before a client’s needs can be translated into a safe design. The first five chapters explore different classes of loads: gravity loads and temperature affects, earthquake loads, wind loading and wind effects, fire, and accidental loads. The last two chapters explore quality control (control of the variations of material strengths and workmanship) and over-all safety considerations and probabilistic methods. Steel buildings, holding th
Authors:P. Fajfar, H. Krawinkler,
Publisher: Spon Press
Keywords: nonlinear, buildings, reinforced, concrete, analysis, seismic, yugoslavia, july, slovenia, workshop, design, bled
Number of Pages: 316
Published: 1990-12-31
List price: $420.00
ISBN-10: 1851667644
ISBN-13: 9781851667642
Forty scientists working in 13 different countries detail in this work the most recent advances in seismic design and performance assessment of reinforced concrete buildings. It is a valuable contribution in the mitigation of natural disasters.
