Architecture in a Climate of Change, Second Edition

Architecture in a Climate of Change, Second Edition

Publisher: Architectural Press | edition 2005 | PDF | 192 pages | 6,3 mb

This book is really two publications in one. It contains both a well-researched and dispassionate overview of energy and climate, combined with a thorough account of acheiving energy efficiency in buildings. It is also incredibly up to date...

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House Rating Schemes : From Energy to Comfort Base

"House Rating Schemes : From Energy to Comfort Base"
Maria Kordjamshidi,
Springer | 2010 | 300 pages | PDF | 2,6 MB

"House Rating Schemes" provides information to students, architects and researchers in the field of the built environment. It reviews current House Rating Schemes (HRS) used in different countries and investigates how these schemes assess the thermal performance of a house. It challenges the way that these schemes assess building energy efficiency and their inability to evaluate free running buildings which do not need an energy load for heating and cooling indoor environments. Finally, the book proposes a new index and method for HRS in which the efficiency of a house design can be evaluated with reference to its thermal performance in both free running and conditioned operation modes. The book deals with various approaches and methods for rating buildings on the basis of different indexes, with implications for both energy efficiency and thermal comfort. It also guides readers through a computer simulation program for developing a rating system that evaluates and ranks building energy efficiency.
 

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Diagrid Technolgy : Structural Efficiency & Increasing Popularity

Diagrid Technolgy : Structural Efficiency & Increasing Popularity
Ian McCain
English | 38 pages | 7.72 MB

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Ventilation and Airflow in Buildings: Methods for Diagnosis and Evaluation

Ventilation and Airflow in Buildings: Methods for Diagnosis and Evaluation (Buildings, Energy and Solar Technology Series)
Earthscan Publications Ltd. | ISBN-10: 184407451X | 2008 | 128 pages | PDF | 2 MB

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 will help building physicists and ventilation engineers to properly commission ventilation systems and appropriately diagnose ventilation problems throughout the life of a building. Drawing on over 20 years of experience and the results of recent international research projects, this is the definitive guide to diagnosing air flow patterns within buildings.

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