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Sun, Wind & Light: Architectural Design Strategies - Softcover

Brown, G. Z.; DeKay, Mark

 
9780471348771: Sun, Wind & Light: Architectural Design Strategies
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0471348775 ISBN 13: 9780471348771
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2000

Synopsis

Architecture/Environment How to design buildings that heat with the sun, cool with the wind, light with the sky, and move into the future using on-site renewable resources Developed for rapid use during schematic design, this book clarifies relationships between form and energy and gives designers tools for designing sustainably. It also: Applies the latest passive energy and lighting design research Organizes information by architectural elements at three scales: building groups, individual buildings, and building parts Brings design strategies to life with examples and practical design tools Features: 109 analysis techniques and design strategies More than 750 illustrations, sizing graphs, and tables Both inch-pound and metric units

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About the Author

G. Z. Brown is a registered architect and professor of architecture at the University of Oregon. He is the coauthor of Inside Out: Design Procedures for Passive Environmental Technologies and the design software Energy Scheming. Mark DeKay is a registered architect and assistant professor of architecture at Washington University in St. Louis. He is a 2000 Fulbright Fellow to India, and his Ecological Design Resources Web site can be found at: http://ecodesign.arch.wustl.edu

From the Back Cover

Architecture/Environment

How to design buildings that heat with the sun, cool with the wind, light with the sky, and move into the future using on-site renewable resources

Developed for rapid use during schematic design, this book clarifies relationships between form and energy and gives designers tools for designing sustainably. It also:
* Applies the latest passive energy and lighting design research
* Organizes information by architectural elements at three scales:
* building groups, individual buildings, and building parts
* Brings design strategies to life with examples and practical design tools
* Features:
* 109 analysis techniques and design strategies
* More than 750 illustrations, sizing graphs, and tables
* Both inch-pound and metric units

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0471348775
ISBN 13 
9780471348771
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
400