Architecture in a Climate of Change

Peter F Smith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750665440 ISBN 13: 9780750665445

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Incorporating and reflecting changes and advances, this edition provides the basic principles of sustainability. Including material on wind generation, domestic water conservation, solar thermal electricity, it aims to encourage readers to consider different approaches to building making minimum demand on fossil based energy.

Review:

A book that is essential reading, especially as it considers the 'why' as well as the 'what' of sustainable architecture.
Lord Rogers of Riverside

With ecological sustainability now on the curriculum for all the RIBA recognized courses in architecture this book could become essential reading for students. It would also be very attractive to practitioners who seek a useful, easily digestible, "handbook" to this field.
Paul Hyett, RIBA President

'A book from an authority such as Peter Smith is welcome and deserves to be read for the amount of information packed into its 200 pages.'
The Architectural Review

'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...If budgets only extend to one book then this book is it.'
Building Services Engineering Research and Technology Journal

Synopsis:

Revised to incorporate and reflect changes and advances since it was first published, the new edition of "Architecture in a Climate of Change" provides the latest basic principles of sustainability and the future of sustainable technology. Including new material on wind generation, domestic water conservation, solar thermal electricity as well as international case studies, "Architecture in a Climate of Change" encourages readers to consider new approaches to building making minimum demand on fossil based energy. It: offers an insight into the relationship between the physical and cultural context of architecture; discusses the principles of sustainability and the future of its technology; and case studies show the global relevance of the topic.