Passive and active environmental controls : informing the schematic designing of buildings / Dean Heerwagen

By: Heerwagen, Dean [author]
Publisher: New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, ©2004Description: xix, 940 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780072922288Subject(s): Buildings -- -- Environmental engineering | Human comfort | Constructions -- Technique de l'environnementDDC classification: 696
Contents:
Machine derived contents note: 1 Designing to Control Building Environments -- 2 The Basics of Heat Transfer -- 3 Establishing Thermal Comfort -- 4 Weather and Climate (As Determinants of Building Form) -- 5 Guidelines and Other Approximations for Creating Buildings with Good Thermal Performances -- 6 The Physics of Light -- 7 What Do We See? -- 8 Using the Sky as a Light Source -- 9 Guidelines for Creating Buildings with Good Daylighting -- 10 The Fundamentals of Sound -- 11 Hearing and Speech -- 12 Noise in the Built and Natural Environments -- 13 Guidelines for Controlling Sound and Noise in the Built Environment -- A HVAC Systems for Buildings -- B Small-building HVAC Systems and Related Issues -- C Services and Systems for Achieving Fire Safety and Protection -- D Electrical Systems for Buildings -- E Plumbing Systems in Buildings -- F Systems for Conveying People in Buildings.
Summary: Written for architects, this title addresses how to design and construct buildings to satisfy occupants' physical and physiological needs. It serves as an introduction to the subject of environmental controls, and presents information for schematic design of buildings. It demonstrates how each system is integrated with other building systems.
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Machine derived contents note: 1 Designing to Control Building Environments --
2 The Basics of Heat Transfer --
3 Establishing Thermal Comfort --
4 Weather and Climate (As Determinants of Building Form) --
5 Guidelines and Other Approximations for Creating Buildings with Good Thermal Performances --
6 The Physics of Light --
7 What Do We See? --
8 Using the Sky as a Light Source --
9 Guidelines for Creating Buildings with Good Daylighting --
10 The Fundamentals of Sound --
11 Hearing and Speech --
12 Noise in the Built and Natural Environments --
13 Guidelines for Controlling Sound and Noise in the Built Environment --
A HVAC Systems for Buildings --
B Small-building HVAC Systems and Related Issues --
C Services and Systems for Achieving Fire Safety and Protection --
D Electrical Systems for Buildings --
E Plumbing Systems in Buildings --
F Systems for Conveying People in Buildings.

Written for architects, this title addresses how to design and construct buildings to satisfy occupants' physical and physiological needs. It serves as an introduction to the subject of environmental controls, and presents information for schematic design of buildings. It demonstrates how each system is integrated with other building systems.

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