Energy manual : sustainable architecture / Hegger ... [et al]

Contributor(s): Hegger, Manfred | Institut für internationale Architektur-DokumentationMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: Basel ; Boston : Munich : Birkhäuser ; Edition Detail, c2008Description: 280 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cmISBN: 9783764388300 (softcover); 3764388307 (softcover); 9783764387648 (hardcover); 3764387645 (hardcover)Uniform titles: Energie-Atlas. English Subject(s): Sustainable architecture | Architecture -- Environmental aspects | Sustainable developmentDDC classification: 720.472 LOC classification: NA2542.36 .E5313 2008
Contents:
Part A. Positions : Global change / Chris Luebkeman -- Energy change / Hermann Scheer -- Architecture and sustainability: a difficult relationship / Robert Kaltenbrunner -- Doing things right: on efficiency and sustainability / Manfred Hegger -- Solar architecture / Thomas Herzog -- Planning and building in life cycles / Karl-Heinz Petzinka, Bernhard Lenz -- Part B. Planning : Fundamentals : Global boundary conditions ; Energy ; Climate and comfort -- Urban space and infrastructure : Land use ; Planning to suit the location ; Infrastructure and technical services -- Building envelope : Maintaining and gaining heat ; Avoiding overheating ; Decentralised ventilation ; Using the daylight ; Generating electricity -- Building services : Sustainable building services ; Heating ; Cooling ; Mechanical ventilation ; Optimising the artificial lighting -- Materials : Heat flow ; Embodied energy ; Materials in the life cycle -- Strategies : Energy concepts ; Politics, legislation, statutory instruments ; Planning process ; Sustainable architecture ; Diagnosis system for sustainable building quality (DSQ) -- Part C. Case studies -- Part D. Appendix : Parameters ; Climate data ; LCA data ; Statutory instruments, directives, standards.
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Translated into English by Gerd H. Söffker, Philip Thrift and Pamela Seidel.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-271) and index.

Part A. Positions : Global change / Chris Luebkeman -- Energy change / Hermann Scheer -- Architecture and sustainability: a difficult relationship / Robert Kaltenbrunner -- Doing things right: on efficiency and sustainability / Manfred Hegger -- Solar architecture / Thomas Herzog -- Planning and building in life cycles / Karl-Heinz Petzinka, Bernhard Lenz -- Part B. Planning : Fundamentals : Global boundary conditions ; Energy ; Climate and comfort -- Urban space and infrastructure : Land use ; Planning to suit the location ; Infrastructure and technical services -- Building envelope : Maintaining and gaining heat ; Avoiding overheating ; Decentralised ventilation ; Using the daylight ; Generating electricity -- Building services : Sustainable building services ; Heating ; Cooling ; Mechanical ventilation ; Optimising the artificial lighting -- Materials : Heat flow ; Embodied energy ; Materials in the life cycle -- Strategies : Energy concepts ; Politics, legislation, statutory instruments ; Planning process ; Sustainable architecture ; Diagnosis system for sustainable building quality (DSQ) -- Part C. Case studies -- Part D. Appendix : Parameters ; Climate data ; LCA data ; Statutory instruments, directives, standards.

Translation of the 1st German ed. published: München : Institut für internationale Architektur-Dokumentation, 2007.

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