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Design and construction of high performance homes : building envelopes, renewable energies and integrated practice / edited by Franca Trubiano

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Building envelopes, renewable energies, and integrated practice
Published
Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
Physical Description
1 online resource (ix, 298 pages)
Additional Creators
Trubiano, Franca
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Restrictions on Access
Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
Contents
pt. 0. Introduction -- pt. 1. Building envelopes, new materials and architectural design -- pt. 2. Renewable energies, building systems and simulations -- pt. 3. Integrated practice and residential construction -- pt. 4. High-performance homes : case studies.
Summary
Both professionals and students are increasingly committed to achieving high-performance metrics in the design, construction and operation of residential buildings. This book responds to this demand by offering a comprehensive guide which features: architectural innovations in building skin technologies which make lighter more transparent buildings high performing; energy-free architectural design principles and advances in building-integrated photovoltaics;essential engineering principles, controls and approaches to simulation for achieving net zero;the advantages of integrated design in resi.
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ISBN
9781135874841 electronic book
1135874840 electronic book
9780203721797 electronic book
0203721799 electronic book
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Terms of Use and Reproduction
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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