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“koen steemers”

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  • The Selective Environment

    by Dean Hawkes, with Jane McDonald, Koen Steemers ...
    The complex art of architecture embraces all of the concerns of the world's cultures. It meets the fundamental needs for shelter from the elements, but, almost from its origins, has acquired other purposes and meanings. The Selective Environment is an approach to environmentally responsive architectural design that seeks to make connections between the technical preoccupations of architectural ... Read more

    $115.99 USD

  • Healthy Homes

    Designing with light and air for sustainability and wellbeing

    by Nick Baker, Koen Steemers ...
    It is widely acknowledged that there is an urgent need to transform our housing stock to a better energy performance level. However, improving energy performance should not result in a negative impact on the health, wellbeing and the comfort of building occupants. There are many energy-neutral features that can be incorporated at small or zero cost which have a positive effect on wellbeing. This ... Read more

    $52.95 USD

  • Daylight Design of Buildings

    A Handbook for Architects and Engineers

    by Nick Baker, Koen Steemers ...
    To complement the critical and objective view gleaned from the study of some sixty buildings, this design manual has been developed to provide a more synthetic approach to the principles which lie behind successful daylight design. These principles are illustrated with examples drawn from the case study buildings. The emphasis throughout has been on practical methods to improve design, rather than ... Read more

    $180.00 USD

  • Energy and Environment in Architecture

    A Technical Design Guide

    by Nick Baker, Koen Steemers ...
    A unique and revolutionary text which explains the principles behind the LT Method (2.1), a manual design tool developed in Cambridge by the BRE. The LT Method is a unique way of estimating the combined energy usage of lighting, heating, cooling and ventilation systems, to enable the designer to make comparisons between options at an early, strategic stage.In addition,Energy and Environment in ... Read more

    $197.99 USD

  • Environmental Diversity in Architecture

    Edited by Mary Ann Steane, Koen Steemers ...
    This book takes the position that the dynamic of the architectural environment is a key aspect of good design, yet one which is not well anticipated or understood. Environmental variety is a design characteristic closely related to our experience of architecture - an architecture of the senses. Each chapter demonstrates how an understanding of a particular context or environmental characteristic ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

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  • The Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment: Non-Domestic Buildings

    by Baker Nick ...
    The refurbishment of existing buildings is a crucial yet often neglected subject within sustainable architecture; attention is usually focused on new buildings. Many old buildings waste large amounts of energy and provide poor internal conditions for occupants through poor lighting, poor ventilation, solar penetration and glare, and poor control of heating and cooling. Demolition is an option but ... Read more

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  • Sustainable Facades

    Design Methods for High-Performance Building Envelopes

    by Ajla Aksamija ...
    Practical information on designing sustainable, energy-efficient building facadesAs energy and other natural resources are being depleted, it has become clear that technologies and strategies that allow us to maintain our satisfaction with interior environments while consuming less of these resources are major objectives of contemporary facade design. Sustainable Facades focuses on the strategies ... Read more

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  • A Green Vitruvius

    Principles and Practice of Sustainable Architectural Design

    by Vivienne Brophy, J. Owen Lewis ...
    2000 years ago the roman architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio wrote the ten books on architecture establishing the concept of the pattern book offering design principles and solutions that is still referred to in every architect's education. A Green Vitruvius is intended as a green pattern book for today.Now fully updated, this well established textbook provides advice suitable for undergraduate and ... Read more

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  • Structural Aspects of Building Conservation

    by Poul Beckmann, Robert Bowles ...
    This practical guide to the assessment and repair of historic buildings is invaluable for structural engineers, architects, surveyors and builders working in all aspects of building conservation. Taking a practical step-by-step approach, the authors discuss the appraisal of buildings and the differences in structural behaviour between new and existing structures. Each stage in the appraisal is ... Read more

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  • Dwelling on Courtyards

    by Mohammad Taleghani ...
    Courtyards have been used for thousands of years in different climates in the world. In hot climates they provide shading, in humid climates they cause a stack effect helping ventilation, in cold climates they break cold winds and protect their microclimate. In temperate climates (such as of the Netherlands), the thermal behaviour of courtyards has been studied less. In this dissertation, low-rise ... Read more

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  • Time Saver Standards for Architectural Design 8/E (EBOOK)

    Technical Data for Professional Practice

    by Michael J. Crosbie, Donald Watson ...
    Since its release in 1946, this has been one of the most widely recognized and respected resources for architects, engineers, and designers, bringing together the knowledge, techniques, and skills of some of the most well-known experts in the field. The new Eighth Edition takes a fresh, visual approach to the information architects need to access quickly, helping them save time and money by ... Read more

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