1st Edition
Roof Cooling Techniques A Design Handbook
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
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Natural heating and cooling of buildings helps to improve energy efficiency in the built environment. This book considers the principles of roof design and specific systems and cooling techniques. The authors explain the fundamental principles of roof cooling and describe in detail the relevant components, applications, built precedents, recent experimental work and key design considerations.... Read more
Introduction * Part I: Principles * Environmental Function of Roofs * Roof Construction Practices * Part II: Roof Cooling Techniques * Roof Ponds * Cooling Radiators * Planted (Green) Roofs * Roof Components * Appendices
Biography
Simos Yannas is Director of Environment and Energy Studies, Architectural Association, London, UK. In 2001, he was awarded the PLEA Lifetime Achievement Award. Evyatar Erell works at the Desert Architecture Unit at the Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Jose Luis Molina works at the Department of Thermal Energy Engineering at the University of Seville, Spain
'Roof Cooling Techniques: A Design Handbook will be of great importance to architects. Written by three experts, the book will enable architects to make concise quantitative comparisons of the extents to which house roofs of various types will contribute to keeping houses cool in summer.' Solar Today
