1st Edition

Solar Architecture in Cool Climates

By Colin Porteous, Kerr MacGregor Copyright 2005
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

'A must-read for practitioners, teachers and others interested in or working with energy use in the built environment, including a delightful set of examples' Ann Grete Hestnes, former President of the International Solar Energy Society Solar Architecture in Cool Climates is an invaluable primer on low energy building design, combining accessible information with convincing arguments enabling new... Read more
Preface * North Sun Context * Multiple and Added Solar Value * Environmental Comfort and Well-being * Adaptive Control * Passive Control * Machine Control * Green Solar Future * Index

Biography

Colin Porteous is Professor of Architectural Science and Senior Research Fellow at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art, where he has worked since 1986, following 19 years in architectural practice. Kerr MacGregor is Managing Director of MacGregor Solar, having previously founded the Scottish Solar Energy Group and worked as senior lecturer in mechanical engineering at Napier University.