1st Edition

Sustainable Solar Housing Two Volume Set

Edited By S. Robert Hastings, Maria Wall Copyright 2007
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

This far-reaching and authoritative two-volume set examines a range of potential solutions for low-energy building design, considering different strategies (energy conservation and renewable energy) and technologies (relating to the building envelope, ventilation, heat delivery, heat production, heat storage, electricity and control). Energy and life-cycle impacts are considered as crucial... Read more

Volume 1  Foreword  Introduction  Part I: Strategies  1. Introduction  2. Energy  3. Ecology  4. Economics of High-Performance Houses  5. Multi-Criteria Decisions  6. Marketing Sustainable Housing  Part II: Solutions  7. Solution Examples  8. Cold Climates  9. Temperate Climates  10. Mild Climates  Volume 2  Foreword  Introduction  Part I: Exemplary Buildings  1. Overview  2. The Lindas Passive House Project in Goteborg, Sweden  3. Gelsenkirchen Solar Housing Estate, Germany  4. Sunny Woods Apartment Building, Zurich  5. Wechsel Apartment Building, Stans, Switzerland  6. Vienna Utendorfgasse Passivhaus Apartment Building  7. Plus Energy House, Thening, Austria  Part II: Technologies  8. Introduction  9. Building Envelope  10. Ventilation  11.Heat Delivery  12. Heat Production  13. Sensible Heat Storage  14. Electricity  15. Building Information Systems

Biography

Robert Hastings works with AEU Architecture, Energy and Environment GmbH, Switzerland. The highly successful Sustainable Solar Housing project was awarded the Energy Institute's Environment Award in 2007. Maria Wall is at the Department of Energy and Building Design, Lund University, Sweden.