1st Edition
Sustainable Solar Housing Volume 2 - Exemplary Buildings and Technologies
296 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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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
Vol 1:
Foreword * Introduction * Part I: Strategies * Introduction * Energy * Ecology * Economics of High-Performance Houses * Multi-Criteria Decisions * Marketing Sustainable Housing * Part II: Solutions * Solution Examples * Cold Climates * Temperate Climates * Mild Climates
Vol 2:
Foreword * Introduction * Part I: Exemplary Buildings * Overview * The Lindas Passive House Project in Goteborg, Sweden * Gelsenkirchen Solar Housing Estate, Germany * Sunny Woods Apartment Building, Zurich * Wechsel Apartment Building, Stans, Switzerland * Vienna Utendorfgasse Passivhaus Apartment Building * Plus Energy House, Thening, Austria * Part II: Technologies * Introduction * Building Envelope * Ventilation * Heat Delivery * Heat Production * Sensible Heat Storage * Electricity * 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.
'Very well written and timely ... from an impressive list of very knowledgeable contributors with a good European balance. Readers will be comforted by their reputations...[and] devising solutions based on climate is an excellent idea.' Get Sust!
