Solar Architecture in Cool Climates

ISBN-13: 9781138471467 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Colin Porteous

Opis

Focuses on low energy building design, combining information with arguments enabling various techniques to be implemented in daily practice. This book provides an understanding of key principles and technical data on the design of solar buildings in higher latitudes. It examines the dilution of additional costs through different strategies.

Spis treści

Preface * North Sun Context * Multiple and Added Solar Value * Environmental Comfort and Well-being * Adaptive Control * Passive Control * Machine Control * Green Solar Future * Index

O autorze

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.