About the Book. ; Contributor Biographies. ; Foreword by ;Amory Lovins. ; Preface ; Christina J. Hopfe and Robert S. McLeod ; 1. Introduction: Climate Change and the Built Environment Robert S. McLeod and Christina J. Hopfe ; 2. Thermal Comfort ; Louise Wille and Darren Woolf ; 3. Building Envelope: Construction Types and Window Design ; Niall Crosson, Christina J. Hopfe and Robert S. McLeod ; 4. Lighting and Daylighting ; Myriam Aries and Jan Wienold ; 5. Heat and Moisture Assessment ; Florian Antretter et al. ; 6. Heat and Hot Water Generation for Domestic Buildings ; Marek Miara ; 7. Heating and Cooling of Non-Residential Buildings ; Doreen Kalz ; 8. Ventilation Concepts: Planning and Implementation ; Michael Swainson ; 9. Renewable Energy Technologies ; Andrew Peel ; 10. Site Management and Quality Assurance ; John Morehead ; 11. PH Economics ; Nick Newman and Richard Whidborne ; 12. Passivhaus Refurbishment (EnerPHit) - a case study ; Ludwig Rongen ; Bibliography ; Index
Christina J. Hopfe is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Sustainable Building Design at Loughborough University. She is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of CIBSE. She has a Dipl-Ing in Civil Engineering from TU Darmstadt, Germany, and a PhD in Building Performance Simulation from TU/e, the Netherlands. Robert S. McLeod is an Associate of the Building Research Establishment and a freelance building performance consultant. He is one of the UK’s leading Passivhaus designers and experts in low carbon design. He has a PhD in Building Physics from Cardiff University and is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of IMeche.