Author: Publisher: UN-HABITAT
ISBN: 9211311055
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
National Design Handbook Prototype on Passive Solar Heating and Natural Cooling of Buildings
Author: Publisher: UN-HABITAT
ISBN: 9211311055
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Stay Cool
Author: Holger Koch-NielsenPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134276109
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
In hot dry or warm humid climates, more than half of the urban peak load of energy consumption is used to satisfy air-conditioning demands alone. Since the urbanization rate in developing countries is extreme, the pressure placed on energy resources to satisfy the future requirements of the built environment will be great, unless new, more cost-effective measures can be introduced. Stay Cool is an essential guide for planning and design using active design principles and passive means to satisfy human comfort requirements specifically in these climate zones, based on examples of traditional and modern constructions. The book demonstrates how a design strategy for urban environments and individual buildings, incorporating naturally occurring resources and specific energy-efficient technologies, can create a location, form and structure that promote significant energy-savings. Such strategies can be applied to low cost housing, or indeed to any other buildings, in order to improve comfort with passive means and low energy budgets. Following an outline of climatic issues, characteristics and thermal comfort requirements, the book details the available techniques and technologies that can be used to shape both built and external environments, the building envelope, material selections and natural ventilation and cooling methods to satisfy both human requirements and the need for energy efficiency. It also includes an active design checklist and summary of available design checking tools, a rehabilitation guide for existing urban, building and external environments, and solar charts. Planners, architects, engineers, technicians and building designers will find Stay Cool an inspirational guide and an essential reference when working with planning and design of the built environment in hot dry and warm humid climate zones. It will also be of benefit to students, academics and researchers with an interest in sustainable and energy-efficient architecture techniques and practice.
Eco-resorts
Author: Zbigniew BromberekPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0750657936
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The practical design guide for tropical resorts.
Solar Energy Update
Author: Register of Development Research Projects in Africa
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Development CentrePublisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; [Washington, D.C. : OECD Publications and Information Centre
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Heating and Cooling of Buildings
Author: T. ReddyPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1315362910
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 898
Book Description
Follows a strict pedagogical structure and content sequence tested over fifteen years of teaching. Starts by coverings the most up-to-date calculation procedures and standards from ASHRAE and other organizations relevant to building loads, then provides a detailed treatment of primary, traditional secondary and hybrid/emerging secondary equipment and systems. Addresses contemporary issues such as emerging green building design technologies, alternative energy sources, and uncertainties in simulation. Discusses drivers for efficiency such as codes and standards, building rating systems, design guides, and the green building movement Offers a complete Solutions Manual, chapter outcomes, free HCB software download along with associated resources, and detailed and tested slides of individual chapters for classroom projection for qualified instructors adopting the text, with access through author's website
Joint Acquisitions List of Africana
Author: Energy Research Abstracts
Author: Urban Planning and Management
Author: Kenneth George WillisPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
This volume presents 29 articles, previously published between 1991 and 1998, on sustainability in urban planning and management. The contributions from international scholars are organized into sections on cities, design, energy, Local Agenda 21, town planning, transport, waste and recycling, water, other services, and legal issues. Some of the topics discussed include whether cities should be compact or dispersed, bio-climactic building design techniques in Kenya, increasing customer demand for renewable energy, and the effect of school size on exam performance. The Prince of Wales' 1998 article, "Why I'm Modern, but Not Modernist," is included as an epilogue. The volume is not indexed. c. Book News Inc.
Accessions List, Eastern Africa
Author: Library of Congress. Library of Congress Office, Nairobi, KenyaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Eastern
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
Vols. for 19 - include a publishers' directory.