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Solar Architecture in Cool Climates (Paperback, New)
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'A must-read for practitioners, teachers and others interested in
or working with energy use in the built environment, including a
delightful set of examples' Ann Grete Hestnes, former President of
the International Solar Energy Society Solar Architecture in Cool
Climates is an invaluable primer on low energy building design,
combining accessible information with convincing arguments enabling
new techniques to be implemented in daily practice. Approaching the
topic in a thematic manner, the book provides inspiration, an
understanding of key principles and technical data on the design of
solar buildings in higher latitudes. The text is enlivened through
direct experience of case studies from Europe and North America
dealing with new-build, retrofitting and conceptual projects that
outline future potential (the principles being equally applicable
to equivalent southern latitude locations. The authors examine the
dilution of additional costs through different strategies, the
tensions between energy efficiency and environmental quality, and
the proactive control of energy in building design. Promoting
flexibility and opportunity to a diverse audience, including those
who use, procure and finance buildings, the book aims to bring the
design of 'green' solar buildings in cool climates from special
interest status into the mainstream. Broader environmental issues
relating to solar architecture are addressed in the final chapter,
again drawing on case studies from the authors' own wide
experience. Solar Architecture in Cool Climates is written for
architects and other building designers, students of architecture
and other professionals interested in sustainable architecture,
renewable energy and engineering.
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