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The Architectural Expression of Environmental Control Systems examines the way project teams can approach the design and expression of both active and passive environmental control systems in a more creative way. Using seminal case studies from around the world and interviews with the architects and environmental engineers involved, the book illustrates innovative responses to client, site and user requirements, focusing upon elegant design solutions to a perennial problem. This book will inspire architects, building scientists and building services engineers to take a more creative approach to the design and expression of environmental control systems - whether active or passive, whether they influence overall building form or design detail. eBook available with sample pages: 0203362489
Current assessment methods of sustainable buildings do not
adequately account for the users' needs. Given that over the life
of a building, total salary costs far outweigh both operating costs
and combined capital and rental costs, the occupants' needs are not
something which should be sensibly ignored. This book presents an
unbiased evaluation of thirty of the most cutting-edge, sustainable
buildings in the world, in terms of the users' perceived comfort,
health and productivity. The author has visited the buildings,
interviewed the design teams and examined the findings of a
sixty-question standardized user questionnaire. The book provides:
* thirty case studies covering mixed-mode, passive and
environmentally sustainable commercial and institutional buildings
* detailed insights into the principles underlying the design of
sustainable buildings worldwide, over several climatic zones and
eleven countries, together with clear explanations and
illustrations of innovative design practice * a discussion of
common issues and the lessons that may be learnt from a study of
the performance of sustainable buildings in practice, from the
point of view of the people who use them. This important book will
be of great benefit to architects and engineers, facility managers
of commercial and institutional buildings, as well as developers
and researchers, academics and students in these fields.
This book deals with the concerns of everyone involved with the use
of energy in buildings. It is written principle for those with a
direct professional interest in the energy performance of
buildings.
Current assessment methods of sustainable buildings do not
adequately account for the users? needs. Given that over the life
of a building, total salary costs far outweigh both operating costs
and combined capital and rental costs, the occupants? needs are not
something which should be sensibly ignored.
This book presents an unbiased evaluation of thirty of the most
cutting-edge, sustainable buildings in the world, in terms of the
users? perceived comfort, health and productivity. The author has
visited the buildings, interviewed the design teams and examined
the findings of a sixty-question standardized user questionnaire.
The book provides:
- thirty case studies covering mixed-mode, passive and
environmentally sustainable commercial and institutional
buildings
- detailed insights into the principles underlying the design of
sustainable buildings worldwide, over several climatic zones and
eleven countries, together with clear explanations and
illustrations of innovative design practice
- a discussion of common issues and the lessons that may be
learnt from a study of the performance of sustainable buildings in
practice, from the point of view of the people who use them.
This important book will be of great benefit to architects and
engineers, facility managers of commercial and institutional
buildings, as well as developers and researchers, academics and
students in these fields.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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True Nordic (Paperback)
George Baird, Rachel Gotlieb, Mark Kingwell, Michael Prokopow
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R709
R539
Discovery Miles 5 390
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"True Nordic" presents a comprehensive look at more than nine
decades of Nordic and Scandinavian aesthetic influence in Canadian
craft, design and industrial production. The book offers a broad
historical survey of Canadian-made ceramics, furniture, textiles
and metalware inspired by the aesthetics of Denmark, Norway,
Sweden, Finland and Estonia. The design culture and movements of
the Nordic countries have been the most significant in the
development of Canadian design sensibility since 1920. Scandinavian
design resonated with Canadians and was viewed as appropriate for
the realities of domesticity and modernizing life. Praised for its
material sensitivity and regarded as both modern and humble,
progressive but quiet, Scandinavian and Nordic design resonated
with Canada's ongoing efforts to find a fitting stylistic and
culturally appropriate language. "True Nordic" includes essays from
George Baird, Rachel Gotlieb, Mark Kingwell and Michael Prokopow.
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