High-Performance Building
(Sprache: Englisch)
Finally, there's an architect's guide to good, sustainable design that shows how to analyze and evaluate buildings. How Great Buildings Work looks at contemporary architecture to demonstrate the art and craft of designing high performance, energy-efficient...
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Finally, there's an architect's guide to good, sustainable design that shows how to analyze and evaluate buildings. How Great Buildings Work looks at contemporary architecture to demonstrate the art and craft of designing high performance, energy-efficient buildings. Taking a hands-on view of sustainability, designers learn the analytical approach to investigating how buildings work by looking at ten examples of great architecture. It offers methods used to improve energy performance and user comfort, complete with a series of in-depth case studies demonstrating what works and what does not in notable buildings throughout the world.
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What really makes a high-performance, energy-efficient building?"Sustainable design is about developing buildings and urban spaces that are tuned to their context. . . . Any building that carries claims to be recognized as 'great architecture' should also qualify as a high-performance building."
-From High-Performance Building
How do we judge the success of a sustainable building? We shouldn't just reward good intentions based on the building design, argues Vidar Lerum in High- Performance Building; we must look at the evidence of the actual performance of architectural objects "as built."
High-Performance Building gives architects a practical guide to excellent, sustainable design, showing how to analyze and evaluate the buildings "as built." Taking a hands-on view of sustainability, the author provides designers with specific benchmarks for high performance and energy efficiency. Utilizing the latest methods for analysis of climate responsive design, he asks:
Where does a building that claims to be "green" or "sustainable" check in on a scale relative to benchmark buildings of the same type?
How does the building contribute to a sustainable development in its demand for energy and natural materials?
Does the building provide a high level of thermal comfort to its users?
To illustrate, Lerum takes the reader on an on-site tour of seven buildings around the world that exemplify these standards. Ranging from the west coast of Greenland to the Sonoran Desert, the buildings are examined as physical, built objects. For additional perspectives, the author interviews the architects and speaks with engineers, owners, and users. At the sites, something unexpected often shows up. The author's work reveals unknown or hidden features, characteristics, or details.
By understanding what works and what does not in notable buildings around the world, High-Performance Building enables architects to discover the challenges and opportunities in their own designs,
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Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „High-Performance Building “
Acknowledgments.PART 1: METHODS.
Chapter 1. Introduction.
Chapter 2. Climate Conditions.
Chapter 3. Documents.
Chapter 4. Performance By Design.
Chapter 5. As Built.
Chapter 6. What If?
Chapter 7. Summary of Part One.
PART 2: BULDINGS.
Chapter 8. In Nature.
Chapter 9. Grounded.
Chapter 10. Light Breezes.
Chapter 11. Tall and Clear.
Chapter 12. Italian Light House.
Chapter 13. Green Feds.
Chapter 14. Urban Mesa.
Chapter 15. Summary of Part Two.
References.
Photography and Illustration Credits.
Index.
Autoren-Porträt von Vidar Lerum
Vidar Lerum, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has been involved in the practice of architecture for more than thirty years. Dr. Lerum's architectural practice centers on low-energy designs and thermal comfort systems. Vidar Lerum is an International Associate member of the AIA, and member of the Society of Building Science Educators, the American Solar Energy Society, and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Vidar Lerum
- 2007, 1. Auflage., 304 Seiten, Maße: 21,1 x 25,3 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0471775355
- ISBN-13: 9780471775355
Sprache:
Englisch
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