| Description |
1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Note |
Translated into English by Gerd H. Soffker, Philip Thrift and Pamela Seidel. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part A. Positions : Global change / Chris Luebkeman -- Energy change / Hermann Scheer -- Architecture and sustainability: a difficult relationship / Robert Kaltenbrunner -- Doing things right: on efficiency and sustainability / Manfred Hegger -- Solar architecture / Thomas Herzog -- Planning and building in life cycles / Karl-Heinz Petzinka, Bernhard Lenz -- Part B. Planning : Fundamentals : Global boundary conditions ; Energy ; Climate and comfort -- Urban space and infrastructure : Land use ; Planning to suit the location ; Infrastructure and technical services -- Building envelope : Maintaining and gaining heat ; Avoiding overheating ; Decentralised ventilation ; Using the daylight ; Generating electricity -- Building services : Sustainable building services ; Heating ; Cooling ; Mechanical ventilation ; Optimising the artificial lighting -- Materials : Heat flow ; Embodied energy ; Materials in the life cycle -- Strategies : Energy concepts ; Politics, legislation, statutory instruments ; Planning process ; Sustainable architecture ; Diagnosis system for sustainable building quality (DSQ) -- Part C. Case studies -- Part D. Appendix : Parameters ; Climate data ; LCA data ; Statutory instruments, directives, standards. |
| Language |
Translation of the 1st German ed. published: Munchen : Institut fur internationale Architektur-Dokumentation, 2007. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Sustainable architecture.
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Architecture -- Environmental aspects.
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Sustainable development.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hegger, Manfred.
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Soffker, Gerd H.
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Thrift, Philip.
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Seidel, Pamela.
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Institut fur Internationale Architektur-Dokumentation.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Energie-Atlas. Energy manual : sustainable architecture. Basel : Birkhauser, [2008] 280 pages ; 30 cm 9783764387648 (OCoLC)ocn270962411 (DLC) 2008931674 |
| ISBN |
9783764388300 (softcover) |
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3764388307 (softcover) |
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9783764387648 (hardcover) |
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3764387645 (hardcover) |
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9783034614542 (electronic bk.) |
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