An updated guide to designing buildings that heat with the sun, cool with the wind, and light with the sky. This fully updated Third Edition covers principles of designing buildings that use the sun for heating, wind for cooling, and daylight for natural lighting. Using hundreds of illustrations, this book offers practical strategies that give the designer the tools they need to make energy efficient buildings. Hundreds of illustrations and practical strategies give the designer the tools they need to make energy efficient buildings. Organized to quickly guide the designer in making buildings respond to the sun, wind and light.
| ISBN-13: | 9780470945780 |
| ISBN-10: | 0470945788 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons |
| Publication date: | 2014-02-03 |
| Edition description: | 3 |
| Pages: | 432 |
| Product dimensions: | Height: 9.299194 Inches, Length: 8.401558 Inches, Weight: 1.79897205792 Pounds, Width: 1.098423 Inches |
| Author: | Mark DeKay, G. Z. Brown |
| Language: | en |
| Binding: | Spiral-bound |
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