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Architecture in a climate of change : a guide to sustainable design / Peter F. Smith.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Smith, Peter F. 1930- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; Boston : Elsevier/Architectural Press, 2005.
Edition:	Second edition.
Subjects:	Sustainable design Architecture and energy conservation Architecture and climate Sustainable architecture Architecture > Environmental aspects Climatic changes

Table of Contents:

1. Climate change - nature or human nature?
2. Predictions
3. Renewable technologies - the marine environment
4. Renewable technologies - the wider spectrum
5. Low energy techniques for housing
6. Insulation
7. Domestic energy
8. Advanced and ultra-low energy houses
9. Harvesting wind and water
10. Existing housing : a challenge and opportunity
11. Low energy techniques for non-domestic buildings
12. Ventilation
13. Energy options
14. Lighting - designing for daylight
15. Lighting - and human failings
16. Cautionary notes
17. Life-cycle assessment and recycling
18. State of the art case studies
19. Integrated district environmental design
20. An American perspective
21. Emergent technologies and future prospects
App. 1. Key indicators for sustainable design
App. 2. An outline sustainability syllabus for designers.