This volume offers a qualitative graphic approach to understanding the techniques of heating, cooling and lighting with the designer's decision-making needs in mind. It examines thermal comfort, mechanical heating and cooling systems.
"The architectural community has had a strong and continuing interest in traditional and vernacular architecture. This has been rekindled by the need to develop an architecture that works with climate, rather than against it, to create more sustainable buildings. Most earlier re…
"The architectural community has had a strong and continuing interest in traditional and vernacular architecture. This has been rekindled by the need to develop an architecture that works with climate, rather than against it, to create more sustainable buildings. Most earlier re…
Buildings can breathe naturally, without the use of mechanical systems, if you design the spaces properly. This accessible and thorough guide shows you how in over 260 colour diagrams and photographs illustrating case studies and CFD simulations.