Passive House Details: Solutions for High-Performance Design
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (731 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1138958263 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 332 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
For the past 20 years he has offered an integrated course in the technology and design of the building enclosure. About the AuthorDonald B. Corner is a practicing architect and member of the College of Distinguished Professors of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Kwok, PhD, is an architect and certified passive house consultant. His academic and professional design work focuses on reducing carbon emissions, through socially and environmentally conscious strategies, climate- and site-responsive buildings, and urban high-density projects. Alison G. Her research includes adaptive and mitigation strategies for climate change, thermal comfort, and building performance case studies. She teaches design studios, building performance seminars, and environ
She teaches design studios, building performance seminars, and environmental technology. Donald B. Corner is a practicing architect and member of the College of Distinguished Professors of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. His academic and professional design work focuses on reducing carbon emissions, through socially and envi
Other topics included: heat transfer, moisture management, performance targets, and climatic zones. Passive House Details introduces the concepts, principles, and design processes of building ultralow-energy buildings. Illustrated with more than 375 color images, the book is a visual catalog of construction details, materials, and systems drawn from projects contributed from forty firms. Fourteen in-depth case studies demonstrate the most energy-efficient systems for foundations, walls, floors, roofs, windows, doors, and more.. The objective of this book is to provide design goals, research, analysis, systems, details, and inspiring images of some of the most energy-efficient, carbon-neutral, healthy, and satisfying buildings currently built in the region