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Architectural Design Strategies for Saving Energy in Buildings: An Architect's View

Architectural Design Strategies for Saving Energy in Buildings: An Architect's View

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Technology & EngineeringGeneral ArchitectureGeneral Construction & Renovation

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ISBN10: 3031735404
ISBN13: 9783031735400
Publisher: Springer
Published: Nov 13 2024
Pages: 159
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.62 Width: 6.45 Depth: 9.33
Language: English

Architectural Design Strategies for Saving Energy in Buildings: An Architect's View employs an architect's perspective, defined equally as art and engineering science, to the contemporary concept of designing buildings that use less energy. This approach to lowering energy consumption via integrated measures (both passive and active) offers a nuanced perspective on managing building efficiency -- that energy saving is not a target in itself but results as a consequence of the architectural concept. The book does not provide calculations or levels of performance. Rather, by sticking to qualitative principles of architectural design and analyzing and using the force and laws of nature in shaping the built space, the author argues for decreasing energy consumption through the process of design, the principles of building physics, the volume of the building itself, and spatial configuration as it relates to the costs of operating the building. This approach contrasts the traditional construction system of only providing a thermal insulated blanket over the envelope and equipment that produces energy from unconventional sources, which can be calculated according to regulations.

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