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Energy manual : sustainable architecture / Hegger ... [et al] - Boston : Munich : Edition Detail, c2008. - 280 p.

Translated into English by Gerd H. Söffker, Philip Thrift and Pamela Seidel.

Part A. Positions : Global change / Chris Luebkeman --
Energy change / Hermann Scheer --
Architecture and sustainability: a difficult relationship / Robert Kaltenbrunner --
Doing things right: on efficiency and sustainability / Manfred Hegger --
Solar architecture / Thomas Herzog --
Planning and building in life cycles / Karl-Heinz Petzinka, Bernhard Lenz --
Part B. Planning : Fundamentals : Global boundary conditions ; Energy ; Climate and comfort --
Urban space and infrastructure : Land use ; Planning to suit the location ; Infrastructure and technical services --
Building envelope : Maintaining and gaining heat ; Avoiding overheating ; Decentralised ventilation ; Using the daylight ; Generating electricity --
Building services : Sustainable building services ; Heating ; Cooling ; Mechanical ventilation ; Optimising the artificial lighting --
Materials : Heat flow ; Embodied energy ; Materials in the life cycle --
Strategies : Energy concepts ; Politics, legislation, statutory instruments ; Planning process ; Sustainable architecture ; Diagnosis system for sustainable building quality (DSQ) --
Part C. Case studies --
Part D. Appendix : Parameters ; Climate data ; LCA data ; Statutory instruments, directives, standards.

ISBN: 9783764388300 (softcover) 9783764387648 (hardcover) 3764387645 (hardcover)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sustainable architecture.
Architecture--Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.

Dewey Class. No.: 720.472 / ENE