Screen LibraryPassive and low energy ecotechniques : proceedings of the Third International PLEA Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, 6-11 August 1984 /
Passive and Low Energy Ecotechniques.
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Pergamon Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 1985. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080316444 |
| Summary: |
Passive and Low Energy Ecotechniques. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xv, 1117 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9781483150048 1483150046 |
| Index Number: | TH7413 |
| CLC: | TK51 |
| Contents: |
Front Cover; Passive and Low Energy Ecotechniques; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; PART 1: INVITED PAPERS; Chapter 1. PLEA State-of-the-Art; PASSIVE AND LOW ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: A GLOBAL VIEW; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; PASSIVE RESEARCH; PASSIVE SOLAR RESEARCH AROUND THE WORLD; REFERENCES; PASSIVE AND LOW ENERGY DESIGN FOR THERMAL AND VISUAL COMFORT; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THERMAL COMFORT; APPLICATION; PASSIVE THERMAL CONTROLS ; NATURAL LIGHTING; INTERACTION; REFERENCES; CLIMATE DERIVED SHELTER AND SETTLEMENT; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION. CLIMATIC ZONESSETTLEMENTS; SOURCES OF FIGURES; REFERENCES; CONSERVATION PRACTICES AND POTENTIAL IN VARIOUS CLIMATES; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; DESIGN CONCEPTS; PRACTICE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; A DECADE OF PASSIVE COOLING: A Perspective from the U.S.A.; ABSTRACT; ABSTRACTO; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; PASSIVE COOLING SOURCES; COMFORT CONCEPTS. 'HEATING AND COOLING'; INTERNATIONAL PASSIVE COOLING; RESEARCH CONTEXT; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; PASSIVE AND LOW-ENERGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICES -- DEHUMIDIFICATION; ABSTRACT; KEYWORDS; INTRODUCTION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF AIR; DEHUMIDIFICATION BY REFRIGERATION. Dehumidification by desiccantsongoing research and development; liquid desiccant heat pump or open cycle chemical heat pump; future research; references; guidelines for energy optimization through landscape architecture in overheated arid regions; abstract; introduction; guidelines for energy optimization in overheated arid regions; references; experiences ano expectations of earth coupleo buildings research; abstract; keywords; introduction; undisturbed ground temperatures; heat transfer calculation by the profile temperature method. Peak load heat transfer calculation by the method of boileau and lattaoptimal thermal insulation of subgrade wall and slab-on-grade floors; ground temperature control; holistic design; conclusion: expectations and experiences; nomenclature; references; illumination of buildings and urban areas; abstract; introduction; controls; references; energy-efficient atrium design; keywords; solar heating; natural cooling; natural lighting; references; design guidelines on vertical airflow in buildings and urban areas; abstract; keywords; introduction; global and local systems. Vertical airflow in buildingsconclusions; acknowledgement; references; well tempered and illuminated interiors; buildings, energy and urban morphology; abstract; keywords; introduction; solar radiation, human comfort and the built environment; solar radiation and building morphology; latitudinal effects on irradiation of different building shapes and orientations; urban morphology and irradiation of buildings; wind and urban morphology; conclusions; references; an overview of the present status and future potential of computerized energy analysis; abstract; keywords; introduction. |