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Green Building Illustrated

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ching, Francis D. K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Green Building Illustrated
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction
  • Facing Environmental Challenges
  • New Information, New Risks, New Opportunities
  • What Is a Green Building?
  • Green Building Goals
  • Approaches to Green Building
  • 2 First Principles
  • Relative and Absolute Green
  • Loads and Layers
  • Continuity
  • Holistic Design
  • Integrated Design
  • Affordability
  • Energy Modeling
  • 3 Codes, Standards, and Guidelines
  • Codes
  • Standards
  • Guidelines
  • The 2030 Challenge
  • 4 Community and Site
  • Community and Site Selection
  • Protection of Sensitive Sites
  • Preservation and Restoration
  • Protection of Natural Features
  • Heat Island Reduction
  • Site Waste Management
  • Transportation Issues
  • Minimizing Light Pollution
  • Site Strategies and Energy Use
  • Site Water Conservation, Management, and Quality Enhancement
  • Quantity of Storm Water Runoff
  • Quality of Storm Water Runoff
  • Transported Water
  • Impact of Outdoor Water on Indoor Environmental Quality
  • Other Site Issues
  • Site and Renewable Energy
  • 5 Building Shape
  • Floor Area
  • Surface Area
  • Orientation
  • Green Building Standards and Building Shape
  • Core Spaces versus Perimeter Spaces
  • 6 Near-Building Features
  • Overhangs and Awnings
  • Solar Panels
  • Balconies
  • The Building Facade
  • Rainwater Harvesting
  • Use of the Roof
  • 7 Outer Envelope
  • Inner and Outer Envelopes
  • Infiltration
  • Thermal Bridging
  • Continuity and Discontinuities
  • Walls
  • Masonry Walls
  • Poured Concrete Walls
  • Wood-Frame Walls
  • Metal-Frame Walls
  • Curtain Walls
  • Choosing Between Wall Systems
  • Ensuring Continuity
  • Windows
  • High-Performance Windows
  • Daylighting
  • Views
  • Window Losses
  • Reducing Window Losses
  • Doors
  • Roofs
  • Pitched Roofs
  • Floors
  • 8 Unconditioned Spaces
  • Basements
  • Attics
  • Crawlspaces
  • Garages
  • Unrecognized Unconditioned Spaces
  • Corridors, Stairwells, and Other Spaces
  • Further Removing Conditioning from Rooms
  • Locating Storage
  • Controlling Temperatures in Unconditioned Spaces
  • Unconditioned Spaces-Summary
  • 9 Inner Envelope
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Solutions
  • Thermal Mass
  • Finishes
  • Thermal and Radiant Properties of Finishes
  • Lighting Reflectance
  • 10 Thermal Zoning and Compartmentalization
  • Thermal Zoning
  • Compartmentalization
  • 11 Lighting and Other Electric Loads
  • Lighting
  • Space Design to Minimize the Need for Lighting
  • Optimized Lighting Design
  • Efficient Lamps and Fixtures
  • Exterior Lighting
  • Controls
  • Decorative Lighting
  • Other Lighting Issues
  • Plug Loads
  • Large Electric Loads
  • 12 Hot and Cold Water
  • Reducing Use
  • Hot Water
  • New Water and Heat Sources
  • Water and Heat Recycling
  • Condensate Recovery
  • Rainwater Harvesting
  • Solar Energy
  • Cost of Water Improvements
  • Water Summary
  • 13 Indoor Environmental Quality
  • Indoor Air Quality
  • Ventilation Challenges