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Eco-Architecture IV : Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature.
Containing the proceedings of the latest in a series of conferences on the emerging topic of eco-architecture, this book presents the newest research in the field.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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SOUTHAMPTON :
WIT Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | WIT transactions on ecology and the environment.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Eco-Architecture IV: Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Section 1: Design with nature; Sustainable tourism within an eco-city context: analytical study for the master plan of Siwa City, Egypt; The Minangkabau house: architectural and cultural elements; A survey on the sustainability patterns in Iranian desert architecture; Design procedures for an average Saudi villa using integrated green building techniques; Effect of skylight configuration and sky type on the daylight impression of a room
- New generation of energy design tools for low impact buildingsThe effect of light and colour in architectural design; Section 2: Ecological and cultural sensitivity; Learning from traditional architecture; Elements of ecological architecture in Theologos: a traditional settlement on Thassos Island, Greece; Questioning public art; Can a hotel be ecological?; MSWI bottom ash as eco-aggregate in cement mortar design; Developing a sustainable land ethic in 21st century cities; Section 3: Energy efficiency
- Challenges of cost-effective high-performance residential construction on the US market: lessons learned from building Utah's most energy-efficient and cost-effective housePassive and active hybrid approach to building design in Saudi Arabia; High performing building as a pier for sustainable tourism in the protected area of Bracciano Lake in Italy; The energy transect; including sustainability issues in urban morphology analyses; Section 4: Bioclimatic design; Cooling performance of Persian wind towers; Bioclimatic residence design in the Xanthi region
- Use of environmental parameters in building envelope designSection 5: Vertical greenery systems; A sustainability evaluation of vertical greenery systems based on emergy; Vertical greening systems: contribution to thermal behaviour on the building envelope and environmental sustainability; Thermo-physical performances of living walls via field measurements and numerical analysis; Section 6: Ecological impact of materials; Influence of characteristic types of thermal insulation on energy savings of AAC-based building envelope: a comparison
- Natural zeolite as environmentally friendly supplementary cementitious material in concreteSection 7: Building technologies; Towards near zero energy dwellings by heat pump implementation in HVAC plants; Sustainable strategies and methods for the energetic improvement of social housing stock in Italy; Methods for air tightness analysis for residential buildings in Nordic countries; Optimization methods for determination of moisture diffusivity of building materials in the drying phase; Renewable energy sources for historic buildings: the Crucifers Convent in Venice