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An introduction to passive house /
Throughout the world, Passive House is now recognised as the best method to create comfortable, healthy, low energy buildings and it is a key component of the 21st century's green economic revolution. Written by one of the UK's leading passive house architects, this book contains essays th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
RIBA Publishing,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- What is Passive House?:
- Introduction
- The origins of Passive House
- how and why it began
- Dr. Wolfgang Feist
- "the father of Passive House"
- The pilot Passive House
- Testing the concept at scale
- the CEPHEUS project
- The impact of building users on design energy targets
- The economic foundations of Passive House
- The Passive House solution
- Key elements of the Passive House standard
- Why Passive House?:
- The renewable-energy revolution
- Capital and whole-life costs
- Localised Passive House construction by Thomas Stoney Bryans
- The nirvana of Zero-Zero
- energy efficiency and low embodied energy by Gareth Roberts
- Performance data and user feedback
- comfot, health and energy efficiency by Sarah Lewis
- Air quality and health
- The importance of skills
- Case Studies:
- Introduction
- Riedberg School
- Liebefeld House
- Ludesch Community Centre
- Kamakura House
- Liebig Gym
- Ranulf Road House
- Bushbury Hill Primary School
- St. Gerold Community Centre
- Langenpreising Kindergarten
- Gasser Bau Offices
- Molkereistrasse Residence
- Hudson House
- Salzburg University
- Villa Langenkamp
- Mayville Community Centre
- Conclusions
- Further Information.