Thermodynamic interactions
Subtitle: an exploration into physiological, material and territorial atmospheres
By: Javier García-Germán [editor]
Publisher: Actar Publishers
Published: 2017
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9781940291222
Subjects: Architecture and climate; Architecture and science; Architecture and energy conservation; Thermodynamics
Other titles: Thermodynamic interactions :
Description: The interconnection between the environment and its climate, its built structures and the human body requires overlying architecture with other disciplines such as meteorology, thermodynamics or physiology to engage them in a holistic way. The book is structured in three blocks--Territorial Atmospheres, Material Atmospheres and Physiological Atmospheres--which present three distinct and successive realms at which thermodynamic exchanges are taking place. Territorial Atmospheres deals with the thermodynamic interaction between the environment and its built structures. Material Atmospheres focuses on the interaction between a building and the climate it generates. And lastly, Physiological Atmospheres centers on the interaction between indoor ambient and the physiological and psychological effects on human beings.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.