Energy manual
Subtitle: sustainable architecture
By: Hegger ... [et al]
Contributors: Hegger, Manfred.; Institut für internationale Architektur-Dokumentation.
Publisher: Birkhäuser; Edition Detail; Birkh�user Basel
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Basel; Boston; Munich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9783764388300; 9783764387648
Subjects: Sustainable architecture; Architecture -- Environmental aspects; Sustainable development
Work titles: Energie-Atlas. English
Notes: Translated into English by Gerd H. Söffker, Philip Thrift and Pamela Seidel.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-271) and index.

Translation of the 1st German ed. published: München : Institut für internationale Architektur-Dokumentation, 2007.
Table of contents: title: Part A. Positions : Global change / Chris Luebkeman; title: Energy change / Hermann Scheer; title: Architecture and sustainability: a difficult relationship / Robert Kaltenbrunner; title: Doing things right: on efficiency and sustainability / Manfred Hegger; title: Solar architecture / Thomas Herzog; title: Planning and building in life cycles / Karl-Heinz Petzinka, Bernhard Lenz; title: Part B. Planning : Fundamentals : Global boundary conditions ; Energy ; Climate and comfort; title: Urban space and infrastructure : Land use ; Planning to suit the location ; Infrastructure and technical services; title: Building envelope : Maintaining and gaining heat ; Avoiding overheating ; Decentralised ventilation ; Using the daylight ; Generating electricity; title: Building services : Sustainable building services ; Heating ; Cooling ; Mechanical ventilation ; Optimising the artificial lighting; title: Materials : Heat flow ; Embodied energy ; Materials in the life cycle; title: Strategies : Energy concepts ; Politics, legislation, statutory instruments ; Planning process ; Sustainable architecture ; Diagnosis system for sustainable building quality (DSQ); title: Part C. Case studies; title: Part D. Appendix : Parameters ; Climate data ; LCA data ; Statutory instruments, directives, standards.