Architecture and energy
Subtitle: performance and style
By: edited by William W. Braham and Daniel Willis
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780415639293; 9780415639309
Subjects: Architecture and energy conservation
Description: Does energy consumption influence architectural style? Should more energy-efficient buildings look different? Can that "look" be used to explain or enhance their performance? Architecture and Energy provides architects and architectural theorists with more durable arguments for environmental design decisions, arguments addressing three different scales or aspects of contemporary construction. By drawing together essays from the leading experts in the field, this book engages with crucial issues in sustainable design, such as: The larger role of energy in forming the cultural and economic systems in which architecture is conceived, constructed, and evaluated. The different measures and meanings of energy "performance" and how those measures are realized in buildings. The specific ways in which energy use translates into the visible aspects of architectural style. Drawing on research from the UK, US, Europe, and Asia the book outlines the problems surrounding energy and architecture and provides the reader with a considered overview of this important topic.
Notes: Errata slip inserted.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Energy Systems; title: Building Performance; title: Architectural Aspects.