This book is the third in a three-volume set covering all aspects of adaptive thermal comfort. It provides a simple, step by step method for designing comfortable low energy buildings in any climate. Building on the academic principles, practices and fundamental research described in the first two volumes this book is written for building designers, owners, occupants, planners, architectural engineers, self-builders, renovators and educated laymen. It has been written to demystify the art and science of the performance and impacts of buildings and to explain how to, in practice, achieve adaptable, well-behaved and well-liked buildings.
| ISBN: | 9780415691635 |
| Publication date: | 31st December 2023 |
| Author: | Susan Roaf, Fergus Nicol, Michael A Humphreys |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of CRC Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 132 pages |
| Genres: |
The environment Ergonomics Heating, lighting, ventilation Mechanical engineering Engineering: general Architectural structure and design Economics Business and Management Environmental science, engineering and technology |