Intelligent Envelopes for High-Performance Buildings Design and Strategy
This book presents a series of significant methods and examples for the design of sustainable intelligent facades in a variety of contexts. Emphasis is placed on how intelligence has been applied for successful energy-saving efforts in the planning of building envelopes. Readers will find essential...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer
2017
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Series: | Springer eBooks
Green Energy and Technology |
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See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991008883139708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Summary: | This book presents a series of significant methods and examples for the design of sustainable intelligent facades in a variety of contexts. Emphasis is placed on how intelligence has been applied for successful energy-saving efforts in the planning of building envelopes. Readers will find essential information on the core principles involved in designing, calculating and organizing intelligent facades according to the need for a new or retrofitted building. Not only are different materials and technologies considered, but also efficient ways to combine them according to user needs and other project-specific constraints. Illustrations, tables and graphs accompany the text, clarifying the concepts discussed. Architects, facade consultants and all those interested in and energy-saving measures and improved indoor comfort will find this book useful not only as an introduction to the subject but also as a guide to achieving more responsive building methods |
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Physical Description: | VIII, 134 p. : il. ; 25 cm |