Download or read book Site Layout for Sunlight and Solar Gain written by P. J. Littlefair and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper outlines new BRE guidance on site layout planning to achieve good access to sunlight and solar heat gain, both for buildings and for the open spaces between them. It deals with sunlight for amenity purposes, passive solar site layout, and safeguarding sunlight in gardens and play areas. It should be of interest to developers, architects and surveyors and their clients, and planning officials.
Download or read book Site Layout Planning for Daylight and Sunlight written by P. J. Littlefair and published by Bre Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly regarded BRE guide gives advice on site layout planning to achieve good sunlighting and daylighting both within buildings and in the open spaces between them. New material covers dense urban areas, trees and hedges.
Download or read book Site Layout Planning for Sunlight and Solar Gain written by P. J. Littlefair and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sun Wind and Light Architectural Design Strategies written by Mark DeKay and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated guide to designing buildings that heat with the sun, cool with the wind, and light with the sky. This fully updated Third Edition covers principles of designing buildings that use the sun for heating, wind for cooling, and daylight for natural lighting. Using hundreds of illustrations, this book offers practical strategies that give the designer the tools they need to make energy efficient buildings. Hundreds of illustrations and practical strategies give the designer the tools they need to make energy efficient buildings. Organized to quickly guide the designer in making buildings respond to the sun, wind and light.
Download or read book Environmental Site Layout Planning written by P. J. Littlefair and published by Bre Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Site Layout Planning for Daylight and Sunlight written by P. J. Littlefair and published by Bre Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly regarded BRE guide gives advice on site layout planning to achieve good sunlighting and daylighting both within buildings and in the open spaces between them. New material covers dense urban areas, trees and hedges.
Download or read book Site Planning for Solar Access written by Duncan Erley and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1997-04 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual is intended to guide developers, site planners, and builders in the design of residential developments for solar access. Planning for solar access means laying out buildings, roads, landscaping, and open space so that solar collectors, whether actually in place or merely planned for the future, can get direct sunlight to permit the use of solar energy for space heating, water heating, or air conditioning. Appendices: glossary, skyspace angles, shadow length tables and equation, and determining density. Extensive references. 120 charts and tables.
Download or read book Daylight Design of Buildings written by Nick Baker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To complement the critical and objective view gleaned from the study of some sixty buildings, this design manual has been developed to provide a more synthetic approach to the principles which lie behind successful daylight design. These principles are illustrated with examples drawn from the case study buildings. The emphasis throughout has been on practical methods to improve design, rather than techniques studied for any intrinsic interest. The book provides the necessary tools to assist the designer to provide well daylit interiors, and shows that good daylight design is not a restriction on architectural expression but, on the contrary, acts as an inspiration and foundation for good architecture.
Download or read book Passive Solar Simplified written by Thomas Doerr and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Learn just what you need to know about passive solar house design for western states"--Page 4 of cover
Download or read book The Solar House written by Daniel D. Chiras and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While heat from sunlight and ventilation from breezes is free for the taking, few modern architects or builders really understand the principles involved. Yet "natural conditioning"--Heating and cooling with passive solar techniques -- is a viable alternative to fossil fuels. Acknowledging the good intentions of misguided solar designers in the past, the author highlights certain egregious errors and shows how to avoid them. The author shows how to select a cost-effective, energy-efficient, and environmentally friendly backup heating system; how to preserve indoor air quality in an airtight, energy-efficient home; and ways of employing green building materials in a naturally conditioned home.
Download or read book Solar Home Design Manual for Cool Climates written by Shawna Henderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want an inexpensive, environmentally sound source of energy for your home, you need look no further than the sun. Solar heat is not subject to rate increases, is totally renewable, pollution free and requires little or no technology. It is here for you today, and can easily provide up to 50% of your space and water heating requirements. This is a book that simply and clearly explains the principles of using solar energy to heat your home. Anyone building a new home, or renovating an old one can incorporate one or several aspects of solar energy into their design. Taking you through the process of designing a solar home from the ground up this manual is also a basic course in conservation and sustainable house design. If you live in a 'heating' climate, meaning if you have space heating requirements for most of the year then this is an invaluable resource. A house is the biggest single investment most of us will make in our lives - the way it is built and how it operates can reflect a long term investment in both the building and the planet.
Download or read book National Design Handbook Prototype on Passive Solar Heating and Natural Cooling of Buildings written by and published by UN-HABITAT. This book was released on 1990 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Design written by Randall Thomas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1999-06-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Sun Wind Light written by G. Z. Brown and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2000-11-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architecture/Environment How to design buildings that heat with the sun, cool with the wind, light with the sky, and move into the future using on-site renewable resources Developed for rapid use during schematic design, this book clarifies relationships between form and energy and gives designers tools for designing sustainably. It also: * Applies the latest passive energy and lighting design research * Organizes information by architectural elements at three scales: * building groups, individual buildings, and building parts * Brings design strategies to life with examples and practical design tools * Features: * 109 analysis techniques and design strategies * More than 750 illustrations, sizing graphs, and tables * Both inch-pound and metric units
Download or read book Solar Architecture in Cool Climates written by Colin Porteous and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation * "A must-read for practitioners, teachers and others interested in or working with energy use in the built environment, including a delightful set of examples"--Anne Grete Hestnes, former President of the International Solar Energy Society* Includes case studies from Europe and North America, dealing with new-build, retrofitting, and conceptual projects that outline future potential * Written in a clear, accessible style, approaching the topic in a thematic manner, this will be an invaluable primer for both building professionals and studentsTo implement new techniques in daily practice, architects require palatable information combined with convincing arguments. This book fulfills this requirement, providing inspiration, an understanding of key principles, and technical data on the design of solar buildings in northern latitudes (or the southern equivalent). The authors examine how additional costs can be diluted through different strategies, the tensions between energy efficiency and environmental quality, and the proactive control of energy in building design. Promoting flexibility and opportunity to a diverse audience, including those who use, procure, and finance buildings, the book aims to bring the design of "green" buildings in cool climates from special interest status into the mainstream. The final chapter meshes technical aspects with the aspirations of users, to develop a more sustainable architectural program in which lay players (mainly clients) effectively sponsor responsible environmental innovation
Download or read book Calculating Access to Skylight Sunlight and Solar Radiation on Obstructed Sites in Europe written by P. J. Littlefair and published by Building Research Establishment. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional solar prediction techniques tend to assume an unobstructed site, but nearly all urban and suburban sites are obstructed to some degree. This report contains manual tools to find, for almost all of Europe, how much skylight, sunlight and solar gain reach the outside of an obstructed window or a point in a building layout. Complex as well as simple obstruction profiles can be modelled. The tools comprise: a skylight indicator, sunlight availability indicators, sunpath indicators, and solar gain indicators.
Download or read book Architectural Science and the Sun written by Dason Whitsett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architectural Science and the Sun synthesizes physics, climate, program, and perception to provide a foundation in the principles of architectural science related to the sun: solar geometry, solar analysis and design techniques, passive design principles, and daylighting. Part analytical handbook, part inspiration source for schematic design, the content comprises a critical component of effective sustainable design. Beyond the purely technical aspects of these topics, Architectural Science and the Sun begins with the premise that great architecture goes beyond energy performance and the visual-aesthetic to engage all of the senses. Given that the stimuli to which our senses respond are physical phenomena such as light, heat, and sound, the designer must manipulate these parameters through the craft of building form and technology to create the desired qualitative experience. This book is designed to help the reader develop that skill.
