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architectscience * Recommended Reference Books

architectscience * Recommended Reference Books. The Energy Manual from Birkhauser provides a useful, comprehensive view of energy efficient and sustainable architecture.

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architectscience * Recommended Reference Books

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  1. architectscience * Recommended Reference Books • The Energy Manual from Birkhauser provides a useful, comprehensive view of energy efficient and sustainable architecture. • The book focuses mostly on the technical aspects of energy efficient design with hundreds of informative charts and graphs supplemented with some beautiful photographs. • Also from Birkhauser, ClimateSkin is an excellent reference book which presents a very clear methodology that architects can utilize to achieve optimized enclosure design. • This book contains many visually engaging diagrams that effectively describe the complex relationship between façade design and building systems.

  2. architectscience * Recommended Reference Books • Building Envelopes: An Integrated Approach from Princeton Architectural Press offers a very readable, introductory view of integrated design in architecture. • The book includes some interesting ideas related to the importance of holistic considerations as part of sustainable design. • Also from Princeton Architectural Press, Thermally Active Surfaces in Architecture presents the many benefits of the use of radiant systems for low energy architecture. • This book contains excellent case studies and makes a compelling argument for more simple, low maintenance, low energy buildings that provide better comfort.

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