THE GREEN STUDIO HANDBOOK
Environmental Strategies for Schematic Design

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  Strategies include:
Envelope
Insulation Materials
Strawbale Construction
Structural Insulated Panels
Double Envelopes
Green Roofs

Lighting
Daylight Factor
Daylight Zoning
Toplighting
Sidelighting
Light Shelves
Internal Reflectances
Shading Devices
Electric Lighting

Heating
Direct Gain
Indirect Gain
Isolated Gain
Active Solar Thermal Energy Systems
Ground Source Heat Pumps

 

Cooling
Cross Ventilation
Stack Ventilation
Evaporative Cool Towers
Night Ventilation of Thermal Mass
Earth Cooling Tubes
Earth Sheltering
Absorption Chillers

Energy Production
Plug Loads
Air-to-Air Heat Exchangers
Energy Recovery Systems
Photovoltaics
Wind Turbines
Microhydro Turbines
Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Combined Heat and Power Systems

Water and Waste
Composting Toilets
Water Reuse/Recycling
Living Machines
Water Catchment Systems
Pervious Surfaces
Bioswales
Retention Ponds

   

 

 

 

 

Alison Kwok, Ph.D., AIA, LEED AP
Walter Grondzik, P.E., LEED AP

Architectural Press, Oxford 2007
ISBN: 0750680229
US$69.95 | £39.99
392 pp; 442 illustrations