Design and Construction of High-Performance Homes
Building Envelopes, Renewable Energies and Integrated Practice
1st Edition
Published on 2. November 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-415-61528-0 (ISBN)
Description
Both professionals and students are increasingly committed to achieving high-performance metrics in the design, construction and operation of residential buildings. This book responds to this demand by offering a comprehensive guide which features:
architectural innovations in building skin technologies which make lighter more transparent buildings high performing
energy-free architectural design principles and advances in building-integrated photovoltaics
essential engineering principles, controls and approaches to simulation for achieving net zero
the advantages of integrated design in residential construction and the challenges and opportunities it engenders
detailed case studies of innovative homes which have incorporated low-energy design solutions, new materials, alternative building assemblies, digital fabrication, integrated engineering systems and operational controls.
Divided into four parts, the book discusses the requisite AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) knowledge needed when building a high-performance home. It also communicates this information across four case studies, which provide the reader with a thorough overview of all aspects to be considered in the design and construction of sustainable homes. With contributions from experts in the field, the book provides a well-rounded and multi-faceted approach.
This book is essential reading for students and professionals in design, architecture, engineering (civil, mechanical and electrical), construction and energy management.
architectural innovations in building skin technologies which make lighter more transparent buildings high performing
energy-free architectural design principles and advances in building-integrated photovoltaics
essential engineering principles, controls and approaches to simulation for achieving net zero
the advantages of integrated design in residential construction and the challenges and opportunities it engenders
detailed case studies of innovative homes which have incorporated low-energy design solutions, new materials, alternative building assemblies, digital fabrication, integrated engineering systems and operational controls.
Divided into four parts, the book discusses the requisite AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) knowledge needed when building a high-performance home. It also communicates this information across four case studies, which provide the reader with a thorough overview of all aspects to be considered in the design and construction of sustainable homes. With contributions from experts in the field, the book provides a well-rounded and multi-faceted approach.
This book is essential reading for students and professionals in design, architecture, engineering (civil, mechanical and electrical), construction and energy management.
Reviews / Votes
"To prevent the worst of climate change, high-performance buildings are now a necessity, and this book is a great resource to make such buildings a reality. It clearly recognizes that high performance is not just a technical challenge, but also requires an understanding of people's behaviors and the complexity of social arrangements."Norbert Lechner, Auburn University, USA
"From design and analysis, to project construction and delivery, to new materials and techniques, the book carefully collects top authors, content, and case studies to help explicate what the editor describes as "energy-free architectural design". As well illustrated as it is written, this book convincingly merges the range of historical, technical, theoretical, and architectural obligations that presuppose our understanding of higher-performance buildings."
Kiel Moe, Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA
"This book insightfully spans some difficult gaps that have hindered our ecological aspirations in residential design: between the warm sense of home and the cold hard benchmarks of performance; from aesthetic to ethical considerations, between the hardware and the integrated systems; between available technology and material construction; and between simulation models and real-world cases"
Leonard Bachman, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, University of Houston, USA
"To prevent the worst of climate change, high-performance buildings are now a necessity, and this book is a great resource to make such buildings a reality. It clearly recognizes that high performance is not just a technical challenge, but also requires an understanding of people's behaviors and the complexity of social arrangements."
Norbert Lechner, Auburn University, USA
"From design and analysis, to project construction and delivery, to new materials and techniques, the book carefully collects top authors, content, and case studies to help explicate what the editor describes as "energy-free architectural design". As well illustrated as it is written, this book convincingly merges the range of historical, technical, theoretical, and architectural obligations that presuppose our understanding of higher-performance buildings."
Kiel Moe, Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA
"This book insightfully spans some difficult gaps that have hindered our ecological aspirations in residential design: between the warm sense of home and the cold hard benchmarks of performance; from aesthetic to ethical considerations, between the hardware and the integrated systems; between available technology and material construction; and between simulation models and real-world cases"
Leonard Bachman, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, University of Houston, USA
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
28 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 107 Farbfotos bzw. farbige Rasterbilder, 9 s/w Tabellen
9 Tables, black and white; 107 Halftones, color; 28 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 188 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
975 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-61528-0 (9780415615280)
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Franca Trubiano
Design and Construction of High-Performance Homes
Building Envelopes, Renewable Energies and Integrated Practice
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Franca Trubiano
Design and Construction of High-Performance Homes
Building Envelopes, Renewable Energies and Integrated Practice
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03/2013
1st Edition
Routledge
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Franca Trubiano
Design and Construction of High-Performance Homes
Building Envelopes, Renewable Energies and Integrated Practice
E-Book
03/2013
1st Edition
Routledge
€67.49
Available for download
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Franca Trubiano is a Registered Architect (O.A.Q., Int. Assoc. AIA) and Assistant Professor at Penn Design, University of Pennsylvania where she received her doctoral degree and conducts research in construction technology, emerging materials, tectonic theory, integrated design and architectural ecologies.
Content
Introduction: Household Power: How Much is Enough? Part 1: Building Envelopes, New Materials and Architectural Design 1.1. Energy Free' Architectural Design - The Case of PassivHaus and Double Skin Facades 1.2. Translucent Building Skins - Advancing the Technology of Light Transmission 1.3. Responsive Building Envelopes: Characteristics and Evolving Paradigms 1.4. Nano-Materials + Bio Insulators + Phase Change Materials Part 2: Renewable Energies, Building Systems and Simulations 2.1. The Design Integration of Renewable Energies 2.2. Systems Integrated Photovoltaics, SIPV 2.3. Building Systems, Controls and Automation 2.4. Building Performance and Computational Simulation Part 3: Integrated Practice and Residential Construction 3.1. Integrated Project Delivery - Contracting for High Performance 3.2. Energy and the Integrative Design Process, Defining the Team of Experts 3.3. The Construction of Low Energy Prefabricated Housing in Denmark 3.4. From Modeling to Making, Parametric Design and Digital Fabrication Part 4: High Performance Homes: Case Studies 4.1. LumenHaus and the Eclipsis Sun Control System 4.2. Project Icarus: Optimizing Light and Energy in the Design of a Translucent Roof 4.3. North House: Climate Responsive Envelope and Control System 4.4. Modular Building; Three Scales/Three Strategies