Sun, Wind, and Light: Architectural Design Strategies

Sun, Wind, and Light: Architectural Design Strategies

An updated guide to designing buildings that heat with the sun, cool with the wind, and light with the sky.<br><br>This fully updated <i>Third Edition</i> covers principles of designing buildings that use the sun for heating, wind for cooling, and daylight for natural lighting. With 432 printed pages and <span>a</span> 450-page electronic book, supplemented with Digital Extras, this package supplies the preliminary design tools and strategies for achieving Architecture 2030 carbon-neutral performance targets. Using hundreds of illustrations, this book offers practical strategies that give the designer the tools they need to make energy efficient buildings.<br> <ul><li>Hundreds of illustrations and practical strategies give the designer the tools they need to make energy efficient buildings.</li><li>Organized to quickly guide the designer in making buildings respond to the sun, wind and light.</li></ul>