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Insulating Modernism: Isolated and Non-isolated Thermodynamics in Architecture
Kiel Moe
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Description for Insulating Modernism: Isolated and Non-isolated Thermodynamics in Architecture
Hardback. What is the best way to achieve sustainable energy savings in buildings? The mainstream construction industry has been saying for decades: it's insulation. This book describes the history, theory and facts of the mainstream insulation technology and the emerging alternative design approaches. Num Pages: 320 pages, 70 colour illustrations, 50 colour line drawings, 70 farb. Abb., 50 farb. Zeichn. BIC Classification: AMC; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 244 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1069.
What is the best way to consider energy in buildings? For over a century, the building industry has largely focused on ideas of insulation and isolation for its energetic practices. A growing movement of designers claim that other concepts and practices are required for the non-isolated energy systems of architecture. This book describes the history, theory and facts of the mainstream isolation technologies and the emerging alternative design approaches. It is a book on the scientific, material, and design history of building isolation; but more importantly, it is a book on isolated and non-isolated perspectives on energy in architecture. Written ... Read more
What is the best way to consider energy in buildings? For over a century, the building industry has largely focused on ideas of insulation and isolation for its energetic practices. A growing movement of designers claim that other concepts and practices are required for the non-isolated energy systems of architecture. This book describes the history, theory and facts of the mainstream isolation technologies and the emerging alternative design approaches. It is a book on the scientific, material, and design history of building isolation; but more importantly, it is a book on isolated and non-isolated perspectives on energy in architecture. Written ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
1069g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, Switzerland
ISBN
9783038215394
SKU
V9783038215394
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Ref
99-1
About Kiel Moe
Kiel Moe, Assistant Professor of Architectural Technology, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Massachusetts, USA
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