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Environmental Design: An Introduction for Architects and Engineers
Randall Thomas (Ed.)
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Description for Environmental Design: An Introduction for Architects and Engineers
Paperback. Focuses on designing environmentally-friendly buildings. This book starts with some basic scientific principles and environmental issues, and then moves on to site planning, energy use, materials and buildings form. It is suitable for architects, engineers, planners, and students in the field. Editor(s): Thomas, Randall. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 black & white tables, 37 black & white halftones, 126 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 15. Weight in Grams: 598.
Written and edited by a team of specialists at Max Fordham LLP, one of the UK's leading environmental and building services engineering consultancies, Environmental Design is the result of their extensive experience in designing environmentally-friendly buildings. The principles of their approach, which they have taught in numerous schools of architecture and engineering, are clearly presented here. The book starts with some basic scientific principles and environmental issues and then moves on to site planning, energy use, materials and building form. Natural ventilation systems, high-efficiency mechanical equipment and alternative energy sources are also covered. State-of-the-art ... Read more
Written and edited by a team of specialists at Max Fordham LLP, one of the UK's leading environmental and building services engineering consultancies, Environmental Design is the result of their extensive experience in designing environmentally-friendly buildings. The principles of their approach, which they have taught in numerous schools of architecture and engineering, are clearly presented here. The book starts with some basic scientific principles and environmental issues and then moves on to site planning, energy use, materials and building form. Natural ventilation systems, high-efficiency mechanical equipment and alternative energy sources are also covered. State-of-the-art ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415363341
SKU
V9780415363341
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Ref
99-2
About Randall Thomas (Ed.)
Randall Thomas has been active in practice and teaching for over thirty years. He is visiting Professor in Architectural Science at Kingston University, UK, and has been a Partner of Max Fordham LLP since 1987.
Reviews for Environmental Design: An Introduction for Architects and Engineers
'A good introduction to environmental design' - Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University