Environmental Design

An Introduction for Architects and Engineers

Randall Thomas

290 pages, parution le 10/01/2006 (3^eme édition)

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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. This book is essential reading for architects, engineers, planners and students of these disciplines and for all those who are concerned with our built environment.

The book starts with some basic scientific principles and issues of air quality, noise and climate change 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 covered. State-of-the-art buildings of exceptional quality are incorporated throughout the text and illustrate the authors' belief that environmentally responsible architecture can be visually exciting. This extensively updated third edition concludes with a selection of detailed case studies of award-winning projects - including, for the first time, Beaufort Court, King's Langley and Heelis, the central office for the National Trust, Swindon.

Randall Thomas has been active in practice and teaching for over thirty years. He is Professor of Sustainable Environmental Design at Kingston University, UK and is a Partner of Max Fordham LLP.

L'auteur - Randall Thomas

Randall Thomas has been active in practice and teaching for over thirty years. He is Professor of Sustainable Environmental Design at Kingston University, UK and is a Partner of Max Fordham LLP.

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Part One
- Strategies
- Comfort, health and environmental physics
- Buildings and energy balances
- Building planning and design
- Site planning
- Materials and construction
- Energy sources
- Lighting
- Engineering thermal comfort
- Water, waste disposal and appliances
Part Two
- RMC International Headquarters
- Queens Building, De Montfort University
- The Charles Cryer Studio Theatre
- The Environmental Building, Building Research Establishment
- The Millennium Centre, Dagenham
- The Bedaies Theatre
- Beaufort Court
- Heelis, Central Office for the National Trust
- Appendices

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Taylor and Francis Books
Auteur(s)	Randall Thomas
Parution	10/01/2006
Édition	3^eme édition
Nb. de pages	290
Format	19 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	615g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780415363341
ISBN13	978-0-415-36334-1