TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bougdah, Hocine
TI  - Environment, technology and sustainability
SN  - 9780815394525
U1  - 720.47 BOU-H 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - India
PB  - Taylor & Francis Publications
KW  - Sustainable architecture
KW  - Architecture--Environmental aspects
N1  - This second volume in the Technologies of Architecture series – the only series of books tuned to the architectural technology syllabus – explores the environmental influences on building design.

Looking particularly at sustainable building, a holistic view is taken, so that the influence of any one set of choices on other areas – such as the trade-off of daylighting against thermal insulation, or the balance needed between heating and ventilation – are not overlooked. The authors discuss available technologies for establishing a suitable microclimate within buildings, for managing the transmission of sound and for minimizing the exploitation of scarce energy and of other resources.

Using the perspective of a designer who needs a sound scientific basis for arriving at the optimum outcome, this valuably informative volume is ideal for architectural technology students, as well as first and second year architecture students
ER  -