Passive and Active Environmental Controls: Informing the Schematic Designing of BuildingsActive and Passive Environmental Controls: Informing the Schematic Designing of Buildings is written for the architecture audience. It primarily addresses how to design and construct buildings to satisfy occupants' physical and physiological needs. The text serves as an introduction to the sub |
Contents
Chapter 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL OF BUILDINGS | 1 |
Chapter 2 THE BASICS OF HEAT TRANSFER | 9 |
Chapter 3 ESTABLISHING THERMAL COMFORT | 31 |
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Passive and Active Environmental Controls: Informing the Schematic Designing ... Dean Heerwagen No preview available - 2004 |
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absorption Acoustical air temperature air-handler all-air Alternatively amount assemblies auditory system basic brightness building envelope building interior building space ceiling climate color components convective cooling create Daylight Factor dB(A described devices diffuse ducting electrical elevator employed environment environmental equipment escalator external fan-coil Figure fire fixtures floor area flow frequency glare glazing guidelines heat exchange heat gain heat loss heat transfer hoistway horizontal humidity HVAC HVAC system identified illuminance intensity International Fire Code light located luminance luminous efficacy materials mechanical natural environment noise levels object occupied spaces occurs operation parameters pass passive solar performance piping present range reflected return air Section SIDEBAR sky vault skylight solar radiation sound pressure level sound waves specific speech supply air surface Table task thermal comfort thermal energy tion transmission types unit ventilation vertical vibration view field voltage wall wavelength window