Architecture and the Environment: Bioclimatic Building DesignSustainable building has commonly been seen as separate from mainstream architecture and has been accorded the status of worthy but dull design. Adopting the term bioclimatic in preference to green to describe buildings which are inspired by nature and have a clear strategy for minimizing environmental depredation, this book seeks to revise this judgement. |
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Principles of Bioclimatic | 23 |
The Birth of Bioclimatic | 23 |
Contemporary | 26 |
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Air conditioning type Alvar Aalto Architect area needing artificial atrium bioclimatic Boiler type BUILDING ENERGY FEATURES building envelope building mass thermal carbon dioxide carbon dioxide output Client/owner controls for artificial Daylighting Approx embodied and transport embodied energy ENERGY FEATURES Orientation ENERGY PERFORMANCE Total energy strategy Energy-saving controls environmental ENVIRONMENTAL/HEALTH FEATURES Materials/components estimated carbon dioxide façade FEATURES Materials/components selection floor area needing floor naturally ventilated glazing gross floor naturally Heat recovery Heating system HVAC HVAC SYSTEMS Fuel/approx Le Corbusier lighting during daylight located main façades Mains electricity mass thermal storage Materials/components selection strategy Mechanical ventilation Menara Mesiniaga N/A Mechanical ventilation NAME OF BUILDING Natural organic sewage needing artificial lighting Night-time ventilation provision organic sewage treatment Orientation of main photovoltaic reduce embodied roof RWE AG Shigeru Ban Solar control systems Special water conserving Structural engineer Tadao Ando Total estimated carbon transmission of building University of Indonesia Utilization of building water conserving installation