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The Architecture of Natural Cooling
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This book is ideal for architects, engineers, policymakers and sustainability advocates interested in integrating natural cooling into building design. It suits both technical specialists and those seeking a general grounding in reducing reliance on air-conditioning for sustainable architecture.
This book is not just for the technical specialist, as it also provides a general grounding in environmental design. Importantly, it demonstrates that understanding our environment, rather than fighting it, will help us to live sustainably in our rapidly warming world.
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Overheating in buildings is commonplace. This book describes how we can keep cool without conventional air-conditioning: improving comfort and productivity while reducing energy costs and carbon emissions. It provides architects, engineers and policy makers with a ‘how-to’ guide to the application of natural cooling in new and existing buildings. It demonstrates, through reference to numerous examples, that natural cooling is viable in most climates around the world.
This completely revised and expanded second edition includes:
- An overview of natural cooling past and present.
- Guidance on the principles and strategies that can be adopted.
- A review of the applicability of different strategies.
- Explanation of simplified tools for performance assessment.
- A review of components and controls.
- A detailed evaluation of case studies from the USA, Europe, India and China.
The Architecture of Natural Cooling is not just for the technical specialist, as it also provides a general grounding in how to avoid or minimise air-conditioning. Importantly, it demonstrates that understanding our environment, rather than fighting it, will help us to live sustainably in our rapidly warming world.
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Mario Cucinella, Architect: "A well-calibrated blend of theory, practical recommendations and thoroughly analysed case studies, this book is a valuable reference for professionals new to natural cooling as well as experts seeking deeper understanding."
The book uniquely combines history, architectural science and contemporary practice to form a comprehensive design methodology rooted in climate specificity and human comfort.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781138629073
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 November 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: 2nd edition
Illustration: 1 Tables, color; 135 Line drawings, color; 22 Line drawings, black and white; 127 Halftones, color; 6 Halftones, black and white; 262 Illustrations, color; 28 Illustrations, black and white
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 219.0mm
Height: 276.0mm
Weight: 1074g
Pages: 280
About the Author
Brian Ford (RIBA FRSA) is an architect, an environmental design consultant and Emeritus Professor at the University of Nottingham. He was in private practice for over 25 years, including Peake Short & Partners and Short Ford Associates, where he has worked on innovative low carbon projects in Europe, USA, India, Australia and China. He initiated a series of multi-partner EU funded research projects on natural ventilation and passive cooling and has served as a member of the UK Government’s Zero Carbon Task Force for Schools, an advisor to Building Green Futures (Bologna, Italy), and was until recently Vice-President of the International PLEA organisation.
Rosa Schiano-Phan (BSc DiplArch MSc PhD) is Principal Lecturer in Architecture and Environmental Design at the University of Westminster and co-director of Natural Cooling Ltd. She worked as an architect and environmental design consultant internationally before gaining a PhD at the Architectural Association and becoming a Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham, working on EU research into thermal performance of buildings and passive cooling. She taught at the AA and subsequently moved to the University of Westminster where in 2014 she set up new BSc and MSc courses in Architecture and Environmental Design.
Juan A. Vallejo (BSc DiplArch MSc PhD) is Visiting Lecturer in Architecture and Environmental Design (MSc) at the School of Architecture + Cities of the University of Westminster in London (UK) and collaborates with the School of Sustainability (SOS) Team founded by Mario Cucinella Architects in Bologna (Italy). He has worked in Natural Cooling Ltd as an environmental design consultant on projects in the UK and abroad and he is associate of the International Passive Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) organisation. His expertise lies in the field of building environmental simulation software tools, natural ventilation and passive evaporative cooling.
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