Sun, Wind, and Light: Architectural Design Strategies

by G.Z. Brown, Mark DeKay

An updated guide to designing buildings that heat with the sun, cool with the wind, and light with the sky.

This fully updated Third Edition covers principles of designing buildings that use the sun for heating, wind for cooling, and daylight for natural lighting. With 432 printed pages and a 450-page electronic book, supplemented with Digital Extras, this package supplies the preliminary design tools and strategies for achieving Architecture 2030® carbon-neutral performance targets. Using hundreds of illustrations, this book offers practical strategies that give the designer the tools they need to make energy efficient buildings.

Genres: Architecture, Design, Reference, Sustainability

432 pages, Paperback

First published April 9, 1985

Reviews

[Devin · Rating 4 out of 5]

nice little design handbook

[Myhoa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative, provactive and incredibly mind opening. Loved the succinct text as much as the diagrams and examples. Will use this over and over in solving design issues.

[Mayank Bhardiya · Rating 4 out of 5]

its good