Energy Efficient Buildings: Architecture, Engineering, and Environment

by Wayne Forster, Dean Hawkes Ph.D.

An examination of how energy efficiency can be enhanced by integrating advances in architecture and engineering. Exploring the evolving relationship between architecture and engineering, this book examines the environmental function and performance of buildings in the twenty-first century. Critical studies of outstanding recent building projects around the world reveal the many innovative ways designers can integrate architecture and engineering to produce buildings that are both attractive and energy efficient.
180 color and 120 black-and-white illustrations

Genres: Architecture

240 pages, Hardcover

First published July 15, 2002

About the author

Wayne Foster lehrt an der Universität Cardiff und ist Autor zahlreicher Veröffentlichungen.

Reviews

[3l3azar · Rating 1 out of 5]

Un recopilatorio más de edificios sostenibles. Los proyectos no están nada bien explicados, y además no hay demasiadas viviendas. Para mí no tiene interés.