Architecture and Energy Performance and style

Does energy consumption influence architectural style? Should more energy-efficient buildings look different? Can that "look" be used to explain or enhance their performance? Architecture and Energy provides architects and architectural theorists with more durable arguments for environment...

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Main Authors	Braham, William W., Willis, Daniel
Format	eBook Book
Language	English
Published	Abingdon, Oxfordshire ; New York, N.Y Routledge 2013 Taylor and Francis Taylor & Francis Group
Edition	1
Subjects	Architecture and energy conservation David Leatherbarrow Dean Hawkes energy architecture Energy efficiency energy efficient architecture energy efficient buildings energy efficient design Franca Trubiano John Thackara Kiel Moe Luis Fernández-Galiano Richard Wesley Simos Yannas Structure, Materials and Detailing Sustainable Architecture Thomas Abel Vivian Loftness energy architecture Passive Solar Heating Luis Fernández-Galiano Passive Solar Energy Efficient HVAC System Energy Savings Robert Smythson Therme Vals Richard Wesley Architectural Agenda Hualien County David Leatherbarrow Simos Yannas Vivian Loftness John Thackara Dense Energy System Energy Efficient Indirect Rebound Effects Detailed Parametric Analysis Recent Buildings Department Of Energy Kiel Moe energy efficient architecture Environmental Surfing energy efficient design Green Infrastructure Thomas Abel Dean Hawkes Energy Future Villa Mairea Bullitt Center energy efficient buildings Franca Trubiano Energy Source Energy Resources Integral Urban House
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ISBN	0415639298 9780415639293 9780415639309 0415639301
DOI	10.4324/9780203630105

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Cover -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: architecture and energy (again) -- PART 1 Energy systems -- 1 Architecture, style, and power: the work of civilization -- 2 Architecture and life -- 3 Energy and the social hierarchy of households (and buildings) -- 4 Design in the light of dark energy -- PART 2 Building performance -- 5 Less is less: are architects thinking too small? -- 6 Environmental surfing: delight and nature's renewable energies -- 7 Adaptive architecturing -- 8 Designing for low-energy: seeking representations of high-performance homes in post-war America -- PART 3 Architectural aspects -- 9 Technics and poetics of the architectural environment -- 10 The formations of energy in architecture: an architectural agenda for energy -- 11 Visualizing renewable resources -- Image credits -- Index