William W Braham

Gebundenes Buch

Architecture and Systems Ecology

Thermodynamic Principles of Environmental Building Design, in Three Parts

Beschreibung

This book explores the architectural implications of systems ecology, which extends the principles of thermodynamics from the nineteenth-century focus on more efficient machinery to the contemporary concern with the resilient self-organization of ecosystems.

Autor

William W. Braham FAIA is a Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is Director of the Master of Environmental Building Design. He received an engineering degree from Princeton University and an M. Arch and Ph.D. Arch. from the University of Pennsylvania. Braham is the director of the TC Chan Center, a faculty research unit on energy and environment in the built environment. Recent projects include the Sustainability Plan, Carbon Footprint, and Carbon Reduction Action Plan for the university. His publications include Rethinking Technology (2006), Energy and Architecture (2013), and Energy Accounts (2016).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 175mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9781138846050
• ISBN-10: 1138846058
• Artikelnr.: 42787227