
Design and Construction of High-Performance Homes
Building Envelopes, Renewable Energies and Integrated Practice
Herausgeber: Trubiano, Franca
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Both professionals and students are increasingly committed to achieving high-performance metrics in the design, construction and operation of residential buildings. This book responds to this demand by offering a comprehensive guide which features: * architectural innovations in building skin technologies which make lighter more transparent buildings high performing; * energy-free architectural design principles and advances in building-integrated photovoltaics; * essential engineering principles, controls and approaches to simulation for achieving net zero; * the advantages of integrated desi...
Both professionals and students are increasingly committed to achieving high-performance metrics in the design, construction and operation of residential buildings. This book responds to this demand by offering a comprehensive guide which features: * architectural innovations in building skin technologies which make lighter more transparent buildings high performing; * energy-free architectural design principles and advances in building-integrated photovoltaics; * essential engineering principles, controls and approaches to simulation for achieving net zero; * the advantages of integrated design in residential construction and the challenges and opportunities it engenders; * detailed case studies of innovative homes which have incorporated low-energy design solutions, new materials, alternative building assemblies, digital fabrication, integrated engineering systems and operational controls.