Synopses & Reviews
Design net-zero energy buildings that heat and power with the sun, cool with the wind, and light with the sky
- The updated sustainable design classic
- Doubled content
- Focused on designing for Architecture 2030® carbon-neutral performance targets
- Tools to connect related strategies.
Part IVII: 400-page printed book
- Multiple aids for navigation
- A new knowledge structure for net-zero design
- 7 synergies and 9 strategy bundles
- 6 high-performance buildings assessments
- Condensed versions of favorite strategies and tools
Part VIIIIX: 450-page electronic book (free download)
- Searchable PDF documents
- Over 100 preliminary design strategies
- 29 design analysis techniques
Digital Extras (free download)
- The SWL Tools spreadsheet for net-zero design (62 pages)
- Climate Calendar data spreadsheets for the U.S. (28 cities)
- 700 pages of Climatic Context reports for U.S. climate
regions
Synopsis
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. Using hundreds of illustrations, this book offers practical strategies that give the designer the tools they need to make energy efficient buildings.
- Hundreds of illustrations and practical strategies give the designer the tools they need to make energy efficient buildings.
- Organized to quickly guide the designer in making buildings respond to the sun, wind and light.
About the Author
MARK DeKAY is a registered architect and Associate Professor of architecture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is a Fulbright Scholar, a Climate Reality Leadership Corps member, author of Integral Sustainable Design: Transformative Perspectives and editor of the UT/RedVector.com online Sustainable Design and Green Building continuing education program.
G. Z. BROWN is a registered architect and Professor of Architecture at the University of Oregon. He is director of the UO Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory (ESBL) in Portland and Eugene and coauthor of InsideOut: Design Procedures for Passive Environmental Technologies and Natural Ventilation in Northwest Buildings.
Table of Contents
I NAVIGATION 20• SWL Printed Contents
• SWL Electronic Contents
• Additional Navigation Methods
II USING SUN, WIND & LIGHT 50
• Buildings and Energy Use
• Design Decision Chart for Net-Zero
III SYNERGIES 78
• 7 essential themes for net-zero design
IV BUNDLES 94
• Bundles Explained
• Selecting Bundles and Making Your Own
• Some Fundamental Bundles: 9 sets strategy sets for high-performance design
V FAVORITE DESIGN TOOLS, condensed 194
VI FAVORITE DESIGN STRATEGIES, condensed 216
VII HIGH-PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS 250
• 6 techniques for net-zero energy and carbon-neutral design
APPENDICES A-E 293
INDICES 339
Searchable, printable electronic documents, including all SWL Printed content
VIII DETAILED DESIGN STRATEGIES E.1
• 106 energy design strategies with precedents and preliminary design tools for passive cooling, solar heating, daylighting, fresh air ventilation and renewable power
IX DETAILED ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES E.277
• 29 analysis techniques for climate assessment, loads estimation and design strategy selection
APPENDICES F-H E.364
• Sun Charts and Sundials, covering the world
• Climate Maps for the USA and Canada
ADDITIONAL DIGITAL RESOURCES
• Climate data for the USA
• Climate analysis reports for the USA
• SWL Tools, spreadsheet for net-zero energy analysis
• Bibliography, searchable