Environmental design : an introduction for architects and engineers / edited by Randall Thomas. - 3rd ed. - London : Taylor & Francis, 2011. - xvi, 272 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: 1. Strategies - 2. Comfort, health and environmental physics - 3. Buildings and energy balances - 4. Building planning and design - 5. Site planning - 6. Materials and construction - 7. Energy sources - 8. Lighting - 9. Engineering thermal comfort - 10. Water, waste disposal and appliances -- Part 2: 11. RMC international headquarters - 12. Queens building, De Montfort University - 13. The Charles Cryer studio theatre - 14. The environmental building, building research establishment - 15. The Millennium Centre, Dagenham - 16. The bedales theatre - 17. Beaufort court - 18. Heelis, central office for the National Trust - Appendices: A. Environmental data and the psychrometric chart - B. Calculation procedures - C. Acoustics - D. Photovoltaics.

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Architecture--Environmental aspects.
Environmental engineering.
City planning.
Engineering design.

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