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.
0415363349 (pbk.) 9780415363341 (pbk.)
Architecture--Environmental aspects. Environmental engineering. City planning. Engineering design.