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Tables of Contents for Architecture in a Climate of Change
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
vii
Acknowledgements
viii
Preface
ix
Climate change - people or nature?
1
10
The carbon cycle
1
1
The greenhouse effect
2
1
Climate change - still the unanswered question?
3
8
Predictions
11
8
What is being done?
14
2
The outlook for energy
16
3
Renewable technologies - energy from water
19
14
Supply-side alternatives
19
1
Water
20
13
Renewable technologies - solar, biomass and miscellaneous
33
10
Passive solar energy
33
1
Active solar
33
1
The `solar chimney'
34
1
The thermal concentrator
35
1
Wind power
36
1
Photovoltaics
37
1
Biomass and waste utilization
37
3
Liquid fuels
40
1
Geothermal energy
40
1
Hydrogen
41
1
Nuclear power
41
1
Energy from space
41
2
Low energy techniques for housing
43
16
Construction systems
43
2
Solar design
45
7
Active solar thermal systems
52
3
Windows and glazing
55
4
Insulation
59
8
High and superinsulation
60
4
Transparent insulation materials
64
1
Aerogels
65
1
Insulation - the technical risks
65
2
Domestic energy
67
8
Photovoltaic systems
68
5
Embodied energy and materials
73
2
Advanced and ultra-low-energy houses
75
16
The Beddington Zero Energy Development - BEDZED
76
3
Demonstration House of the Future, South Wales
79
5
The prospects for wood
84
3
Summary checklist for the energy efficient design of dwellings
87
4
Housing, an unacceptable legacy
91
8
Low energy techniques for non-domestic buildings
99
12
Design principles
99
1
Environmental considerations in the design of offices
100
1
Passive solar design
101
1
Construction technologies
102
9
Ventilation
111
22
Natural ventilation
111
14
Cooling strategies
125
3
The ecological tower
128
3
Summary
131
1
Air conditioning
132
1
Energy options
133
12
The fuel cell
134
2
Storage techniques - electricity
136
1
Regenerative fuel cell
137
1
Photovoltaic applications
138
1
Energy storage - heat coolth
139
1
Seasonal energy storage
140
2
Electricity storage
142
1
Building management systems
143
1
Tools for environmental design
144
1
Lighting - designing for daylight
145
8
The atrium
147
4
Summary of design considerations
151
2
Lighting - in the context of human frailty
153
8
Photoelectric control
154
1
Glare
155
1
Dimming control and occupancy sensing
155
1
Switches
156
1
System management
156
1
Air conditioned offices
157
1
Lighting - conditions for success
157
1
Summary of design considerations in artificial lighting
158
3
Cautionary notes
161
6
Why do things go wrong?
161
1
High-profile/low-profile
162
1
The `high-tech demand'
162
1
Operational difficulties
163
1
Building-related illness
163
1
Inherent inefficiencies
163
1
Common architectural problems
164
1
Common engineering problems
164
1
Avoiding air conditioning - the issues
164
1
Common failures leading to energy wastage
165
1
The human factor
165
1
Summary of recommendations
166
1
Conclusions
166
1
Beacon buildings
167
10
The National Assembly for Wales
167
1
Wessex Water Operations Centre
168
9
An American perspective
177
4
Life cycle assessment and recycling
181
6
Life cycle assessment
181
1
Whole life costing
182
1
Materials and embodied energy
182
1
Recycling
183
1
Low energy Conference Centre, The Earth Centre, near Doncaster
183
4
Integrated district environmental design
187
4
Ecological City of Tomorrow, Malmo, Sweden
188
1
Towards the less unsustainable city
189
2
Emergent technologies and future prospects
191
14
Energy for the future
192
3
Electricity storage
195
1
Energy storage
196
3
Smart materials
199
2
Socio-economic factors
201
4
Annexe 1 Key indicators for sustainable design
205
2
Annexe 2 An outline sustainability syllabus for designers
207
6
Index
213