Sun, Wind and Light - Architectural Design Strategies (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

Architecture/Environment

How to design buildings that heat with the sun, cool with the wind, light with the sky, and move into the future using on-site renewable resources

Developed for rapid use during schematic design, this book clarifies relationships between form and energy and gives designers tools for designing sustainably. It also:

• Applies the latest passive energy and lighting design research
• Organizes information by architectural elements at three scales:
• building groups, individual buildings, and building parts
• Brings design strategies to life with examples and practical design tools

• Features:
• 109 analysis techniques and design strategies
• More than 750 illustrations, sizing graphs, and tables
• Both inch-pound and metric units