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  • Lessons from Vernacular Architecture

    Edited by Willi Weber, Simos Yannas ...
    The architectural community has had a strong and continuing interest in traditional and vernacular architecture. Lessons from Vernacular Architecture takes lessons directly from traditional and vernacular architecture and offers them to the reader as guidance and inspiration for new buildings. The appropriate technical and social solutions provided by vernacular and traditional architecture are ... Read more

    $309.99 CAD

  • Passive and Low Energy Ecotechniques

    Proceedings of the Third International PLEA Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, 6–11 August 1984

    Edited by Arthur Bowen, Simos Yannas ...
    Passive and Low Energy Ecotechniques (PLEA) presents the proceedings of the Third International PLEA Conference held in Mexico City, Mexico on August 6-11, 1984. The book includes papers on state-of-the-art selected topics aimed at providing a basic knowledge; country and regional or personal monographs to continue the exchange of national information which is an established feature of PLEA; and ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Passive and Low Energy Architecture

    Proceedings of the Second International PLEA Conference, Crete, Greece, 28 June-1 July 1983

    Edited by Simos Yannas, Arthur Bowen ...
    Passive and Low Energy Architecture contains the proceedings of the Second International PLEA Conference held in Crete, Greece, on June 28 to July 1, 1983. The book is organized into four parts as the topics of the conference. The first part brings together papers dealing with case studies of individual buildings or groups of buildings, completed or to be built, and of community planning. The case ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Roof Cooling Techniques

    A Design Handbook

    by Evyatar Erell ...
    Natural heating and cooling of buildings helps to improve energy efficiency in the built environment. This book considers the principles of roof design and specific systems and cooling techniques. The authors explain the fundamental principles of roof cooling and describe in detail the relevant components, applications, built precedents, recent experimental work and key design considerations. ... Read more

    $166.26 CAD

  • Environmentally Friendly Cities

    Proceedings of Plea 1998, Passive and Low Energy Architecture, 1998, Lisbon, Portugal, June 1998

    by Eduardo Maldonado ...
    The 15th Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) conference considered the issues of sustainability and environmental friendliness at the city scale. Some 150 papers address the many and varied questions faced by architects and planners in reducing the impact on the environment of cities and their buildings. ... Read more

    $182.75 CAD

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  • Advances in Passive Cooling

    Edited by Mat Santamouris ...
    Series series BEST (Buildings Energy and Solar Technology)
    Following a rapid increase in the use of air conditioning in buildings of all types, the energy demand for powering such devices has become a significant cause for concern. Passive cooling is increasingly being thought of as the best alternative to air conditioning.This book offers the latest knowledge and techniques on passive cooling, enabling building professionals to understand the state of ... Read more

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  • Integrated Strategies in Architecture

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    Series series Technologies of Architecture
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    $114.04 CAD

  • Sustainability, Energy and Architecture

    Case Studies in Realizing Green Buildings

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  • Bio-based Building Skin

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    $138.99 CAD

  • Urban Climate Mitigation Techniques

    Edited by Mat Santamouris, Denia Kolokotsa ...
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