Eco-Architecture III: Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature (Wit Transactions on Ecology and the Environment);Wit Transactions on Ecology and the Environment - Hardcover

S. Hernandez; C. A. Brebbia; W. P. De Wilde

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845644301 ISBN 13: 9781845644307

Publisher: WIT Press / Computational Mechanics, 2010

Synopsis

This book contains most of the papers to be presented at the Third International Conference on Harmonisation Between Architecture and Nature, which is being held in A Coruña, Spain, April 12-14, 2010. Eco-Architecture ought to be in harmony with nature, including its immediate environs. Decisions have to be taken on ecological grounds concerning locations, siting and orientation, as well as the well-informed choice of materials. Eco-Architecture makes every effort to minimize the use of energy at each stage of a building's life cycle, including that embodied in the extraction and transportation of materials, their fabrication, their assembly into the building and ultimately the ease and value of their recycling when the building's life is over. The design may also take into consideration the use of energy in building maintenance and changes in its use, not to mention its lighting, heating and cooling, particularly where the energy consumed involves the emission of greenhouse gases.

Edition details

• Publisher: WIT Press / Computational Mechanics
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845644301
• ISBN 13: 9781845644307
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 624
• Editor: S. Hernandez, C. A. Brebbia, W. P. De Wilde