Energy Efficient Buildings: Architecture, Engineering, and Environment

Forster, Wayne, Hawkes Ph.D., Dean

ISBN 10: 0393730921 / ISBN 13: 9780393730920

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Energy Efficient Buildings: Architecture, Engineering, and Environment
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393730921
• ISBN 13: 9780393730920
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

An examination of how energy efficiency can be enhanced by integrating advances in architecture and engineering.

Exploring the evolving relationship between architecture and engineering, this book examines the environmental function and performance of buildings in the twenty-first century. Critical studies of outstanding recent building projects around the world reveal the many innovative ways designers can integrate architecture and engineering to produce buildings that are both attractive and energy efficient.
180 color and 120 black-and-white illustrations

About the Authors

Wayne Forster is a lecturer at Cardiff University.

Dean Hawkes is professor of architectural design at Cardiff University.