Today, sustainable building means planning and producing structures that offer their users a high degree of comfort while only requiring a small amount of energy to operate.
This entails: a high degree of thermal comfort, a good supply of daylight, good sound insulation with respect to both external and internal sources of noise, good room acoustics, the avoidance of any problems whatsoever with condensation or mold, and such a low energy requirement that especially gentle and efficient methods can be used to meet the remaining demand.
At first glance, it might seem quite difficult to fulfill all these requirements. Taken together, the various textbooks on building physics and building automation and the large number of EN and SIA standards now in existence are more confusing than they are useful.
By contrast, this manual presents the most important information on all the key aspects of sustainable building in concise and clearly organized form; makes it easy to put it into practice with the help of graphics, tables, and step-by-step instructions; illustrates it with examples; and supplements it with practical tips.
That is not to say that PINPOINT is intended to replace a textbook or standards collection. On the contrary, it is meant to help practitioners who already have a grasp of the basics make rational use of their expertise while keeping their focus on the essentials.
Bruno Keller is a full professor of building physics at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich) and a visiting professor at Southeast University of China in Nanjing, China. He is a partner at Keller Technologies AG in Zug (Switzerland), with offices in Beijing, China.
Stephan Rutz, dipl. arch. ETH, is an assistant professor of building physics at the Chair for Building Physics at the ETH Zürich. He has directed his own architecture firm (Rutz Architekten, Zurich) for seven years, and was a visiting lecturer at the F+F Schule für Kunst und Mediendesign, Zürich (F+F School of Art and Media Design, Zurich) as well as at Southeast University of China in Nanjing.
Bruno Keller ist ordentlicher Professor für Bauphysik an der ETH Zürich und Visiting Professor an der South East University of China in Nanjing, China. Er ist Teilhaber der Keller Technologies AG, Zug, mit Büro in Beijing, China.
Stephan Rutz, dipl. arch. ETH, ist Oberassistent an der Professur für Bauphysik der ETH Zürich. Er führt seit 7 Jahren ein eigenes Architekturbüro (Rutz Architekten, Zürich) und war Gastdozent an der F+F Schule für Kunst und Mediendesign, Zürich, sowie an der South East University of China in Nanjing.
