Book description
Ford architects, contractors, engineers and specialists in the field, this book uses real-world evidence from a Technology Strategy Board-funded research project to develop a set of tools for architects and other building designers to meet a growing need to anticipate future climate change.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 Agenda for a Changing Climate
- 2 Understanding Future Climate
- 3 Designing for Thermal Comfort: Comfort & Overheating
- 4 Designing for Thermal Comfort: Controlling Heat Gains
- 5 Designing for Thermal Comfort: Cooling Strategies
- 6 Construction
- 7 Water
- 8 Clients, Control and Costs
- 9 What Now?
- APPENDICES
- Notes
- Index
Product information
- Title: Design for Climate Change
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2019
- Publisher(s): RIBA Publishing
- ISBN: 9781000708066
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