| Adaptive Thermal Comfort: How to Design Comfortable Buildings Contributor(s): Roaf, Susan (Author), Nicol, Fergus (Author), Humphreys, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 041569163X ISBN-13: 9780415691635 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2025 This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of December 31, 2025 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Construction - Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning - Architecture | Sustainability & Green Design - Architecture | Codes & Standards |
| Physical Information: 132 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is the third in a three-volume set covering all aspects of adaptive thermal comfort. It provides a simple, step by step method for designing comfortable low energy buildings in any climate. Building on the academic principles, practices and fundamental research described in the first two volumes this book is written for building designers, owners, occupants, planners, architectural engineers, self-builders, renovators and educated laymen. It has been written to demystify the art and science of the performance and impacts of buildings and to explain how to, in practice, achieve adaptable, well-behaved and well-liked buildings. |