Architecture of Natural Cooling

<p>Overheating in buildings is commonplace. This book describes how we can keep cool without conventional air-conditioning: improving comfort and productivity while reducing energy costs and carbon emissions. It provides architects, engineers and policy makers with a ‘how-to’ guide to the application of natural cooling in new and existing buildings. It demonstrates, through reference to numerous examples, that natural cooling is viable in most climates around the world.</p><p>This completely revised and expanded second edition includes:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>An overview of natural cooling past and present.</li> <li>Guidance on the principles and strategies that can be adopted.</li> <li>A review of the applicability of different strategies.</li> <li>Explanation of simplified tools for performance assessment.</li> <li>A review of components and controls.</li> <li>A detailed evaluation of case studies from the USA, Europe, India and China.</li> </ul><p>This book is not just for the technical specialist, as it also provides a general grounding in how to avoid or minimise air-conditioning. Importantly, it demonstrates that understanding our environment, rather than fighting it, will help us to live sustainably in our rapidly warming world.</p> <p>Foreword by <i>Dean Hawkes. </i>1. Origins and Opportunities. 2. Principles ans Strategies. 3. Climate Applicability Mapping. 4. Integrated Design. 5. Testing the Strategy. 6. Performance Analysis. 7. Component Design. Case Study 1: Torrent Research Centre, Ahmedabad, India. Case Study 2: Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies, Ningbo, China. Case Study 3: Federal Courthouse, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Case Study 4: Stock Exchange, Valletta, Malta. Case Study 5: Zion National Park Visitor Centre, Springdale, Utah, USA. Case Study 6: Global Ecology Research Centre, Palo Alto, California, USA. Conclusions. Index</p>