Sun, Wind, and Light: Architectural Design Strategies

An updated guide to designing buildings that heat with the sun, cool with the wind, and light with the sky. This fully updated Third Edition covers principles of designing buildings that use the sun for heating, wind for cooling, and daylight for natural lighting. Using hundreds of illustrations, this book offers practical strategies that give the designer the tools they need to make energy efficient buildings. Hundreds of illustrations and practical strategies give the designer the tools they need to make energy efficient buildings. Organized to quickly guide the designer in making buildings respond to the sun, wind and light.

WHAT'S IN THE SWL PRINTED I NAVIGATION 20 SWL Printed Contents SWL Electronic Contents Additional Navigation Methods II USING SUN, WIND & LIGHT 50 Buildings and Energy Use Design Decision Chart for Net-Zero III SYNERGIES 78 7 essential themes for net-zero design IV BUNDLES 94 Bundles Explained Selecting Bundles and Making Your Own Some Fundamental Bundles: 9 sets strategy sets for high-performance design V FAVORITE DESIGN TOOLS, condensed 194 VI FAVORITE DESIGN STRATEGIES, condensed 216 VII HIGH-PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS 250 6 techniques for net-zero energy and carbon-neutral design Appendices A-E 293 Indices 339 WHAT'S IN THE SWL ELECTRONIC VIII DETAILED DESIGN STRATEGIES E.1 106 energy design strategies with precedents and preliminary design tools for passive cooling, solar heating, daylighting, fresh air ventilation and renewable power IX DETAILED ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES E.277 29 analysis techniques for climate assessment, loads estimation and design strategy selection Appendices F-H E.364 Sun Charts and Sundials, covering the world Climate Maps for the USA and Canada ADDITIONAL DIGITAL RESOURCES Climate data for the USA Climate analysis reports for the USA SWL Tools, spreadsheet for net-zero energy analysis Bibliography, searchable