Cop by Michael L Middleton
In hot dry or warm humid climates, more than half of the urban peak load of energy consumption is used to satisfy air-conditioning demands alone. Since the urbanization rate in developing countries is extreme, the pressure placed on energy resources to satisfy the future requirements of the built environment will be great, unless new, more cost-effective measures can be introduced. Stay Cool is an essential guide for planning and design using active design principles and passive means to satisfy human comfort requirements specifically in these climate zones, based on examples of traditional and modern constructions. The book demonstrates how a design strategy for urban environments and individual buildings, incorporating naturally occurring resources and specific energy-efficient technologies, can create a location, form and structure that promote significant energy-savings. Such strategies can be applied to low cost housing, or indeed to any other buildings, in order to improve comfort with passive means and low energy budgets. Following an outline of climatic issues, characteristics and thermal comfort requirements, the book details the available techniques and technologies that can be used to shape both built and external environments, the building envelope, material selections and natural ventilation and cooling methods to satisfy both human requirements and the need for energy efficiency. It also includes an active design checklist and summary of available design checking tools, a rehabilitation guide for existing urban, building and external environments, and solar charts. Planners, architects, engineers, technicians and building designers will find Stay Cool an inspirational guide and an essential reference when working with planning and design of the built environment in hot dry and warm humid climate zones. It will also be of benefit to students, academics and researchers with an interest in sustainable and energy-efficient architecture techniques and practice.Samantha Senda-Cook (PhD, University of Utah) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies and an affiliated faculty member with the Environmental Science and Sustainability programs at Creighton University. She studies rhetorical theory and analyzes environmental communication and materiality in the contexts of social movements, outdoor recreation, and urban spaces/places.
Aaron Hess (PhD, Arizona State University, Tempe) is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Communication at the Downtown campus of Arizona State University. His scholarly trajectory can be traced through two foundational avenues--participatory rhetorical methods and digital rhetorical theory--which offer methodological rigor and theoretical insight into his research.
Michael K. Middleton (PhD, University of Utah) is an Assistant Professor of Argumentation & Public Discourse and the Director of the John R. Park Debate Society in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah. Michael's research focuses on rhetoric, argumentation, public discourse, and cultural studies in the contexts of political advocacy and social movements.
Danielle Endres (Ph.D., University of Washington) is a Professor of Communication and affiliated faculty in the Environmental Humanities Program and the Global Change and Sustainability Center at the University of Utah. Her research focuses on the rhetoric of controversies and social movements including environmental justice, American Indian activism, nuclear waste siting decisions, climate change activism, and energy policy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780809225408 |
| ISBN 10 | 0809225409 |
| Titel | Cop |
| Autor | Michael L Middleton |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Contemporary Books Inc |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2000-05-22 |
| Seitenanzahl | 337 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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