The Passivhaus Designer's Manual by Christina Hopfe

The Passivhaus Designer's Manual by Christina Hopfe

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The first complete technical manual for passivhaus design and construction providing a one-stop-shop handbook for all involved in passivhaus.

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The Passivhaus Designer's Manual by Christina Hopfe

The first complete technical manual for passivhaus design and construction providing a one-stop-shop handbook for all involved in passivhaus.

'The Passivhaus Designer’s Manual is an excellent guide to the many facets of Passivhaus designAnd it will become the reference book of choice for many Passivhaus Designers.' - Elrond Burrell

'There’s a mystique around the whole idea of Passivhaus, and there really shouldn’t be. As this amazing manual so powerfully reveals, it’s a simple, elegant set of design principles, in which lies the promise of a truly sustainable built environment for everyone, anywhere in the world.' - Jonathon Porritt, Founder and Director, Forum for the Future, UK

‘Much more than a design guide for Passivhaus, this manual provides an excellent holistic view of good, low energy and sustainable design practice with contributions from a range of international experts. Principles, theory, and practice are clearly explained without recourse to detailed mathematical analysis making this guide accessible to a wide range of professionals; an impressive level of detail and scope.’ - Michael Holmes, consultant to Arup and principal author of CIBSE Guide A (Section 5 –Thermal Design), UK

'The Passivhaus Designer's Manual perfectly illustrates that energy doesn't have to be associated with something dirty or negative. It can be innovative, techy, clean, some would even say sexy. There is great room for creativity when it comes to energy efficiency, and this book is the proof of that.' - Maroš Šefčovič, Vice President of the European Commission for Energy Union, Belgium

'A very useful reference which adds to the knowledge and understanding of the Passivhaus standard as a potential solution to the need to reduce energy consumption.' - Andrew McFarlane, Building Engineer

Christina J. Hopfe is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Sustainable Building Design at Loughborough University. She is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of CIBSE. She has a Dipl-Ing in Civil Engineering from TU Darmstadt, Germany, and a PhD in Building Performance Simulation from TU/e, the Netherlands.

Robert S. McLeod is an Associate of the Building Research Establishment and a freelance building performance consultant. He is one of the UK’s leading Passivhaus designers and experts in low carbon design. He has a PhD in Building Physics from Cardiff University and is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of IMeche.

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ISBN 13 9780415522694
ISBN 10 0415522692
Title The Passivhaus Designer's Manual
Author Robert Mcleod
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2015-11-27
Number of pages 346
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.