Bougdah, Hocine

Environment Technology and Sustainability: Technologies of Architecture (Pb) / Hocine Bougdah and Stephen Sharples with Peter F. Smith - 1st ed. - London Taylor & Francis 2010 - vi, 303 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Technologies of architecture v. 2 .

Includes bibliographies and index

Looking at the concept of sustainable buildings, this text covers the available technologies and techniques for establishing a suitable environment within buildings while minimising exploitation of scarce energy resources." "Taking a holistic view, this book explains environmental influences on buildings and moves on to outline principles of design, considering the influence of any one set of choices on other areas - the balances and trade-offs required to be a successful building designer.

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Architecture

720.47 / BOU