Environmental Design 3rd Ed.

Description:
Written and edited by a team of specialists at Max Fordham LLP, one of the UK's leading environmental and building services engineering consultancies, 'Environmental Design' is the result of their extensive experience in designing environmentally-friendly buildings. The principles of their approach, which they have taught in numerous schools of architecture and engineering, are clearly presented here. This book is essential reading for architects, engineers, planners and students of these disciplines. The book starts with some basic scientific principles and environmental issues, and then moves on to site planning, energy use, materials and buildings form. Natural ventilation systems, high-efficiency mechanical equipment and alternative energy sources are covered. State-of-the-art buildings of exceptional quality are incorporated throughout the text and illustrate the authors' belief that environmentally responsible architecture can be visually exciting. The book concludes with a selection of detailed case studies of award-winning projects - including, new for this third edition, Beaufort Court, King's Langley, and the National Trust Headquarters, Swindon.

Table of Contents:
Contents; Contributors; Foreword by Edward Cullinan; Preface by Max Fordham; Apologies and acknowledgments; Units and Abbreviations; Part One; 1 Strategies; MAX FORDHAM; 2 Comfort, health and environmental physics; BILL WATTS; 3 Buildings and energy balances; BILL WATTS AND RANDALL THOMAS; 4 Building planning and design; RANDALL THOMAS; 5 Site planning; RANDALL THOMAS; 6 Materials and construction; RANDALL THOMAS; 7 Energy sources; RAMIRO GODOY; 8 Lighting; RANDALL THOMAS; 9 Engineering thermal comfort; RANDALL THOMAS; 10 Water, waste disposal and appliances; MIKE ENTWISLE, RANDALL THOMAS AND ADAM RITCHIE; Part Two; 11 RMC International Headquarters; BART STEVENS; 12 Queens Building, De Montfort University; EDITH BLENNERHASSETT; 13 The Charles Cryer Studio Theatre; COLIN HAMILTON; 14 The Environmental Building, Building Research Establishment; RANDALL THOMAS AND BART STEVENS; 15 The Millennium Centre, Dagenham; RANDALL THOMAS; 16 The Bedales Theatre; RANDALL THOMAS; 17 Beaufort Court, Kings Langley; TAMSIN TWEDDELL; 18 National Trust Headquarters, Swindon; GUY NEVILL; Appendices; A Environmental data and the psychrometric chart; RANDALL THOMAS; B Calculation Procedures; RANDALL THOMAS; C Acoustics; RANDALL THOMAS AND ANTHONY CHILTON; D Photovoltaics; RANDALL THOMAS AND LORNA MARKHAM;