Books in the BEST Buildings Energy and Solar Technology series

Energy efficiency in buildings requires, among other things, that ventilation be appropriately dimensioned: too much ventilation wastes energy, and insufficient ventilation leads to poor indoor air quality and low comfort. This book explains why ventilation in buildings should be measured. It describes how to measure it, giving applied examples.

Provides the information and tools on the efficient use of natural ventilation in urban buildings. This book explains key design principles, enabling readers to decide on the best solution for natural ventilation of buildings, taking into account climate and urban context.

Cities have a huge impact on the local climate and require vast quantities of energy to keep them functioning. The urban environment has a big impact on the performance and needs of buildings. The size and mechanism of these interactions is poorly understood and strategies to mitigate them are rarely implemented. This book addresses these issues.

Following a rapid increase in the use of air conditioning in buildings of all types, the energy demand for powering such devices has become a significant cause for concern. Passive cooling is increasingly being thought of as the best alternative to air conditioning. This book offers the knowledge and techniques on passive cooling.

First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

With greater awareness of the need to reduce energy consumption comes a growth of interest in passive cooling, particularly as an alternative to air-conditioning. This book describes the fundamentals of passive cooling together with the principles and formulae necessary for its successful implementation.

Takes the building engineer or physicist step-by-step through the thermal analysis and design of passive solar buildings. This book emphasises two important topics: the maximum utilization of available solar energy and thermal storage, and the sizing of an appropriate auxiliary heating/cooling system in conjunction with good thermal control.