Cover art for Scale: Heat | Cool
Published
Birkhauser, October 2010
ISBN
9783034605137
Format
Softcover, 160 pages
Dimensions
28cm × 22cm × 1.5cm

Scale: Heat | Cool Energy Concepts, Principles, Installations by , &

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The book provides strategies for an energetically sensible and suitable approach to building conditioning as well as its design and constructional integration. How much the building itself can achieve in the context of the given climatic, topographical, and town?-?planning framework conditions and to what extent additional installations are required for conditioning - all of these topics are discussed on the basis of case studies.

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