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Ecohouse : a design guide
- Title
- Ecohouse : a design guide / Sue Roaf, Manuel Fuentes, Stephanie Thomas.
- Author
- Roaf, Susan.
- Publication
- Oxford ; Boston : Architectural Press, 2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | TH4812 .R63 2001 | Off-site |
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- Description
- iv, 346 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- This work aims to provide a grounding in the nature of energy efficient design and to give tips to students and practitioners. The author uses her own house as a case-study of what can be achieved in the name of eco-design.
- Alternative Title
- Eco house
- Subject
- House construction
- Ecological houses
- Architecture and society
- Dwellings > Energy conservation
- Housing and health
- Construction industry > Appropriate technology
- Green products
- Sustainable development
- Dwellings > Design and construction
- sustainable development
- Sustainable development
- Green products
- Dwellings > Design and construction
- Architecture and society
- Construction industry > Appropriate technology
- Dwellings > Energy conservation
- Ecological houses
- House construction
- Housing and health
- Woningbouw
- Ecologische aspecten
- Bouwkunde
- Habitations > Conception et construction
- Éco-produits
- Développement durable
- Architecture et société
- Habitations > Économies d'énergie
- Logement et santé
- Construction > Industrie > Technologie appropriée
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-342) and index.
- Contents
- The form of the house: the building as an analogy -- The environmental impact of building materials / Andre Viljoen, Katrin Bohn -- Detailing the envelope -- Building-in soul / Christopher Day -- Ventilation -- Health and happiness in the home -- Passive solar design -- Photovoltaics -- Solar hot water systems -- Using water wisely -- Case study introduction: towards the new vernacular.
- ISBN
- 0750649046
- 9780750649049
- LCCN
- 2001018177
- OCLC
- ocm45791400
- 45791400
- SCSB-1228375
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library