Form Follows Energy Using natural forces to maximize performance

• Main Author: Cody, Brian (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Basel Birkhauser 2017
• Subjects: Architecture and energy conservation; Architecture > Environmental aspects; Buildings > Energy conservation
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Architecture is energy. Lines drawn on paper to represent architectural intentions also imply decades and sometimes centuries of associated energy and material flows. Form Follows Energy is about the relationship between energy and the form of our built environment. It examines the optimisation of e...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Energy
• The science of energy design
• External and internal environments
• Buildings and energy
• Urban design and energy
• The art of energy design
• Evaluating energy performance
• Outlook
• Appendix
• Acknowledgements
• Project List
• Index
• Notes / Bibliography / Author