Architectural Technical Design Guide: Heating · Cooling · Lighting (Second Edition of the Original)

Author: Norbert Lechner
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: "Technical Design Guide for Architects (Heating, Cooling, Lighting - 2nd Edition)" is published by China Architecture & Building Press. The book was first published in early 1991 and the 2nd edition in 2001. It is a substantial work dedicated to "a more sustainable and fair world." What sets it apart from previous similar works is its strong emphasis on environmental and sustainability issues. The book studies heating, cooling, and lighting in buildings, but not as discrete and isolated problems, but as integral parts of a larger environmental management task. The topics it covers are not limited to the narrow scope of mechanical engineering and economic efficiency concerns for engineers, but encompass broader areas, including human comfort, physiological health, and mental health. The issues it addresses are all related to the dualism of buildings—it explores how to provide a stable, predetermined indoor environment within an outdoor environment that is constantly changing over time and space. The book introduces design methods for heating, cooling, and lighting in architectural design through numerous images and data, and provides case studies and architectural analysis techniques in a programmed format. It is written for architects to help them find relevant information on heating, cooling, and lighting systems, enabling them to make reasonable and perfect decisions in the early stages of design, thereby significantly reducing construction and maintenance costs. The book is not only aimed at solving design problems but also at providing architects with knowledge of heating, cooling, and lighting. The design concepts, principles, and methods it elaborates are highly valuable for architects, HVAC engineers, lighting engineers, and students and faculty in related fields. It is a highly practical reference tool, a design techniques manual that can help