Environmental science in building
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Environmental science in building
(Macmillan building and surveying series)
Macmillan : 1992
3rd ed
- : hardcover
- : paperback
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Includes index
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Description
This text studies the technical basis of the environment which exists in and around buildings. The main considerations are the effects of heat, light and sound within buildings, together with supplies of water and electricity. This revised edition contains a new chapter on environmental aspects of buildings: climate, energy conservation, sick buildings, intelligent buildings, green buildings and integrated building design.
Table of Contents
- Principles of heat
- thermal insulation
- thermal energy
- humidity and condensation
- principles of light
- artificial lighting
- natural lighting
- principles of sound
- noise
- room acoustics
- electricity
- water supplies
- environmental buildings.
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