Green Structures : Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Hardcover by Ghosh, S.; Dh...

Green Structures : Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Hardcover by Ghosh, S.; Dhaka, A., ISBN 1498749631, ISBN-13 9781498749633, Like New Used, Free shipping in the USThis volume outlines the design of energy-efficient buildings, focusing on India. It covers the historical perspective on building design and the environmental impacts of air pollution, as well as the global requirement for reduced energy consumption and the principles of low energy design; the design of buildings in the context of their local climate and impacts of temperature, wind speed and precipitation, and landscape; and building form and how it can be used to influence heat loss and gain, as well as lighting in historic and modern buildings. It describes the use of different materials to control heat transfer through the basic processes of convection, conduction, and radiation; renewable energy, focusing on solar and wind energy, including passive solar heating, solar water heating, photovoltaic cells, wind speed and direction profiles, and the efficiency of wind turbines, as well as harvesting biomass as fuel, rainwater collection, and the use of waste to generate methane as fuel; and green building ratings, with discussion of greenhouse gases and global warming, auditing for energy use, and building rating systems. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()