A Handbook of Sustainable Building Design and Engineering: An Integrated Approach to Energy, Health and Operational Performance (Best (Buildings Energy and Solar Technology))

The second edition of this authoritative textbook equips students with the tools they will need to tackle the challenges of sustainable building design and engineering. The book looks at how to design, engineer and monitor energy efficient buildings, how to adapt buildings to climate change, and how to make buildings healthy, comfortable and secure. New material for this edition includes sections on environmental masterplanning, renewable technologies, retrofitting, passive house design, thermal comfort and indoor air quality. With chapters and case studies from a range of international, interdisciplinary authors, the book is essential reading for students and professionals in building engineering, environmental design, construction and architecture. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 List of figures 10 List of tables 19 List of boxes 22 List of contributing authors 23 Preface to the second edition 27 Preface to the first edition 28 Setting the scene 29 Part 1 Introduction to urban environments 34 Introduction 34 1.1 Building sustainable communities: Combining social and physical perspectives 36 1.2 Environmental masterplanning 48 1.3 Urban climate: Impacts on energy use, comfort and health 63 1.4 Air pollution and urban built environment 72 Part 2 Energy and buildings 90 Introduction 90 2.1 Energy efficiency and thermal envelope 92 2.2 Energy benchmarking and monitoring 111 2.3 Energy modelling 128 2.4 Energy modelling for compliance: Building regulations, energy certification and sustainability rating schemes 142 2.5 Carbon reduction in buildings 156 2.6 Environmental technologies in the built environment 172 2.7 Life cycle assessment of buildings 184 Case Study 2A Energy and environmental monitoring 202 Case Study 2B Energy modelling 220 Case Study 2C Retrofitting to near Passivhaus standard 229 Part 3 Buildings and environment 240 Introduction 240 3.1 Ventilation, thermal comfort, health and productivity 242 3.2 Thermal comfort and overheating: Assessment, psychosocial aspects and health impacts 259 3.3 Indoor air quality and ventilation measurement 274 3.4 Modelling ventilation and indoor air quality in buildings 292 3.5 Moisture control in buildings 306 3.6 Designing natural ventilation for urban buildings 323 3.7 Mechanical and mixed-mode ventilation in city centre buildings 350 3.8 Sustainable cooling strategies 376 3.9 Climate change and building design 404 Case Study 3A Ventilation and indoor air quality in naturally, mechanically and hybrid ventilated buildings in the urban environment 413 Case Study 3B Indoor air quality and health 429 Case Study 3C Ventilation and air quality modelling 440 Part 4 Operational performance of buildings 466 Introduction 466 4.1 Post-occupancy evaluation of buildings 468 4.2 The role of feedback in low carbon building design, construction and management 478 4.3 Benchmarking the operational energy efficiency of buildings 489 4.4 Energy performance gap 500 4.5 Occupant behaviour and energy use 514 Case Study 4A Natural ventilation of auditoria: Three case studies 525 Case Study 4B Naturally ventilated building in a city centre 539 Case Study 4C Low carbon, high performance, large retail premises 557 Case Study 4D Impact of an energy refurbishment programme in Chile: More than energy savings 572 Index 598 An Integrated Approach to Energy, Health and Operational Performance