Bio-Climatology for the Built Environment
Indoor climate is determined by rational lighting, heating, cooling and ventilating systems. For occupants' well-being it should be consistent with how regional outdoor climate works in the flow of radiation via four paths of heat transfer: radiation; convection; conduction; and evaporation. Th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Milton :
Chapman and Hall/CRC,
2019.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Indoor climate is determined by rational lighting, heating, cooling and ventilating systems. For occupants' well-being it should be consistent with how regional outdoor climate works in the flow of radiation via four paths of heat transfer: radiation; convection; conduction; and evaporation. This book starts with the relationship between the human body and its immediate environmental space followed by a brief introduction of passive and active systems for indoor climate conditioning. The nature of light and heat is discussed with a focus on building envelope systems such as walls and windows, and then examined from the viewpoint of thermodynamics and human-biology. Some examples are given to enable a better understanding of luminous and thermal characteristics of our most immediate environment particularly for those professionally involved in environmental planning, designing, and engineering to know about bio-climatic design principle. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (405 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781351646673 1351646672 9781315120362 1315120364 9781498727303 1498727301 9781351637152 1351637150 |