Product Description
Low energy timber frame buildings: designing for high performance is a:
- best practice energy efficiency design guide
- emphasises cost effective approaches for designers and consumers.
This illustrated guide demonstrates how timber frame buildings can be designed and constructed cost effectively to be energy efficient. It shows how designers can also play a role in building use, providing end-users with a comprehensive operation manual. The design principles and construction details described apply to most mainstream building types up to seven storeys high. As well as low energy houses and flats, other residential buildings such as barracks, schools, hotels, hostels, or similar establishments used for accommodation are covered.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Building design and use
- Site conditions and planning
- Building design and construction
- Building envelope performance
- Building envelope elements
- Airsealing and ventilation
- Passive solar heating potential
- Fuels and services
- APPENDIX 1: A user operation manual
- APPENDIX 2: Data and calculations
The previous edition of this book was published under the title 'Energy efficient housing: a timber frame approach' (ISBN: 0901348791).
Additional Information
| Publisher | TRADA Technology Ltd |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | 1 Mar 2011 |
| ISBN | 978-1-900510-80-6 |
| Format | Paperback |
| Publishers Reference | 9781900510806 |
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