Bücher der Reihe BEST Buildings Energy and Solar Technology

First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

With greater awareness of the need to reduce energy consumption comes a growth of interest in passive cooling, particularly as an alternative to air-conditioning. This book describes the fundamentals of passive cooling together with the principles and formulae necessary for its successful implementation.

Takes the building engineer or physicist step-by-step through the thermal analysis and design of passive solar buildings. This book emphasises two important topics: the maximum utilization of available solar energy and thermal storage, and the sizing of an appropriate auxiliary heating/cooling system in conjunction with good thermal control.