The Whole Building Handbook: How to Design Healthy, Efficient and Sustainable Buildings

1156 Pages·2009·45.7 MB·English

by  Varis Bokalders

The Whole Building Handbook
The Whole Building Handbook
How to Design Healthy, Efficient and Sustainable
Buildings
Varis Bokalders and Maria Block
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British Architects, to promote best practice and quality professional
guidance on sustainable architecture
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First published by Earthscan in the UK and USA in 2010
Copyright © Varis Bokalders and Maria Block, 2010
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ISBN: 978-1-84407-833-2 hardback
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Bokalders, Varis, 1944-
[Byggekologi. English]
The whole building handbook : how to design healthy, efficient, and sustainable buildings / Varis Bokalders
and Maria Block. -- 1st ed.
p. cm.
Originally published: Byggekologi. Stockholm : Svensk byggtjèanst, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-84407-833-2 (hardback) -- ISBN 978-1-84407-523-2 (pbk.) 1. Sustainable architecture. 2.
Sustainable buildings--Design and construction. I. Block, Maria. II. Title.
NA2542.36.B6513 2009
720’.47--dc22
2009002968
This book was printed in the United Kingdom by Butler, Tanner & Dennis, an ISO 14001accredited company.
The paper used is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), and the inks are vegetable based.
Contents
Introduction
1 Healthy Buildings
1.1 Materials and Construction Methods
1.1.0 Selection of materials
1.1.1 Criteria for selection of materials
1.1.2 Knowledge of materials
1.1.3 Assessment of materials
1.1.4 Choosing a construction method
1.2 Services
1.2.0 Interior climate
1.2.1 Ventilation
1.2.2 Electrical services
1.2.3 Plumbing
1.2.4 Heating systems
1.3 Construction
1.3.0 Build correctly from the start
1.3.1 Damp
1.3.2 Radon
1.3.3 Sound and noise
1.3.4 Ease of cleaning
1.4 Implementation
1.4.0 Environmental management
1.4.1 Planning and procurement
1.4.2 Economics
1.4.3 The construction site
1.4.4 Recycling construction materials
2 Conservation
2.1 Heating and Cooling
2.1.0 Heating efficiency
2.1.1 Insulation
2.1.2 Windows
2.1.3 Heat recovery
2.1.4 Architecture
2.2 Efficient Use of Electricity
2.2.0 Use of electricity
2.2.1 Appliances
2.2.2 Lighting
2.2.3 Electrical devices
2.2.4 Getting things done without electricity
2.3 Clean Water
2.3.0 Water use
2.3.1 Water-saving technology
2.3.2 Hot water
2.3.3 Water supply
2.3.4 Water purification
2.4 Waste
2.4.0 Waste from human activity
2.4.1 Waste sorting
2.4.2 Composting
2.4.3 Recycling
2.4.4 Ecological design
3 Ecocycles
3.1 Renewable Heat
3.1.0 Biomass, solar energy and accumulation tanks
3.1.1 Bioenergy
3.1.2 Solar heating
3.1.3 Heat pumps
3.1.4 Cooling buildings
3.2 Renewable Electricity
3.2.0 Production of electricity in a sustainable society
3.2.1 Combined heat and power with biomass
3.2.2 Hydropower
3.2.3 Wind and wave power
3.2.4 Solar cells
3.3 Sewage
3.3.0 Sewage in ecological cycles
3.3.1 Sewage separation at the source
3.3.2 Technological methods of purification
3.3.3 Natural methods of purification
3.3.4 Nutrient recycling
3.4 Vegetation and Cultivation
3.4.0 Permaculture