| Description |
171 pages : illustrations |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 5.4.Production feasibility and eco-impact -- 6.Developed Systems -- 6.1.Unglazed facade system - SOLABS -- 6.2.Colored glazing for active facades -- 6.3.Considerations -- 7.Postface -- Appendix 1 Photovoltaics vs solar thermal systems -- A1.1.Introduction -- A1.2.Significant formal characteristics of collectors -- A1.3.Energy transport and storage -- A1.4.Operating constraints |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 1.1.Solar thermal technology in building -- 1.2.Solar thermal technologies -- 1.3.Energy production, solar fraction and system sizing issues -- 1.4.The relevance of facade applications -- 2.Architectural Integration Quality -- 2.1.Functional aspects: UTILITAS -- 2.2.Constructive aspects of architectural integration: FIRMITAS -- 2.3.Formal aspects of facade integration: VENUSTAS -- 3.Architectural Integration Requirements -- 3.1.Field(s) positioning and dimensioning -- 3.2.Collector material and surface texture; Absorber color -- 3.3.Shape and size of the modules -- 3.4.Type of jointing -- 3.5.Examples of good integration -- 4."Integrability" Of Existing Products -- 4.1.Limits of standard products -- 4.2.Improved market products -- 5.Development Methodology For Novel Solar Thermal Systems -- 5.1.Collector as part of multifunctional envelope systems -- 5.2.Building integration requirements -- 5.3.Market trends /users preferences -- |
| Summary |
Starting from a definition of architectural integration quality and related criteria, this book is intended to help both architects and manufacturers improve their design work. Architects are given recommendations to optimize integration quality and make the best out of the generally limited flexibility and low formal quality of presently available collectors. Manufacturers, on their side, are offered a set of guidelines for the development of new multifunctional and flexible products conceived from the outset for building integration, thus improving the market offer |
| Notes |
Includes chart: "Collectors as part of multifunctional envelope systems : development methodology" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Architectural design.
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Architecture and technology.
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Buildings -- Environmental engineering.
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Solar energy.
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| Author |
Roecker, Christian.
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| LC no. |
2011036353 |
| ISBN |
0415667917 (hbk : alk. paper) |
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9780415667913 (hbk : alk. paper) |
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