Solar Architecture – indoor-climate design for the 21st century

Energy-efficient construction – intelligent solutions for tomorrow’s architecture

For the first time, a comprehensive treatment of all aspects of solar construction in a single volume – from urban-planning to passive and active energy systems and the development of new insulating materials. “Solar Architecture” presents an overview of planning instruments and techniques that allow the assessment and implementation of the appropriate measures. The book contains a wide range of innovative solutions, from single-family houses, office and commercial developments to settlement models, all presented at a high level of quality and illustrated with large-scale detail drawings. Sustainable buildings based on holistic concepts in which various aspects of solar technology are convincingly integrated.

• The reference work for climatically responsive architecture: for the first time, all areas of solar construction in a single volume
• Solar architecture as teamwork: selected specialist contributions underline the importance of integrated planning processes
• International examples: technical and design solutions presented in a clear, comprehensible documentation of projects

Christian Schittich (ed.)

2003
176 pp. with numerous drawings and photos
Bound, with dust jacket 23 x 29.7 cm
ISBN 978-3-7643-0747-9