Eco Architecture IV :  Harmonisation between architecture and nature / 
Editor,C.A Brebbia 
 - 444p. :  ill. ;  24 cm 
 - WIT Transactions on ecology and environment,   Vol. 165 .
<br/><br/> Section 1; Design with nature<br/><br/>1: Sustainable tourism within an Eco-city context: analytical study for the master plan of Siwa City, Egypt<br/>2: The Minangkabau house: architectural and cultural elements<br/>3: A survey on the sustainability patterns in Iranian desert architecture<br/>4: Design procedures for an average Saudi villa using integrated green building techniques<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>Section 2: Ecological and cultural sensitivity<br/><br/>1: Learning from traditional architecture<br/>2: Elements of ecological architecture in Theologos: a traditional settlement on Thassos Island, Greece<br/>3: Questioning public art<br/>4: Can a hotel be ecological?<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>Section 3: Energy efficiency<br/><br/>1: Challenges of cost-effective high-performance residential construction on the US market: lessons learned from building Utah's most energy-efficient and cost- effective house<br/>2: Passive and active hybrid approach to building design in Saudi Arabia<br/>3: High performing building as a pier for sustainable tourism in the protected area of Bracciano Lake in Italy<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>Section 4: Bioclimatic design <br/><br/>1: Cooling performance of persian wind towers<br/>2: Bioclimatic residence design in the Xanthi region<br/>3: Use of environmental parameters in building envelope design <br/><br/>Section 5: Vertical greenery systems<br/><br/>1: A sustainability evaluation of vertical greenery systems based on energy<br/>2: Vertical greening systems: contribution to thermal behavior on the building envelope and environmental sustainability<br/>3: Thermal-physical performances of living walls via field measurements and numerical analysis<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>Section 6: Ecological impact of materials<br/>1: Influence of characteristic types of thermal insulation on energy savings of AAC-based building envelope: a comparison<br/>2: Natural Zeolite as environmentally friendly supplementary cementitious material in concrete<br/><br/>Section 7: Building technologies<br/>1: Towards near zero energy dwellings by heat pump implementation in HVAC plants<br/>2: Sustainable strategies and methods for the energetic improvement of social housing stock in Italy<br/>3: Methods for air tightness analysis for residential buildings in Nordic countries<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>Section 8: Education and training<br/>1: Raising awareness for sustainability in basic design<br/>2: Zero-cooling-energy-buildings i hot climates: experiences and results from a university teaching course<br/><br/>Section 9: Case studies<br/>1: Eco-technologies for retrofitting social housing stock: strategies for an Italian case study<br/>2: Thermal comfort in sustainable buildings: case study Cenpes/UFRJ-RJ/Brazil<br/>3: Solar cooling design: a case study<br/>Etc. 
<br/><br/>Includes references :  p.440 - 441 <br/>Index p. 443-444  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781845646141 9781845646158 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1746448X (print) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Architecture<br/>Computational mechanics
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>720.47  / ECO