Eco Architecture IV : Harmonisation between architecture and nature / Editor,C.A Brebbia

Section 1; Design with nature

1: Sustainable tourism within an Eco-city context: analytical study for the master plan of Siwa City, Egypt
2: The Minangkabau house: architectural and cultural elements
3: A survey on the sustainability patterns in Iranian desert architecture
4: Design procedures for an average Saudi villa using integrated green building techniques
Etc.

Section 2: Ecological and cultural sensitivity

1: Learning from traditional architecture
2: Elements of ecological architecture in Theologos: a traditional settlement on Thassos Island, Greece
3: Questioning public art
4: Can a hotel be ecological?
Etc.

Section 3: Energy efficiency

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
2: Passive and active hybrid approach to building design in Saudi Arabia
3: High performing building as a pier for sustainable tourism in the protected area of Bracciano Lake in Italy
Etc.

Section 4: Bioclimatic design

1: Cooling performance of persian wind towers
2: Bioclimatic residence design in the Xanthi region
3: Use of environmental parameters in building envelope design

Section 5: Vertical greenery systems

1: A sustainability evaluation of vertical greenery systems based on energy
2: Vertical greening systems: contribution to thermal behavior on the building envelope and environmental sustainability
3: Thermal-physical performances of living walls via field measurements and numerical analysis
Etc.

Section 6: Ecological impact of materials
1: Influence of characteristic types of thermal insulation on energy savings of AAC-based building envelope: a comparison
2: Natural Zeolite as environmentally friendly supplementary cementitious material in concrete

Section 7: Building technologies
1: Towards near zero energy dwellings by heat pump implementation in HVAC plants
2: Sustainable strategies and methods for the energetic improvement of social housing stock in Italy
3: Methods for air tightness analysis for residential buildings in Nordic countries
Etc.

Section 8: Education and training
1: Raising awareness for sustainability in basic design
2: Zero-cooling-energy-buildings i hot climates: experiences and results from a university teaching course

Section 9: Case studies
1: Eco-technologies for retrofitting social housing stock: strategies for an Italian case study
2: Thermal comfort in sustainable buildings: case study Cenpes/UFRJ-RJ/Brazil
3: Solar cooling design: a case study
Etc.

Includes references : p.440 - 441
Index p. 443-444