#books #architecture | Environmental design : CIBSE guide A

Environmental design : CIBSE guide A / [editors, Ken Butcher, Bonnie Craig].
Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, London : 2015. / Eighth ed.
1 vol. (pag. var.) : il.
ISBN 9781906846541
Arquitectura -- Aspecto del medio ambiente.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72:504 ENV
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‘CIBSE Guide A: Environmental design’ is the premier technical/reference source for designers and installers of building services, especially low energy and environmentally sustainable buildings. This is the eighth edition, which comprehensively updates its predecessor. It also contains many significant changes in both format and content. Chapter 0, Quality in environmental design, is new to the Guide and has been added to consider the quality of the environmental design. It identifies two specific requirements for achieving quality in building design, namely adopting a holistic approach to the design, and a system to assure the quality of the design calculations and decisions, i.e. a quality assurance procedure.

The other chapters in this Guide each deal with an individual aspect of environmental design, namely criteria for design (e.g. comfort criteria, weather data etc.) and methods of calculation such as fabric performance, heating and ventilation system sizing, methods for thermal comfort evaluation, energy demand etc.

The updated contents acknowledge and satisfy current UK legislation, specifically the 2013 Building Regulations Approved Documents L and F, and the recommendations of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. Additionally, the authors of each chapter have incorporated the latest published research and recognised best design practice to ensure that environmental design engineers and installation engineers can practise at the forefront of their profession.