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jueves, 6 de noviembre de 2014

#books #construction | ANSI/ASHRAE standard 55-2013 : Thermal environmental conditions for human occupancy


ANSI/ASHRAE standard 55-2013 : Thermal environmental conditions for human occupancy / American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
ASHRAE, Atlanta : 2013.
52 p. : il.
Tít.tomado de la cub. En la cub.: (Supersedes ANSI/ASHRAE standard 55-2010). -- Includes ANSI/ASHRAE addenda listed in Appendix M
Calefacción -- Aparatos y material.
Climatización -- Aparatos y material.
Ventilación.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-697 ANS
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1799872~S1*spi

Major revisions for design and measurement of comfortable spaces are included in a newly published 2013 standard from ASHRAE.

ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 55-2013, “Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy”, combines the 2010 standard and 18 published addenda into a consolidated standard. The core of the standard in Sections 4 and 5 specifies methods to determine thermal environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, air speed and radiant effects) in buildings and other spaces that a significant proportion of the occupants will find acceptable at a certain metabolic rate and clothing level.

Section 7 of the standard includes new requirements for the measurement and evaluation of existing thermal environments and is also applicable to commissioning.

The standard has been re-written with a renewed focus on application by practitioners and use of clear, enforceable language.  Requirements are now clearly stated and calculation procedures appear sequentially.

Other noteworthy additions to the standard include an allowance for the cooling effect of air movement as a way to extend the upper limit of the comfort zone in naturally conditioned spaces and addition of a predictive model for occupant clothing behavior based on extensive field research. These additions provide new methods for improving occupant comfort while minimizing energy use, according to Gwelen Paliaga, chair of the committee that wrote the standard.

Documentation requirements to show that a design meets Standard 55 are contained in Section 6 and a sample compliance form is provided in appendix J.  Both of these sections are clarified and streamlined for use by owners and third party rating systems.

The 18 addenda published since 2010 are summarized in detail in Informative Appendix M, and the most noteworthy changes are summarized here:
  • The normative body of the standard, comprising Sections 3 through 8, have been rewritten and reorganized.
  • Requirements are more clearly stated, definitions are added to Section 3, and informative supporting information has been moved from the body to informative appendices.
  • Procedures are clarified and appear in a more sequential manner. For example, a “representative occupant” with representative “clothing insulation” and “metabolic rate” shall be defined as input into thermal comfort calculations.
  • The cooling effect of air movement now applies to naturally conditioned spaces as well as mechanically conditioned spaces, and in each case correction factors are given that adjust the comfort boundaries when air movement is present.
  • A new alternate procedure for estimating occupant clothing insulation based on outdoor weather was added. This procedure is based on extensive field research and can be used for design calculations, annual simulations and control of occupied spaces.
  • Major revisions to Section 7 procedures for measuring comfort in existing spaces including survey and physical measurement methods and a new section on evaluating and reporting results.
  • The standard now requires that two of the key comfort parameters, air speed and air temperature, must be calculated as an average that the occupant experiences at three heights across the body and over a period of time.
LINKS
ASHRAE | Standard 55
https://www.ashrae.org/resources--publications/bookstore/standard-55

miércoles, 5 de noviembre de 2014

#books #photography | The olympic city


The olympic city / Jon Pack, Gary Hustwit
Jon Pack & Gary Hustwit, [s.l.] : 2013 (Iceland : Oddi Printing)
240 p. : principalmente il.
ISBN 9780989532105
Juegos Olímpicos
Instalaciones deportivas
Arquitectura -- Siglo XX
Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI
Sbc Aprendizaje A-725.85 OLY
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1792834~S1*spi

The Olympic City is an ongoing documentary photography project by Jon Pack and Gary Hustwit that looks at the legacy of the Olympic Games in former host cities around the world. Hosting the Olympics has become a way for a city to show itself off on an international stage and generate toursim dollars, and cities spend millions or billions for the privilege. But after the events are over, the medals have been handed out, and the torch is extinguished, what’s next? What happens to a city after the Olympics are gone?

In The Olympic City, we’re documenting the successes and failures, the forgotten remnants and ghosts of the Olympic spectacle. Some former Olympic sites are retrofitted and used in ways that belie their grand beginnings; turned into prisons, housing, malls, gyms, churches. Others sit unused for decades and become tragic time capsules, examples of misguided planning and broken promises of the benefits that the Games would bring. We’re interested in these disparate ideas — decay and rebirth — and how each site seems to have gone one way or the other, either by choice or circumstance. We’re equally interested in the lives of the people whose neighborhoods have been transformed by Olympic development.

The cities we’ve photographed for this phase of the project are Athens, Barcelona, Beijing, Berlin, Helsinki, Mexico City, Moscow, London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Lake Placid, Rome, and Sarajevo. Images from these cities appear in our first book, designed by Paul Sahre and features a foreword by “New York Times” architecture critic Michael Kimmelman. We intend to continue the project and photograph more Olympic cities in the future.

LINKS
Web | The Olympic City

martes, 4 de noviembre de 2014

#books #architecture | PHPP illustrated : a Designer's Companion to the Passive House Planning Package


PHPP illustrated : a Designer's Companion to the Passive House Planning Package / Sarah Lewis
RIBA, London : 2012
214 p. : il.
ISNBN 9781859465400
Arquitectura y clima.
Construcciones -- Economías de energía.
Arquitectura y economías de energía.
Arquitectura sostenible.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-620.9 PHP
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1799293~S1*spi

All architects hoping to design to the Passive House standard need to know how to use The Passive House Planning Package (PHPP).

This book provides much needed supplementary guidance for purchasers of the PHPP establishing the standard within the UK context and is a concise, user-friendly, highly illustrated step by step companion for practitioners and students who want to use the PHPP as a design tool. 

By improving their in-use understanding of the PHPP, this guide enables readers to fully comprehend their scheme in terms of the impact of orientation, envelope shape and ratio to floor area, fabric build-ups, fenestration ratio and shading effects on the energy balance – the essential criteria for all low energy buildings. 

Fully supported and endorsed by The Passivhaus Institut, the book will act as an invaluable gateway for brand new as well as more experienced PHPP users. 

From the foreword by Dr Wolfgang Feist, Passivhaus Institute (PHI)

"In this much needed visual guide, clear and easy to follow descriptions lend themselves to designers, guiding them through the necessary inputs and helping them understand what the outputs mean for their buildings. This book will help further the Passive House Standard and contribute to a better built environment."

Extract from the Introduction "What is PHPP?"
The PHPP is a vital design tool and not something to be feared. It is actually very easy to use once you get the hang of it and does not require advanced abilities in computer modelling. Complex dynamic models were used to create the PHPP, but the PHPP itself is a series of interlinked Excel spreadsheets in one workbook.

Therein lies one of the great advantages of the PHPP; the Excel workbook can be used by anyone with access to Excel or Open Office and basic Excel training, so architects can share the workbook with mechanical, electrical and energy consultants. The reliance on standardised software allows avenues for cross collaboration and encourages technical dialogues to develop. Data can also be easily and quickly extracted to provide useful graphs for clients or consultants.

The PHPP has been developed for designing Passive House buildings but is also a useful tool to design other low energy buildings, providing very accurate results.

domingo, 2 de noviembre de 2014

#libros #cartografia | El mapa es el territorio : cartografía histórica del Ministerio de Defensa


El mapa es el territorio : cartografía histórica del Ministerio de Defensa
Ministerio de Defensa, Secretaría General Técnica, Madrid : 2014.
215 p. : principalmente il., mapas
ISBN 9788497818858
Mapas militares.
Mapas antiguos.
Cartografía.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-912 MAP
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1802359~S1*spi

El objetivo fundamental de esta obra es po­tenciar la difusión de los principales fondos de cartografía histórica conservada en el Mi­nisterio de Defensa, y de los que una parte importante se encuentran en el Archivo Car­tográfico y de Estudios Geográficos del Cen­tro Geográfico del Ejército.

Desde los primeros portulanos, tanto por su inmenso valor para la navegación en su épo­ca como por su belleza plástica, pasando por las diferentes etapas de mapas continenta­les, que iban ganando en rigor técnico con el tiempo y finalizando con los más sofisticados sistemas de información digital actuales, to­dos ellos sin excepción han sido de gran utili­dad para nuestros ejércitos, habiendo estado en cada momento los sistemas y productos cartográficos a la altura del material utilizado por aquellos.

La cartografía es una ciencia de suma impor­tancia para el planeamiento, control y dirección de las operaciones militares. Su elaboración exige unos conocimientos técnicos muy espe­cíficos, el manejo de complejos aparatos, aplicar unos procedimientos normalizados, reconocer el terreno y el despliegue allá donde nuestras Fuerzas Armadas se encuentren, para proporcionarles la necesaria información en el lugar adecuado y en el momento oportuno.