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One of the leading references on the design of a building's environmental controls has just gotten better. For years, Heating, Cooling, Lighting has supplied architects and students with the strategies needed for initial design decisions for building systems. The book looks at how to design the form of the building itself to take advantage of natural heating, cooling, and lighting and how to best utilize active mechanical equipment to satisfy the needs not provided by nature. This new edition has been expanded and updated to reflect the latest codes, standards, and energy-efficiency rating systems.

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• Foreword to the First Edition
• Foreword to the Third Edition
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Heating, Cooling, And Lighting As Form-Givers In Architecture
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Vernacular and Regional Architecture
• 1.3 Formal Architecture
• 1.4 The Architectural Approach
• 1.5 Dynamic versus Static Buildings
• 1.6 Passive Survivability
• 1.7 Energy and Architecture
• 1.8 Architecture and Heating, Cooling, and Lightning
• 1.9 Conclusion
• 2 Sustainable Design
• 2.1 Easter Island: Learning from the Past
• 2.2 Sustainable Design
• 2.3 Reuse, Recycle, and Regenerate by Design
• 2.4 The Green Movement
• 2.5 Population and Sustainability
• 2.6 Growth
• 2.7 Exponential Growth
• 2.8 The Amoeba Analogy
• 2.9 Supply versus Efficiency
• 2.10 Sustainable-Design Issues
• 2.11 Climate Change
• 2.12 The Global Greenhouse
• 2.13 The Ozone Hole
• 2.14 Efficiency
• 2.15 Energy Sources
• 2.16 Ancient Greece: A Historical Example
• 2.17 Nonrenewable Energy Sources
• 2.18 Renewable Energy Sources
• 2.19 Hydrogen
• 2.20 Conclusion
• 3 Basic Principles
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Heat
• 3.3 Sensible Heat
• 3.4 Latent Heat
• 3.5 Evaporative Cooling
• 3.6 Convection
• 3.7 Transport
• 3.8 Energy-Transfer Mediums
• 3.9 Radiation
• 3.10 Greenhouse Effect
• 3.11 Equilibrium Temperature of a Surface
• 3.12 Mean Radiant Temperature
• 3.13 Heat Flow
• 3.14 Heat Sink
• 3.15 Heat Capacity
• 3.16 Thermal Resistance
• 3.17 Heat-Flow Coefficient
• 3.18 Time Lag
• 3.19 Insulating Effect of Mass
• 3.20 Energy Conversion
• 3.21 Combined Heat and Power
• 3.22 Fuel Cells
• 3.23 Embodied Energy
• 3.24 Conclusion
• 4 Thermal Comfort
• 4.1 Biological Machine
• 4.2 Thermal Barriers
• 4.3 Metabolic Rate
• 4.4 Thermal Conditions of the Environment
• 4.5 The Psychometric chart
• 4.6 Dew Point and Wet-Bulb Temperatures
• 4.7 Heat Content of Air
• 4.8 Thermal Comfort
• 4.9 Shifting of the Comfort Zone
• 4.10 Clothing and Comfort
• 4.11 Strategies
• 4.12 Conclusion
• 5 Climate
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Climate
• 5.3 Microclimate
• 5.4 Climatic Anomalies
• 5.5 Climate Regions of the United States
• 5.6 Explanations of the Climatic Data Tables
• 5.7 Additional Climate Information
• 5.8 Climate Information for Other Countries.Climate Data Tables
• 5.9 Design Strategies
• 6 Solar Geometry
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 The Sun
• 6.3 Elliptical Orbit
• 6.4 Tilt of the EarthÃó s Axis
• 6.5 Consequences of the Altitude Angle
• 6.6 Winter
• 6.7 The Sun Revolves Around the Earth!6.8 Sky Dome
• 6.9 Determining Altitude and Azimuth Angles
• 6.10 Solar Time
• 6.11 Horizontal Sun-Path Diagrams
• 6.12 Vertical Sun-Path Diagrams
• 6.13 Sun-Path Models
• 6.14 Solar Site-Evaluation Tools
• 6.15 Heliodons
• 6.16 Sundials for Model Testing
• 6.17 Conceptually Clear Heliodons
• 6.18 Conclusion
• 7 Passive Solar
• 7.1 History
• 7.2 Solar in America

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Norbert Lechner is Professor Emeritus in the College of Architecture, Design, and Construction at Auburn University and was a registered architect in the state of Alabama. His articles have appeared in Architectural Lighting and Solar Today . In addition to writing, he has lectured and held workshops in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.