Solar energy applications in the design of buildings / edited by Henry J. Cowan.
Contributor(s): Cowan, Henry J.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Applied Science Publishers, 1980Description: x, 333 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0853348839.Subject(s): Solar heating | Solar air conditioning | Architecture and solar radiation | Solar energy -- ResearchDDC classification: 697.7802472Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 697.7802472 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00032713 |
'... papers presented at a symposium on solar energy held at the Department of Architectural Science of Sydney University from 29th to 31st August 1979' - Preface.
Bibliography: (pages 310-325) and index.
Is there an Energy problem in the Design of Buildings? / H. J. Cowan -- What makes people accept a thermal environment as comfortable? / R. K. Macpherson -- The design of Sun Shading Devices / A. M. Saleh -- Making the best use of daylight in Buildings / R. O. Phillips -- The thermal inertia of Buildings, and how to use it for energy conservation / J. J. Greenland -- Available climatic data and how to use them / R. M. Aynsley -- The use of computers for modelling the physical environment in buildings / B. S. A. Forwood -- Computer programs for the design of the physical environment in Buildings / A. D. Radford -- Tradeoff diagrams for the integrated design of the physical environment in buildings / A. D. Radford and J. S. Gero -- Report on energy conservation research / J. A. Ballinger -- Thermal insulation of Buildings / L. F. O'Brien -- Solar energy systems in Australia and overseas / P. R. Smith -- Sun shading devices / E. L. Harkness.