First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The 15th Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) conference considered the issues of sustainability and environmental friendliness at the city scale. Some 150 papers address the many and varied questions faced by architects and planners in reducing the impact on the environment of cities and their buildings.
Foreword * Invited Lectures * Urban Planning * Bioclimatic Planning of Outdoor Spaces * Solar Architecture * Retrofitting * Strategies, Systems and Components * Daylighting * Passive Cooling and Natural Ventilation * Energy and Environmental Impact of Building Materials * Design Tools and Analysis Techniques * Regulations, Solar Access and Certification * Education * Design Support Schemes * THERMIE Demonstration Projects * Author Index
Simos Yannas, Eduardo Maldonado
