Towards Zero-Energy Architecture

New Solar Design

In response to the challenges of global warming and climate change, design and technology enable architects to achieve greater performance standards while at the same time developing an environmental aesthetic.

This book showcases ten award-winning buildings to illustrate the aesthetic and technological design integration of solar response in contemporary zero-energy and low-energy architecture. For each project there is a detailed examination of the local climate, the design and construction and the technology used to reduce energy use.

The firms that have designed the ten architectural projects featured in this book are leading the way into a new and more sustainable future. Differing in size, location and scope, these projects can be viewed as pilot studies, in some cases even experimental endeavors, that explore and expand the role of the sun and wind in reducing or eliminating our dependence on fossil fuels. Towards Zero-Energy Architecture is a much-needed call for the design professions to redefine architecture to help solve ecological problems.

About the author
Mary Guzowski is an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Minnesota. She teaches and conducts research related to daylighting, solar architecture and ecological design and her publications include the book Daylighting for Sustainable Design. Recent research has focused on aesthetic and solar architecture and ecological innovations in carbon-neutral design.

Mary Guzowski
Towards Zero-Energy Architecture
New Solar Design
October 2010
280 x 216 mm, hardcover
208 pages, 368 colour illustrations
ISBN: 978-1-85669-678-4
£28 / $45

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