Package: Building Physics and Applied Building Physics

Hugo S. L. C. Hens (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

572 Seiten

2010 | 1., Auflage
Ernst, Wilhelm & Sohn (Verlag)
978-3-433-02963-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Bad experiences with construction quality, the energy crises of 1973 and 1979, complaints about 'sick buildings', thermal, acoustical, visual and olfactory discomfort, the move towards more sustainability, have all accelerated the development of a field, which until 35 years ago was hardly more than an academic exercise: building physics. The societal pressure to diminish energy consumption in buildings without impairing usability acted as a trigger to activate the whole notion of performance based design and construction.
Through the application of existing physical knowledge and the combination with information coming from other disciplines, the field helps to understand the physical performance of building parts, buildings and the built environment, and translates it into correct design and construction.
As with all engineering sciences, Building Physics is oriented towards application, which is why, after a first book on fundamentals a second volume examines performance rationale and performance requirements. Outdoor and indoor climate conditions are described and calculation values are discussed, the performance concept is specified at the building level and at the building envelope level, and heat-air-moisture material properties are defined.

Autor

Prof. Em. Dr. IR. Hugo S.L.C Hens, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), taught Building Physics from 1975 to 2003, Performance Based Building Design from 1970 to 2005 and Building Services from 1975 to 1977 and 1990 to 2008. He has authored and co-authored over 150 articles and conference papers, and written hundreds of reports on building damage cases and their solution. He has been coordinating the international working group CIB W40 on Heat and Mass Transfer in Buildings for ten years. Between 1986 and 2008, he was operating agent of 4 Annexes, initiated by the International Energy Agency's EXCO on Energy Conservation in Buildings and Community Systems: annex 14, annex 24, annex 32 and annex 41. He is a fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

Produkt-Details

• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 166 x 243 mm
• Gewicht: 1190 g
• Einbandart: Paperback
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Bauphysik • Feuchtigkeitsschutz • Wärmeschutz
• ISBN-10: 3-433-02963-6 / 3433029636
• ISBN-13: 978-3-433-02963-3 / 9783433029633
• Zustand: Neuware