This book examines ways of saving energy by using green roofs and facades, solar devices such as building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), and thermal solar panels, as components of energy-efficient building envelopes. The author takes an interdisciplinary / multidisciplinary approach to the subject that analyzes several different scientific fields connected to building researchsustainability, sustainable architecture, energy efficiency in buildings, and building envelopeswhile approaching other collateral domains, including history, archaeology, botanics, physics, engineering, and landscape architecture.
Alternative Envelope Components for Energy-Efficient Buildings will be a welcome resource for researchers, students, and postgraduates in the fields of energy, building materials, and renewable energy, as well as architects, engineers, and specialists in industries related to building products.
- Looks at the impact of building envelopes on energy usage;
- Offers readers an introduction to the principles of sustainability;
- Presents passive and active approaches to using solar devices.
Introduction.- Principles of Sustainability: History and Evolution.- The Living Envelope of Buildings: History and Evolution.- The Sun Building Partner of All Times.- Passive and Active Approaches.- Conclusions.
Prof. Dr. Ana-Maria Dabija has been an architect since 1986. She worked for a design institute and a private company before pursuing a university career with the Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest. She received her Doctoral Degree in 2000, and has been a doctoral tutor since 2008. Dr. Dabija has been the Director of the Center of Architectural and Urban Studies (CSAU) of the Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism since 2016, and Director of the Architecture Doctoral Schol“°
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