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Performance Based Building Design 1: From Below Grade Construction to Cavity Walls
Author: Hugo Hens( | Size: 12 MB | Format: PDF | Quality: Unspecified | Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell | Year: 2012 | pages: 270 | ISBN: 9783433030226
Just like building physics, performance based building design was hardly an issue before the energy crises of the 1970s. With the need to upgrade energy efficiency, the interest in overall building performance grew. As the first of two volumes, this book applies the performance rationale, advanced in applied building physics, to the design and construction of buildings. After an overview of materials for thermal insulation, water proofing, air tightening and vapour tightening and a discussion on joints, building construction is analysed, starting with the excavations. Then foundations, below and on grade constructions, typical load bearing systems and floors pass the review to end with massive outer walls insulated at the inside and the outside and cavity walls. Most chapters build on a same scheme: overview, overall performance evaluation, design and construction.
This third book, after Building Physics and Applied Building Physics, is the result of 38 years of teaching architectural, building and civil engineers, coupled to more than 40 years of experience in research and consultancy. Where and when needed, input and literature from over the world was used, reason why each chapter ends listing references and literature.
The book should be usable by undergraduates and graduates in architectural and building engineering, though also building engineers, who want to refresh their knowledge, may benefit. The level of discussion assumes the reader has a sound knowledge of building physics, along with a background in structural engineering, building materials and building construction.
Content:
Chapter 0 Introduction (pages 1–5):
Chapter 1 Performances (pages 7–12):
Chapter 2 Materials (pages 13–53):
Chapter 3 Excavations and Building Pit (pages 55–56):
Chapter 4 Foundations (pages 57–68):
Chapter 5 Building Parts on and below Grade (pages 69–110):
Chapter 6 Structural Options (pages 111–121):
Chapter 7 Floors (pages 123–148):
Chapter 8 Outer Wall Requirements (pages 149–155):
Chapter 9 Massive Outer Walls (pages 157–214):
Chapter 10 Cavity Walls (pages 215–253):
Chapter 11 Panelized Massive Outer Walls (pages 255–262):
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