Contents
Preface 6
Part A Positions 8
1 Global change
Chris Luebkeman 10
2 Energy change
Hermann Scheer 14
3 Architecture and sustainability -
a difficult relationship
Robert Kaltenbrunner 18
4 Doing things right -
on efficiency
and sustainability
Manfred Hegger 24
5 Solar Architecture
Thomas Herzog 28
6 Planning and building in life cycles
Karl-Heinz Petzinka, Bernhard Lenz 32
Part B Planning 36
1 Fundamentals 38
Global boundary conditions 39
Energy 43
Climate and comfort 51
2 Urban space and infrastructure 62
Land use 62
Planning to suit the location 65
Infrastructure and technical services 70
3 Building envelope 82
Maintaining and gaining heat 86
Avoiding overheating 95
Decentralised ventilation 99
Using the daylight 102
Generating electricity 106
4 Building services 110
Sustainable building services 110
Heating 113
Cooling 128
Mechanical ventilation 133
Optimising the artificial lighting 136
Generating electricity 138
5 Materials 146
Heat flow 148
Embodied energy 159
Materials in the life cycle 165
6 Strategies 176
Energy concepts 177
Politics, legislation,
statutory instruments 183
Planning process 186
Sustainable architecture 190
Diagnosis system for sustainable
building quality (DSQ) 192
Part C Case studies 198
Project examples 1 to 20 200 - 257
Part D Appendix 258
Parameters 258
Climate data 260
LCA data 262
Statutory instruments, directives,
standards 268
References 269
Picture credits 272
Subject index 276