The facade plays a critical role in the conception of energy- and climate-optimized buildings: it is the building's skin and functions as an interface between interior and exterior space. It provides thermal and sound insulation and ventilation, and controls and guides the entrance of daylight into the building. Climate Skin offers concrete planning advice for architects and engineers who wish to exploit not only the architectural potential of facades but also their energy and climate-control possibilities, treating the building envelope as an essential component within a complete climate-control and technology solution. It provides a solid foundation of knowledge that equips the reader to make competent technical and economic evaluations of building envelopes. For everyone concerned with facades, Climate Skin is a comprehensive planning handbook and reference work that covers all of the relevant technical and physical aspects of the design and detailed planning of energy-efficient facades.

About the Author
Prof. Gerhard Hausladen ist Ordinarius des Lehrstuhls fur Bauklimatik und Haustechnik an der Technischen Universitat Munchen und Inhaber eines Buros fur Klima- und Haustechnik. Michael de Saldanha und Petra Liedl sind Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl. Alle lehren daruber hinaus auch am Zentrum fur Umweltbewusstes Bauen in Kassel und an der Hochschule Krems in OEsterreich.


Book Information
ISBN 9783764377250
Author Gerhard Hausladen
Format Hardback
Page Count 191
Imprint Birkhauser
Publisher Birkhauser
Weight(grams) 1256g