Today, careful energy planning and design has become an integral
component of every building task. The second volume of the SCALE series,
Heat Cool, picks up at precisely this point, providing strategies for
an energetically sensible and suitable approach to building conditioning
as well as its design and constructional integration. In addition to
building and facilities services, it places special emphasis on
construction and design measures. How much the building itself can
achieve in the context of the given climatic, topographical, and
town-planning framework conditions and to what extent additional
installations are required for conditioning, which construction measures
are appropriate for which types of tasks within a sustainable and
integrated planning approach - all of these topics are discussed on the
basis of project examples. The book highlights both the currently
available heating, ventilation, and cooling systems as well as the
supporting aspects of material properties and the building lifecycle,
thus enabling the reader to make a balanced and well-informed selection.
Heat Cool provides a foundation for efficient and optimal building
conditioning and its integration into construction and design.