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Author:   Margot McDonald ,  Carolina Dayer
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.474kg
ISBN:  

9781138741430

ISBN 10:   1138741434
Pages:   178
Publication Date:   28 August 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Acknowledgments List of Figures List of Tables Contributors Introduction: Still in Haste Part I: Once Upon a Sun 1. Letter To the Select Committee On Small Business of the United States Senate 2. A Clear Sky Story on the Evolution of Passive Solar Design: The Source and Multiple Applications of Harold Hay’s Roof Pond System 3. Harold Hay’s influence and the Zomeworks Corporation 4. Free Passive Solar Heating for Cold, Cloudy Winters: Designing Molecules and Crystal Structures 5. The Empire Strikes Back: When Too Good Becomes Threatening 6. Determining Market Demand and Feasibility for Roof Pond Systems in California Part II: Active Repercussions 7. Creating the Context for a Solar Future: Two Activists, Two Buildings 8. Shade, Mass and Water: Activism by Degrees 9. Passive Cooling Systems in Times of Climate Change 10. Actively Stretching Passive: Adventures with Night Roof Spray Cooling 11. Untapped Potentials in Harold Hay’s Roofpond System for Passive Heating in Cold Climate Regions Part III: Necessity and Pleasure 12. Building Experience 13. Thermal Landscaping of Buildings: Climate-Proofing Design 14. Resilience as a Driver of Passive Design 15. From Survivability to Thrivability: Finding Joy in Passive Design

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Margot McDonald is Department Head and Professor of Architecture at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), USA. She teaches an interdisciplinary design studio between architecture, construction, engineering, landscape and building design with an emphasis on building energy and environmental performance. Carolina Dayer is an Architect and Assistant Professor in Architecture at the Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark. In 2011 she founded her own architectural practice, Bottega 11, and she is one of the editors and author of Confabulations: Storytelling in Architecture (Routledge, 2016).

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