Energy Manual

While the efficiency and sustainability offensive is in full swing in most sectors of the economy, in the construction sector it is still in its very beginnings - economically as well as ecologically. However, politicians and policymakers at the global, European, and national levels have begun to address this deficit and are seeking to correct it with legal requirements and laws like EnEV, building certifications, and competitions.

Following the proven model of earlier manuals in the series, the Energy Manual presents a comprehensive look at the constructional parameters of energy efficiency and sustainability. It offers an advance look at the legal regulations being planned by the EU, and - as a tool ready for immediate use by architects, engineers, and designers in their daily work - it points the way toward the efficient and sustainable construction and operation of buildings.

With its focus on the entire lifecycle of a building, it provides an integrated perspective - a necessary prerequisite for sustainable economic management.

Autorentext

Manfred Hegger and Matthias Fuchs, civil engineers and architects; Thomas Stark and Martin Zeumer, civil engineers.

Inhalt

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