Convergence : an architectural agenda for energy / Kiel Moe.

Main entry:

Moe, Kiel.

Title & Author:

Convergence : an architectural agenda for energy / Kiel Moe.

Publication:

London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group., 2013.

Description:

301 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Matter is but captured energy -- Energy hierarchies and architecture -- The complicated and the complex -- Specifically generic architecture -- Conclusion : Recursive solidarity.

Summary:

Convergence is based on the thermodynamic premise that architecture should maximize its ecological and architectural power. No matter how paradoxical it might initially seem, architects should maximize energy intake, maximize energy use, and maximize energy feedback and reinforcement. This presumes that the necessary excess of architecture is in fact an architect's greatest asset when it comes to an agenda for energy, not a liability. But how do we start to understand the full range of eco-thermodynamic principles which need to be engaged with in order to achieve this? Kiel Moe explicates three factors: materials, energy systems and amortization. When these three factors converge through design, the resulting buildings begin to perform in complex, if not subtle, ways. By drawing on a range of architectural, thermodynamic, and ecological sources as well as illustrated and well-designed case studies, the author shows what architecture stands to gain by simultaneously maximizing the architectural and ecological power of buildings.

Resources:
EBSCOhost

ISBN:

9780415824903 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0415824907 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
9780415824910 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0415824915 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
(ebook)
9780203489444
9781135052737
1135052735

Subject:

Architecture and energy conservation.
Architecture et économies d'énergie.
energy efficient buildings.
Arkitektur miljöaspekter.
Energisparande.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292805
Call No.: BIB 237311
Status: Available

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