Circular Design for Zero Emission Architecture and Building Practice: It is the Green Way or the Highway

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Circular Design for Zero Emission Architecture and Building Practice
Circular Design for Zero Emission Architecture and Building Practice
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Contents
Preface
Introduction
	References
	Useful links
1 - Vernacular architecture and comfort at the extremes
	1.1 Vernacular architecture and climate change
	1.2 Learning from vernacular architecture
	1.3 Vernacular and circular thinking
	1.4 Climate change and resilient design
	1.5 Smart buildings and smart users
	1.6 Case application
		1.6.1 Villa Abusir
	1.7 Nature-based solutions
		Useful inspirational tools and links
		Inspiring ideas
		Educational animation movies
		Nature-based solution initiative
		Urban modeling
	Bibliography
2 - Designing for vulnerable groups
	2.1 Who are climate refugees?
	2.2 Post-disaster climate-responsive design
	2.3 Thermal safe design for climate refugees
	2.4 Resilient energy systems for extreme comfort demands
		2.4.1 Trombe wall project for an extreme hot arid desert climate
		2.4.2 Fossil free eco-cooler
	2.5 Natural materials and climate design
		2.5.1 Material selection
	Bibliography
3 - Circular architecture and building design
	3.1 Circular architecture and building design
	3.2 Circular architecture design strategies
	3.3 The Z-free home
	3.4 Karm solar camp
		3.4.1 Climatic features in the case study location
		3.4.2 Passive and low-carbon design evaluation
		3.4.3 Indoor and outdoor climate monitoring results and comfort analysis
		3.4.4 Building energy performance and PV energy use monitoring
	3.5 The Circle House in Denmark
	3.6 Challenges facing circular design and construction
	3.7 Useful links
	Bibliography
4 - Climate-responsive design for low-impact architecture
	4.1 Background
	4.2 Selected zone for the project implementation
	4.3 Guidelines for a zero-energy residential unit in a semi-arid climate zone
	4.4 Concept
	4.5 Infrastructure
	4.6 Indoor environment
	4.7 Passive strategies for heating, cooling, and daylight
		Passive cooling
		Passive heating
		Natural ventilation/passive cooling and heating
	Daylight
	4.8 Waste management
	4.9 Energy production
	4.10 Solar water heating
	4.11 Vegetation
	4.12 Materials
		Wall layers
		Floor layers
		Roof layers
		Partition layers
		Wooden units
		Glazing
		Structure
			Structure
	4.13 Indoor thermal comfort calculations
	4.14 Energy calculations
		Energy needs
		Energy production
	4.15 Running costs
		Financial sustainability in the short term
		Financial sustainability in the long term
	Bibliography
Conclusion
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