Passive and Low Energy Ecotechniques. Proceedings of the Third International PLEA Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, 6–11 August 1984

Content: 
Other Pergamon Titles of Interest, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Page v, Arthur Bowen
INTRODUCTION, Page xv
PASSIVE AND LOW ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: A GLOBAL VIEW, Pages 1-10, J. Douglas Balcomb
PASSIVE AND LOW ENERGY DESIGN FOR THERMAL AND VISUAL COMFORT, Pages 11-28, S.V. Szokolay
CLIMATE DERIVED SHELTER AND SETTLEMENT, Pages 29-44, B.S. Saini
CONSERVATION PRACTICES AND POTENTIAL IN VARIOUS CLIMATES, Pages 45-72, Simos Yannas
A DECADE OF PASSIVE COOLING: A Perspective from the U.S.A., Pages 73-87, Jeffrey Cook
PASSIVE AND LOW-ENERGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICES — DEHUMIDIFICATION, Pages 88-120, H.I. Robison
GUIDELINES FOR ENERGY OPTIMIZATION THROUGH LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN OVERHEATED ARID REGIONS, Pages 121-143, Abdelmohsen M. Farahat
EXPERIENCES AND EXPECTATIONS OF EARTH COUPLED BUILDINGS RESEARCH, Pages 144-160, Kenneth Labs
ILLUMINATION OF BUILDINGS AND URBAN AREAS, Pages 161-171, Benjamin Evans
ENERGY-EFFICIENT ATRIUM DESIGN, Pages 172-177, Donald Watson
DESIGN GUIDELINES ON VERTICAL AIRFLOW IN BUILDINGS AND URBAN AREAS, Pages 178-209, Arthur Bowen
WELL TEMPERED AND ILLUMINATED INTERIORS, Pages 210-225, Baruch Givoni
BUILDINGS, ENERGY AND URBAN MORPHOLOGY, Pages 226-254, ANIS A. SIDDIQI
AN OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENT STATUS AND FUTURE POTENTIAL OF COMPUTERIZED ENERGY ANALYSIS, Pages 255-263, Francisco Arumi-Noe, Glenn W. Crow
THE DESIGN OF URBAN OUTDOOR SPACE: A BIOCLIMATIC APPROACH, Pages 264-274, Sergio Los
PHOTOVOLTAICS STATE-OF-THE-ART, Pages 275-289, Charles E. Backus
ENERGY FROM WIND IN RURAL AND URBAN COMMUNITIES, Pages 290-309, P.J. Musgrove
RECYCLING AND METHANE PRODUCTION FOR HUMAN USE, Pages 310-325, Subrata Sengupta, Ramarathnam Narasimhan
PERSPECTIVE OF BIOCLIMATIC ARCHITECTURE IN BRAZIL, Pages 326-339, O.D. Corbella
COUNTRY/REGIONAL MONOGRAPH INDIA, Pages 340-359, B.S. Saini
COUNTRY MONOGRAPH PAKISTAN, Pages 360-383, Anis A. Siddiqi
PASSIVE AND ACTIVE BUILDINGS IN THE ARABIAN GULF AREA, Pages 384-395, A.A.M. Sayigh
REGIONAL MONOGRAPH - AUSTRALIA, Pages 396-416, S.V. Szokolay
THE UNITED KINGDOM A COUNTRY MONOGRAPH, Pages 417-456, R.M. Lebens
PASSIVE SOLAR AND LOW ENERGY ECOTECHNIQUES IN SWITZERLAND A REGIONAL MONOGRAPH, Pages 457-478, A. Faist
REGIONAL MONOGRAPH FOR DENMARK ON SOLAR ARCHITECTURE, Pages 479-491, O.C. Jørgensen
ITALIAN REGIONAL MONOGRAPH, Pages 492-516, Sergio Los, Natasha Pulitzer
PRESENT STATUS OF PASSIVE SOLAR TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION IN KOREA A REGIONAL MONOGRAPH OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, Pages 517-531, Paul C. Auh, Won-Hoon Park
100% NATURAL THERMAL CONTROL - PLUS, Pages 532-545, Harold R. Hay
THE “TROMBE-MICHEL” SOLAR WALL AND ITS PRESENT IMPLICATIONS, Pages 546-594, Jacques MICHEL, Thierry FONTAINE
SOLAR ENERGY STORAGE, Pages 595-605, A.A.M. Sayigh
ON THE INADEQUACY OF SOLAR DESIGN TOOLS, Pages 606-608, Kenneth Labs
IMPROVING URBAN ENVIRONMENTS: URBAN FORESTRY AS URBAN IMPROVEMENT, Pages 609-616, Edmund N. Hilliard
The Study and Use of Natural Air Flow in Buildings, Pages 617-619, Benjamin Evans, FAIA FIES
PASSIVE AND HYBRID COOLING SYSTEMS - A POSITION PAPER, Pages 620-626, Baruch Givoni
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS WITH LOW ENERGY REQUIREMENTS, Pages 627-631, H. Robison
CHAPTER 6 - THE VERNACULAR CAVE DWELLING IN FRANCE MONITORING OF THERMAL PERFORMANCE, Pages 632-639, Helen Mulligan
RECYCLING IN HOUSING, Pages 640-652, Jorge González Claverán, A.C. CONESCAL
THE THERMAL CONCEPT OF THE TRADITIONAL ARAB MARKET PLACE - ANALYSIS AND PROPOSALS, Pages 653-663, Sahar M.B. Rassam
THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE TRADITIONAL ISLAMIC HOUSE AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO MODERN HOUSING, Pages 664-671, Miles Danby
TRADITIONAL JAPANESE LOW-TECHNOLOGY APPROACH TO HOUSING: AN ESSAY ON WOOD, Pages 672-681, Barbara Sandrisser
PASSIVE COOLING TECHNICS FOR A HOUSE IN A HOT SUB-HUMID CLIMATE IXTAPA, GUERRERO, MEXICO, Pages 682-687, José Luis Aguirre Gas, Beatriz Martínez Vera
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND ENERGY CONSERVATION IN THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING FOR THE STATE OF DURANGO, Pages 688-693, Miguel Murguía, Juan Gabriel Solórzano, José Luis Aguirre Gas
RESIDENCE FDR SENIOR CITIZENS USING PASSIVE SOLAR SYSTEMS IN MEXICO CITY. MEXICO, Pages 694-697, HECTOR GIRON DE LA PEÑA
ENERGY EFFICIENT RESEARCH RESIDENCE FOR PASSIVE SYSTEMS CONSIDERING CONVECTIVE AIR MOVEMENTS WITH A SOLAR ROOFING SYSTEM FOR WATER HEATING, Pages 698-702, HECTOR GIRON DE LA PENA
SOLAR ROOFING SYSTEM FOR LOW-COST DOMESTIC WATER HEATING AT THE ENERGY EFFICIENT RESEARCH FACILITY, Pages 703-704
SOME SOLAR ENERGY PROJECTS IN NORWAY(SCANDINAVIA), Pages 705-712, Harald N. Røstvik
THE DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF A PASSIVE HEATING SYSTEM FOR A FAMILY HOUSE IN HUNGARY, Pages 713-720, é. Fekecs, P. Tóth
CONJUNTO SOLAR I - BIOCLIMATIC AND PASSIVE DESIGN APPLIED TO LOW COST MULTISTOREY HOUSING. FIRST EXPERIENCE IN ARGENTINA, Pages 721-738, C.de Rosa, M. Basso, J. Fernández, A. Gibert, G. Lelio, F. Solanes, R. Vilapriñó, V. Armando, A. Puig, A. Ravetto, G. Lesino, L. Castro Padula, M. Grion, J. Fucaraccio, R. Rébora, L. Loffano
THE PERFORMANCE OF A MASSIVE PASSIVE SOLAR RESIDENCE IN PORTUGAL - PRELIMINARY RESULTS, Pages 739-746, E.O. Fernandes, E.A.B. Maldonado, H.J.P. Gonçalves
PASSIVE SOLAR HOUSES FOR FARM WORKERS IN SOUTHERN ITALY, Pages 747-754, G. Cuppini, G. Raffellini
GUIDELINES FOR ECOTECHNIQUES IN ISLAMIC COMMUNITIES, Pages 755-770, Salah Aldin A. Balto
CLIMATE SENSITIVE URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN, Pages 771-776, Vladimir Matus
COMMUNITY CONCEPTS FOR LIVING IN ARID REGIONS — A SOLAR OASIS, Pages 777-784, H.J. Kessler, M.R. Yoklic, R.L. Medlin
EL BASON: FROM WASTE TO HUMUS, Pages 785-789, Johan van Lengen
URBAN WASTE IN MEXICO: TREATMENT AND ULTIMATE DISPOSAL, Pages 790-794, Jose Miguel Quintana, Sergio Cruz Medrano
PLANT MATERIALS FOR RESIDENTIAL ENERGY CONSERVATION–LIFE CYCLE COSTING, Pages 795-805, D.E. Buffington, R.J. Black
ECOTECHNIQUES APPLIED TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING: SEDUE'S ECODUVI PROJECT, Pages 806-818, Héctor Ceballos Lascuráin
MERIDA VII FONAPO IN MERIDA, YUCATAN, MEXICO, Pages 819-823, Ignacio Colin
ECO-COMMUNITIES FOR URBAN RETENTION IN MEXICO'S MEGACITY GREEN BELT ZONES, Pages 824-832, Octavio Barocio de la Lama
THE REMOTE HOME POWER SYSTEM PROJECT ON THE NAVAJO RESERVATION, Pages 833-836, Harlen Chapman, Leon Codron
PHOTOVOLTAIC ELECTRIFICATION OF 3 VILLAGES IN SAUDI ARABIA, Pages 837-848, Arthur Bowen, Salah Aldin Balto, Ahmed Al-Saief
INDIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLING, Pages 849-854, Juan M. Rodríguez Anza
HEAT PUMPS IN LOW ENERGY HOUSING, Pages 855-863, D J Fisk
THE EVOLUTION OF THE DESIGN OF SOLAR WATER HEATERS IN NORTH AMERICA, Pages 864-867, J. Perlin
A PROGRAM FOR THE AUTOMATIC COMPUTING OF SOLAR GAIN OF A PARALLELEPIPED VOLUME CONSIDERING THE SHADOWS CAST ON IT BY ANY SYSTEM OF SURROUNDING PARALLELEPIPED VOLUMES, Pages 868-878, B. Colajanni
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF TYPICAL MEDITERRANEAN BUILDINGS RETROFITTED WITH SOLAR CHIMNEY, Pages 879-888, S. Barbera, G. Cammarata, L. Margani, L. Marletta
A DESCRIPTIVE MODEL FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL FORM OF THE BUILDING, Pages 889-898, R. Tappuni, S. Mehdi
EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF CHOICE OF MATERIALS ON THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES OF BUILDINGS IN URBAN BUILT UP AREAS, Pages 899-907, Anis A. Siddiqi
OTHERS PARAMETERS IN A DESIGNER GLOBAL APPROACH FOR SIZING A PASSIVE SOLAR SYSTEM, Pages 908-914, P. DEPECKER, J. BRAU, J.J. ROUX, F. ALLARD
MONITORED ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF NEW AND RETROFITTED BUILDINGS, Pages 915-921, Alan K. Meier
PROJECT OF A ‘GLASS, SPACE AND STONE’ SYSTEM: PROTOTYPE CONSTRUCTION AND MEASUREMENT OF ITS THERMAL PROPERTIES. AN EVALUATION DERIVED FROM A SCALE MODEL AND COMPUTER PROJECTIONS, Pages 922-931, D. Francese
AIR FLOWDYNAMICS IN BIOCLIMATIC BUILDINGS A COMPUTER ALGORITHM FOR OPEN AND CLOSED CIRCUITS, Pages 932-943, G. Cammarata, R. Fichera, L. Marletta, M. Rosso
A NEW APPROACH TO BUILDING DESIGN BY MEANS OF THE SENSITIVITY THEORY, Pages 944-951, G. CAMMARATA, L. MARLETTA, F. PATANE, F. PATANIA
COMPUTER SIMULATION AND THERMAL MEASUREMENTS OF PASSIVE HEATED AND VENTILATED BUILDINGS, Pages 952-959, M.M. Razek, G.B. Hanna, E.M. El-Salam, N. Farag
THERMAL COMFORT IN HOT DRY COUNTRIES: RADIATIVE COOLING BY “DIODE” ROOF, Pages 960-967, X. Berger, M. Schneider, J.C. Deval, F. Kieno, C.N. Awanou, I. Donet
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TWO DOMESTIC SOLAR HOT WATER SYSTEMS IN THE CLIMATE OF FOUR DIFFERENT PLACES OF COSTA RICA, Pages 968-978, Shyam S. Nandwani
RADIOMETRIC RESEARCH OF NET LONG-WAVE AND TOTAL RADIATION ON THE BUILDING ENVELOPE, Pages 979-987, W. Grzeszczyk
INDOOR THERMAL EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT WALL CONFIGURATIONS IN WARM HUMID CLIMATES, Pages 988-993, Alejandro L. Aguirre Piña
CONSTRUCTION OF SOLAR ENVELOPES, Pages 994-999, Vladimir Matus
ENERGETICS IN DESIGN, Pages 1000-1006, S.V. Szokolay
A SYSTEMATIC GRAPHICAL PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING WINDOW DIMENSIONS, Pages 1007-1015, Riadh R. Tappuni, Atif A. Hassan
ENERGY CALCULATION SLIDE RULES FOR SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES, Pages 1016-1024, R. Ritschard, Y. Huang, G. Verzhbinsky, I. Turiel, D. Wilson
A CATALOG OF HOUSING TYPOLOGY IN ECOLOGICAL TERMS, Pages 1025-1034, Aykut Karaman
PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT SUBDIVISIONS, Pages 1035-1039, F.A. Curtis, M.W. Schlosser
ECOLOGICAL ARCHITECTURE: A Holistic, evolutionary paradigm of architectural design and aesthetics built upon energy and environmental concerns, Pages 1040-1047, Jusuck Koh
A BRIEF RÉSUMÉ ON BIOREGIONS/BIOTECHNOLOGIES: Planning & Communication Tools for Indigenous Populations and Third World Countries, Pages 1048-1061, Pliny Fisk III
INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS ON DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES ON ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE ENERGIES: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS, Pages 1062-1078, Peter J. Catania, Josie J. Catania
THE INTEGRATION OF SOLAR BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN IN THE CURRICULA OF ARCHITECTURE SCHOOLS IN MEXICO, Pages 1079-1092, José Roberto, García Chávez
ECOTECHNIQUES IN JAPANESE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE A REGIONAL MONOGRAPH OF JAPAN, Pages 1093-1109, Ken-ichi Kimura
AUTHOR INDEX, Pages 1111-1112
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 1113-1117