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Ringel, Robert F. – 1979
Solar subsystems and components were identified and conceptual structure was developed for architectural solar energy heating and cooling systems. Recent literature related to solar energy systems was reviewed and analyzed. Solar heating and cooling system, subsystem, and component data were compared for agreement and completeness. Significant…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Architecture, Building Design, Buildings
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Salamo, Gregory J.; And Others – American Journal of Physics, 1979
This program was designed to satisfy the modern needs of architects who are confronted with the constraints imposed by the principles of physics, particularly those relating to energy. The program is designed to make clear, through lectures and laboratory investigations, the relationship between concepts in physics and practice in architecture.…
Descriptors: Architectural Education, Architecture, Building Design, Design
Langdon, F. J. – 1966
A record and assessment of the important environmental features of office buildings erected between 1948 and 1961 in the business center of London, England, has been assembled. This survey gives an overall picture of the main trends in office building and architecture and examines their consequences in terms of user satisfactions and complaints.…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Architecture, Building Design, Construction (Process)
Jaffe, Martin; Erley, Duncan – 1980
Presented are architectural design issues associated with solar energy use, and procedures for design review committees to consider in examining residential solar installation in light of existing aesthetic goals for their communities. Recommended design review criteria include the type of solar system being used and the ways in which the system…
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Building Innovation, Community Control
Clinchy, Evans – 1960
A profile is presented of a high school designed to accommodate the organization of teachers into teams working with student groups of varying sizes--this organization is housed in a compact building with the teaching teams centered in clusters of classrooms. The building is heated in winter and cooled in summer by a heat pump system. The…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Architectural Character, Architecture, Building Design
Army Biological Labs., Fort Detrick, MD. Industrial Health and Safety Div. – 1966
Volume II of a two-volume manual of design criteria, based primarily on biological safety considerations. It is prepared for the use of architect-engineers in designing new or modified microbiological facilities for Fort Detrick, Maryland. Volume II is divided into the following sections: (1) architectural, (2) heating, ventilating, and air…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Architecture, Building Conversion, Building Design