Climatic design : energy-efficient building principles and practices - Watson, Donald; Labs, Kenneth (New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1983)
Part I. Principles -- 1. Heat and people -- 2. Comfort and indoor climate -- 3. Strategies of climate control -- 4. Promote solar gain -- 5. Minimize conductive heat flow -- 6. Minimize infiltration -- 7. Minimize solar gain -- 8. Promote ventilation -- 9. Promote radiant cooling -- 10. Promote evaporative cooling: roof systems -- 11. Promote conductive cooling -- 12. Appendices -- Part II. Practices -- Part III. Climatic Data -- Part IV. Bibliography.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: SOLAR ENERGY -- PASSIVE SYSTEMS; ARCHITECTURE AND CLIMATE; BUILDINGS -- ENERGY CONSERVATION