Sustainable Environments for the New Millennium

This new reference on energy efficient design, based on EU research, provides a useful survey of current US and European practice together with essential data to assist the designer concerned with this specialist aspect of building design. The book includes a fascinating account of precedence in this field of design, thus putting the current scene into architectural context; a showcase of EU funded projects prepared by experts from the major European countries and offers an appraisal of design and technology using 20 selected projects demonstrating a range of technologies, climates, and building types. A useful technical section includes key data showing national targets.