文档介绍：BIOCLIMATIC
HOUSING
INNOVATIVE DESIGNS
FOR WARM CLIMATES
EDITED BY RICHARD HYDE
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Bioclimatic Housing
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BIOCLIMATIC HOUSING
INNOVATIVE DESIGNS FOR
WARM CLIMATES
Edited by Richard Hyde
London • Sterling, VA
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First published by Earthscan in the UK and USA in 2008
Copyright © Richard Hyde, 2008
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ISBN: 978-1-84407-284-2
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Bioclimatic housing : innovative designs for warm climates / edited by Richard Hyde.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN-13: 978-1-84407-284-2 (paperback)
ISBN-10: 1-84407-284-3 (paperback)
1. Ecological houses. 2. Solar houses. 3. Architecture and climate. 4. Vernacular
architecture. 5. Temperate climate. 6. Tropics--Climate. 7. Arid regions. 8. Construction
industry--Appropriate technology. 9. Global warming. I. Hyde, Richard, 1949-
2006
720'.47--dc22
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Contents
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES ix
LIST OF BOXES AND CASE STUDIES xxiii
FOREWORD xxv