Our pocket reference books provide a wealth of practical information at your fingertips, whenever you need it. Rich in background detail, at-a-glance tables and diagrams, equations, and more, the Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference is a handy resource for architects, engineers and students. Coverage includes: - Definitions - Load determinants and Responses - including worldwide biomes and climates, building metabolism and response, thermal sources and sinks, passive building responses to sources and sinks, tuning the building to the environment, optimizing insulation & thermal mass for comfort - Contextual Aspects- including microclimate and siting, temperatures, humidity, wind, radiation and comfort parameters - Passive Components - including building envelope, passive solar terminology, orientation, apertures and glazing, thermal storage, thermal control and materials - Design Tools - including sun path diagrams, sun peg diagrams, air flow relationships, thermal modelling and life cycle design - Specific Functions - including passive heating, passive cooling and ventilation, natural lighting, passive water heating, resource collection and Integrated design