Download or read book Integrating Building Performance with Design written by Elizabeth J. Grant and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrating Building Performance with Design shows you the importance of designing for building performance early in your architectural design process. The book offers you simple tools and exercises, along with examples of built professional work and successful student projects illustrated by more than 100 full color images to help you with your work. Topics include site, solar orientation, thermal comfort, building enclosure, daylighting, passive heating and cooling, active heating and cooling, indoor air quality, stormwater, and rainwater harvesting.