Adaptive Thermal Comfort : At the Extremes

Name: Adaptive Thermal Comfort : At the Extremes
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Adaptive Thermal ComfortAt the Extremes\nAuthor(s): Susan Roaf, Fergus Nicol, Michael Humphreys\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367137694, 978-0367137694\nSynopsis\nTo remain comfortable in a world of ever more extreme weather events and climate trends, we need a building revolution. Building designers, owners, managers, and occupants must prepare now for future climates with new ways to stay comfortable indoors. This book is a compendium of information on comfort that provides an overview of the complexity of the many ways that comfort is achieved in buildings. It outlines the impacts and implications of current design practices on greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and the health and well-being of people in them. In reality, many modern buildings, and particularly homes, are already failing in various ways. During extreme weather events, they overheat. During power outages, many buildings do not even rema.