CONTENTS
Citation Information vii
Notes on Contributors ix
1. Introduction: Running buildings on natural energy: design thinking for a different future 1
Sue Roaf and Fergus Nicol
2. Adaptive heating, ventilation and solar shading for dwellings 6
E. E. Alders
3. Thermal comfort and indoor air quality in super-insulated housing with natural and decentralized ventilation systems in the south of the UK 23
Paola Sassi
4. Estimating overheating in European dwellings 36
Luisa Brotas and Fergus Nicol
5. Experimental validation of simulation and measurement-based overheating assessment approaches for residential buildings 48
Raimo Simson, Jarek Kurnitski and Kalle Kuusk
6. Performance of naturally ventilated buildings in a warm-humid climate: a case study of Golconde Dormitories, South India 61
Mona Doctor-Pingel, Hugo Lavocat and Nehaa Bhavaraju
7. The scope of inducing natural air supply via the façade 71
Peter J. W. van den Engel and Stanley R. Kurvers
8. The importance of air movement in warmer temperatures: a novel SET* house case study 81
John J. Shiel, Richard Aynsley, Behdad Moghtaderi and Adrian Page
9. Saving energy with a better indoor environment 95
Gary J. Raw, Clare Littleford and Liz Clery
10. Ventilation strategies for a warming world 105
Richard Aynsley and John J. Shiel
Index 111