Design for climate change / Bill Gething with Katie Puckett

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Agenda for a changing climate -- 2. Understanding future climate -- 3. Designing for thermal comfort: comfort & overheating -- 4. Designing for thermal comfort: controlling heat gains -- 5. Designing for thermal comfort: cooling strategies -- 6. Construction -- 7. Water -- 8. Clients, controls and costs -- 9. What now?.

Adapting to climate change is a pressing concern for the construction sector. Our built environment, and the way buildings are designed, constructed and managed, has evolved in response to a climate that has been broadly consistent for hundreds of years. That climate is now changing at an unprecedented rate and will continue to change for many years to come. Within a generation, our buildings may have to cope under very diffferent conditions. How will today's buildings perform in hotter summers and with more frequent storms, floods and droughts? How can designs be future-proofed and existing buildings preserved, and at what cost? How should designers, contractors and suppliers adapt their skills and services to seize the initiative - and an important business opportunity? And how can they communicate the challenges and potential solutions to their clients? Tailored to architects and other building designers, Design for Climate Change answers these questions and more. Drawing on the lessons from the first 26 real-world projects funded by the Technology Strategy Board to investigate approaches to adaptation, it is packed with invaluable insights, practical advice and clear, concise explanations, brought to life throughout the book with graphics and images. Leading climate change architect Bill Gething (writing with journalist Katie Puckett) cuts to the heart of the issues, demystifying a complex field and equipping readers with a framework for addressing the technical and professional challenges that adapting to the changing climate presents.