Watson, Donald.

Climatic design : energy-efficient building principles and practices / Donald Watson and Kenneth Labs - New York : McGraw Hill Education, c1983 - 280 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Principles -- 1. Heat and people -- 2. Comfort and indoor climate -- 3. Strategies of climate control -- 4. Promote solar gain -- 5. Minimize conductive heat flow -- 6. Minimize infiltration -- 7. Minimize solar gain -- 8. Promote ventilation -- 9. Promote radiant cooling -- 10. Promote evaporative cooling: roof systems -- 11. Promote conductive cooling -- 12. Appendices -- Part II. Practices -- Part III. Climatic Data -- Part IV. Bibliography.

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TJ 163.5.B84 .W38 1983