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Sustainable Urban Housing in China

Principles and Case Studies for Low-Energy Design

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. Leon Glicksman

    1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

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  2. Juintow Lin

    1. Fox Lin, Inc., Los Angeles, USA

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  • There is a need for a book that focuses on sustainable residential buildings in China
  • Provides in-depth research on all aspects of sustainable development, from design, to materials selection and specifications, natural ventilation, low-energy building design, and daylighting
  • Details case studies showing how design and technological aspects must be integrated into sustainable urban design
  • Provides teaching tools that allow readers to learn the process of creating sustainable buildings

Part of the book series: Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries (AGSB, volume 9)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Sustainability and the Building Sector

      • Leon Glicksman
      Pages 2-7

    3. China — Environment and Culture

      • Leon Glicksman, Leslie Norford, Lara Greden
      Pages 8-21

  3. Design Principles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Design Principles for Sustainable Urban Housing in China

      • Andrew Scott
      Pages 24-43

    3. Materials and Construction for Low-Energy Buildings in China

      • John Fernandez
      Pages 44-73

  4. Technical Findings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Low-Energy Building Design

      • Leslie Norford
      Pages 76-99

    3. Wind in Building Environment Design

      • Qingyan Chen
      Pages 100-115

    4. Design of Natural Ventilation with CFD

      • Qingyan Chen
      Pages 116-123

    5. Light and Shading

      • Leslie Norford
      Pages 124-133

  5. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Case Studies

      • Juintow Lin
      Pages 136-137

    3. Case Study One — Beijing Prototype Housing

      • Andrew Scott, Juintow Lin
      Pages 138-145

    4. Case Study Two — Beijing Star Garden

      • Juintow Lin
      Pages 146-159

    5. Case Study Three - Shanghai Taidong Residential Quarter

      • Juintow Lin
      Pages 160-181

    6. Case Study Four - Shenzhen Wonderland Phase IV

      • Juintow Lin
      Pages 182-211

    7. Case Study Five — Beijing Hui Long Guan

      • Juintow Lin, Leon Glicksman
      Pages 212-237

  6. Future Steps

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239
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ENCOUNTERING SUSTAINABILITY IN CHINA Yung-Ho Chang What I am writing is by no means a typical foreword. Instead of introducing the work outside of Beijing, we enclosed a courtyard with buildings and hillside to create a of my colleagues in the Department of Architecture at Massachusetts Institute of milder microclimate. We also employed two traditional materials, earth and wood, Technology (MIT), I will use this opportunity to share my own limited but critical specifically rammed-earth walls and laminated wood frames, to build a structure that experience with the development of sustainability in China. However, I would like to is capable of disintegration and would produce less waste once the house is no longer point out that the authors of this book are among the pioneers for sustainability needed. Although ancient wisdom, rather than advanced technology, was engaged, research and design in China, and they have helped to build the foundation of an we were able to address the issue of sustainability for the first time. After all, ecologically sensitive architecture in China. sustainability is about a way of thinking. Step II. UFIDA R&D Center, Beijing: For this project for a software company, the A CHANGING PRACTICE sustainable design focused on the reorganization of workspaces. The circulation system was transformed into public areas where communication and socialization is As an architect in China, I have been confronted by the issue of sustainability and encouraged and located in zones that receive more daylight and better views.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

    Leon Glicksman

  • Fox Lin, Inc., Los Angeles, USA

    Juintow Lin

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