Preface 6

Part A Positions 8

1 Global change

Chris Luebkeman 10

2 Energy change

Hermann Scheer 14

3 Architecture and sustainability -

a difficult relationship

Robert Kaltenbrunner 18

4 Doing things right -

on efficiency

and sustainability

Manfred Hegger 24

5 Solar Architecture

Thomas Herzog 28

6 Planning and building in life cycles

Karl-Heinz Petzinka, Bernhard Lenz 32

Part B Planning 36

1 Fundamentals 38

Global boundary conditions 39

Energy 43

Climate and comfort 51

2 Urban space and infrastructure 62

Land use 62

Planning to suit the location 65

Infrastructure and technical services 70

3 Building envelope 82

Maintaining and gaining heat 86

Avoiding overheating 95

Decentralised ventilation 99

Using the daylight 102

Generating electricity 106

4 Building services 110

Sustainable building services 110

Heating 113

Cooling 128

Mechanical ventilation 133

Optimising the artificial lighting 136

Generating electricity 138

5 Materials 146

Heat flow 148

Embodied energy 159

Materials in the life cycle 165

6 Strategies 176

Energy concepts 177

Politics, legislation,

statutory instruments 183

Planning process 186

Sustainable architecture 190

Diagnosis system for sustainable

building quality (DSQ) 192

Part C Case studies 198

Project examples 1 to 20 200 - 257

Part D Appendix 258

Parameters 258

Climate data 260

LCA data 262

Statutory instruments, directives,

standards 268

References 269

Picture credits 272

Subject index 276