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Thermal issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2002

Rob Marsh
Rob Marsh
Affiliation:
Horsens, Denmark
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Abstract

Max Fordham's perceptive comments (letters, arq 5/3) raise many interesting points on building physics and the environmental performance of buildings. Our article (arq 5/1) summarizes a research project that environmentally analyzed trends in Danish housing design. The results showed that the typical design strategies advocated by ‘traditional’ low-energy and passive housing design methods (large glass areas and heavy thermal mass) are not necessarily the most optimal. Such strategies only take account of the heating demand and do not use modern life-cycle analysis methodologies where the environmental impact of the building materials is also integrated.

Type
letters: Koolhaas fails to impress Teaching and teachers
Information
arq: Architectural Research Quarterly , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , September 2001 , pp. 293 - 295
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

Letters should be addressed to Peter Carolin, arq, c/o University of Cambridge Department of Architecture, 1 Scroope Terrace, Cambridge CB2 1PX, UK F +44 (0)1223 332960 or Email pc207@hermes.cam.ac.uk The Editors reserve the right to shorten letters.