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| Foreword to the First Edition | |
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| Foreword to the Third Edition | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Heating, Cooling, And Lighting As Form-Givers In Architecture | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Vernacular and Regional Architecture | |
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| Formal Architecture | |
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| The Architectural Approach | |
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| Dynamic versus Static Buildings | |
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| Passive Survivability | |
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| Energy and Architecture | |
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| Architecture and Heating, Cooling, and Lightning | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Sustainable Design | |
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| Easter Island: Learning from the Past | |
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| Sustainable Design | |
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| Reuse, Recycle, and Regenerate by Design | |
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| The Green Movement | |
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| Population and Sustainability | |
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| Growth | |
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| Exponential Growth | |
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| The Amoeba Analogy | |
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| Supply versus Efficiency | |
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| Sustainable-Design Issues | |
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| Climate Change | |
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| The Global Greenhouse | |
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| The Ozone Hole | |
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| Efficiency | |
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| Energy Sources | |
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| Ancient Greece: A Historical Example | |
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| Nonrenewable Energy Sources | |
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| Renewable Energy Sources | |
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| Hydrogen | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Basic Principles | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Heat | |
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| Sensible Heat | |
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| Latent Heat | |
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| Evaporative Cooling | |
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| Convection | |
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| Transport | |
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| Energy-Transfer Mediums | |
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| Radiation | |
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| Greenhouse Effect | |
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| Equilibrium Temperature of a Surface | |
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| Mean Radiant Temperature | |
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| Heat Flow | |
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| Heat Sink | |
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| Heat Capacity | |
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| Thermal Resistance | |
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| Heat-Flow Coefficient | |
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| Time Lag | |
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| Insulating Effect of Mass | |
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| Energy Conversion | |
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| Combined Heat and Power | |
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| Fuel Cells | |
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| Embodied Energy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Thermal Comfort | |
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| Biological Machine | |
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| Thermal Barriers | |
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| Metabolic Rate | |
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| Thermal Conditions of the Environment | |
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| The Psychometric chart | |
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| Dew Point and Wet-Bulb Temperatures | |
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| Heat Content of Air | |
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| Thermal Comfort | |
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| Shifting of the Comfort Zone | |
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| Clothing and Comfort | |
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| Strategies | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Climate | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Climate | |
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| Microclimate | |
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| Climatic Anomalies | |
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| Climate Regions of the United States | |
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| Explanations of the Climatic Data Tables | |
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| Additional Climate Information | |
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| Climate Information for Other Countries.Climate Data Tables | |
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| Design Strategies | |
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| Solar Geometry | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Sun | |
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| Elliptical Orbit | |
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| Tilt of the Earth�� s Axis | |
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| Consequences of the Altitude Angle | |
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| Winter | |
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| The Sun Revolves Around the Earth!6.8 Sky Dome | |
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| Determining Altitude and Azimuth Angles | |
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| Solar Time | |
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| Horizontal Sun-Path Diagrams | |
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| Vertical Sun-Path Diagrams | |
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| Sun-Path Models | |
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| Solar Site-Evaluation Tools | |
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| Heliodons | |
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| Sundials for Model Testing | |
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| Conceptually Clear Heliodons | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Passive Solar | |
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| History | |
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| Solar in America | |