PDF Free Download | The Whole Building Handbook How to Design Healthy, Efficient, and Sustainable Buildings by Varis Bokalders and Maria Block

Contents of Whole Building Handbook

• Healthy Buildings
• Materials and Construction Methods
• Selection of materials
• Criteria for selection of materials
• Knowledge of materials
• Assessment of materials
• Choosing a construction method
• Services
• Interior climate
• Ventilation
• Electrical services
• Plumbing
• Heating systems
• Construction
• Build correctly from the start
• Damp
• Radon
• Sound and noise
• Ease of cleaning
• Implementation
• Environmental management
• Planning and procurement
• Economics
• The construction site
• Recycling construction materials
• Conservation
• Heating and Cooling
• Heating efficiency
• Insulation
• Windows
• Heat recovery
• Architecture
• Efficient Use of Electricity
• Use of electricity
• Appliances
• Lighting
• Electrical devices
• Getting things done without electricity
• Clean Water
• Water use
• Water-saving technology
• Hot water
• Water supply
• Water purification
• Waste
• Waste from human activity
• Waste sorting
• Composting
• Recycling
• Ecological design
• Ecocycles
• Renewable Heat
• Biomass, solar energy and accumulation tanks
• Bioenergy
• Solar heating
• Heat pumps
• Cooling buildings
• Renewable Electricity
• Production of electricity in a sustainable society
• Combined heat and power with biomass
• Hydropower
• Wind and wave power
• Solar cells
• Sewage
• Sewage in ecological cycles
• Sewage separation at the source
• Technological methods of purification
• Natural methods of purification
• Nutrient recycling
• Vegetation and Cultivation
• Permaculture
• Vegetation structures
• Vegetation on and in buildings
• Gardens
• Ecological agriculture and forestry
• Place
• Adaptation to Natural Surroundings
• Local conditions
• Geology and topography
• Hydrology
• Flora and fauna
• Adaptation to climate
• The Social Fabric
• The sustainable municipality
• Traffic
• The holistic town
• Town–country
• Cultural values
• Existing Buildings
• The use phase
• Operation and management
• Energy conservation
• Decontamination
• Rebuilding
• People
• People’s needs
• Comfort
• Room for everyone
• Participation
• Beauty
• Bibliography