Package: Performance Based Building Design 1 and 2 (Paperback)

PERFORMANCE BASED BUILDING DESIGN VOL. 1
PREFACE
PERFORMANCES
Definitions and basic characteristics
Advantages
Performance arrays
Impact on the building process
MATERIALS
Array of material properties
Thermal insulation materials
Liquid water, water vapour and air flow control layers
Joints
EXCAVATION AND BUILDING PIT
Realization
FOUNDATIONS
Performance evaluation
Specific problems
ON AND BELOW GRADE BUILDING COMPONENTS
Performance evaluation
STRUCTURAL OPTIONS
Performance evaluation
Structural system design
FLOORS
Performance evaluation
Design and execution
OUTER WALLS: REQUIREMENTS
Performance evaluation
MASSIVE OUTER WALLS
Traditional masonry walls
Massive light-weight walls
Massive walls with inside insulation
Massive walls with outside insulation
CAVITY WALLS
Performance evaluation
Design and execution
PANELIZED MASSIVE OUTER WALLS
Performance evaluation
Design and execution
REFERENCES

PERFORMANCE BASED BUILDING DESIGN VOL. 2
Preface
1. Timber-framed construction
2. Metallic outer walls
3. Low-sloped and protected membrane roofs
4. Sloped roofs
5. Metallic roofs
6. Glazing and windows
7. Glazed fai¿½ades (curtain, multiple skin, transparent insulation, PV-fai¿½ades)
8. Balconies
9. Staircases and shafts
10. Partition walls and finishes
11. Risk analysis
References