A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
This chapter discusses the concept of building hydrology, by focusing on how buildings are supplied by, capture, and dispose of water. A number of factors such as site design for water, runoff, rainwater harvesting, climate data, and cistern sizing need to be considered for enabling better water management. Sustainable design should strive to maximize the resources at hand, establishing a closed loop as much as possible. This holds true for water as well, and to a greater degree the more arid the site. For architects, rainwater harvesting is not only an opportunity to design more sustainably, but also celebrating water capture with expressive roofs and cisterns can be an exciting and satisfying formal design exercise. Numerous excellent and authoritative resources discuss rainwater systems; rather than repeat such material, the chapter focuses on calculating system sizing in building information models (BIM).
This chapter discusses the concept of building hydrology, by focusing on how buildings are supplied by, capture, and dispose of water. A number of factors such as site design for water, runoff, rainwater harvesting, climate data, and cistern sizing need to be considered for enabling better water management. Sustainable design should strive to maximize the resources at hand, establishing a closed loop as much as possible. This holds true for water as well, and to a greater degree the more arid the site. For architects, rainwater harvesting is not only an opportunity to design more sustainably, but also celebrating water capture with expressive roofs and cisterns can be an exciting and satisfying formal design exercise. Numerous excellent and authoritative resources discuss rainwater systems; rather than repeat such material, the chapter focuses on calculating system sizing in building information models (BIM).
Building Hydrology
Lévy, François (author)
BIM in Small‐Scale Sustainable Design ; 205-224
2011-11-18
20 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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