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This edited collection gathers contributions from a diverse range of renowned scholars and professionals to uncover the unique relationship between passive architectural systems and activism. Focusing on the pioneering work of the influential American chemist and inventor, Harold R. Hay (1909-2009), and the environmental awareness events that took hold in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s, the book assembles essays which closely examine Hay's contribution to architecture and the work of those who directly and tangentially were affected by it. The book also offers insights into the role of passive energy design today. Appealing to researchers, architects and students interested in architecture and design technology, Activism in Architecture explores the role of passive environmental inventions as an active agent in shaping socio-political debates.

Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Heating, climatisation, ventilation and air conditioning --- Architecture --- passive solar heating --- energy conservation --- United States --- Architecture and society --- Architecture and energy conservation --- Solar energy --- Environmentalism --- Passive systems --- Hay, H. R. --- Influence. --- United States of America

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This book describes exemplary selected projects carried out in the Trentino-Alto Adige region (Italy) exploring numerous building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) systems (i.e. modules, construction system, energy systems). It presents 18 case studies analyzing three aspects of PV integration: aesthetic, energy and technology, with information on decision-making, design process and lessons learnt given for each, along with several pictures, including of general system and architectural details. Based on interviews with architects and engineers, experts from façade/glass manufacturers, energy consultants, BIPV experts, PV installers, electricians, private and public building owners and real estate companies, the book provides a source of inspiration and technical knowledge for architects and engineers towards an increased use of PV in architecture.

Building-integrated photovoltaic systems. --- Solar buildings --- Design and construction. --- Engineering. --- Building construction. --- Sustainable development. --- Building Construction and Design. --- Sustainable Development. --- Energy Efficiency. --- Building Physics, HVAC. --- Solar-heated buildings --- Sun-heated buildings --- Buildings --- Solar heating --- BIPVs (Building-integrated photovoltaic systems) --- Photovoltaics integrated into buildings --- Photovoltaic power systems --- Electric equipment --- Power supply --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Environmental aspects --- Buildings—Design and construction. --- Building. --- Construction. --- Engineering, Architectural. --- Energy efficiency. --- Consumption of energy --- Energy efficiency --- Fuel consumption --- Fuel efficiency --- Power resources --- Energy conservation --- Architectural engineering --- Construction --- Construction science --- Engineering, Architectural --- Structural design --- Structural engineering --- Architecture --- Construction industry --- Design and construction