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Performance-Based Building Design

Hens, Hugo

Performance-Based Building Design

From Below Grade to Floors, Walls, Roofs, Windows and Finishes

2., improved Edition - March 2024
  • XXVIII, 564 pages
  • 134 figures
  • 155 tables
  • Softcover
  • English
ISBN: 978-3-433-03439-2
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Table of contents

0 Introduction

1 What Means Performance Requirements Based?

In General

Definitions

Advantages

Designing Buildings and Building Parts Performance-Based

Impact

2 Materials for a Correct Hygrothermal Performance

In General

Materials for Thermal Insulation

Heat Storage Materials

Waterproof Layers

Vapour Barriers and Vapour Retarders

Air Barriers and Air Retarders

Joint Sealants

3 Clearing the Building Site, Excavations, Foundations

In General

Clearing

Foundations

4 Parts and Spaces Below and on Grade

In General

Performance Checks

Design and Construction

5 Load-Bearing Structures

In General

Options

Design Hints

6 Floors

In General

Assemblies

Performance Checks

Design and Construction

7 Outer Walls and Roofs: Performance Checks

In General

Outer Walls

Roofs

8 Massive Outer Walls

Heavy-Weight Masonry

Light-Weight Masonry

9 Massive Outer Walls Insulated Either In- or Outside

Why?

Inside Insulation

Outside Insulation

10 Cavity walls

Some History

Performance Checks

Design and Execution

11 Concrete Panel and Sheet-metal Outer Walls

In General

Concrete Panels

Sheet-Metal Options

12 Outer Walls with Transparent Insulation

In General

Assemblies

Performance Checks

Application?

13 Low-Slope Roofs

Some History

Low-Slope Roof Coverings

Compact Low-Slope Roofs

Protected Membrane Roofs

14 Pitched Roofs

In General

Pitched Roof Coverings

Typology

Assemblies

Performance Checks

Design and Construction

15 Sheet-metal Covered Roofs

In General

Sheet-Metal Coverings

Sheet-Metal Roof Typology

Performance Checks

Design and Construction

16 Inside Walls, Balconies, Shafts, and Staircases

In General

Inside Party Walls

Inside Partition Walls

Balconies

Shafts

Stairs

17 Windows, Outer Doors, and Glass Facades

In General

Glazing

Windowns and Outer Doors

Glass Facades

18 Timber-framed Construction

Some History

Construction, Assemblies

Performance Checks

Design and Construction

19 Interior Finishes

In General

Building Services

On Walls

On floors

Of Ceilings

Carpentry

20 Risk Analysis

Of Help?

Definitions

How to Perform

Cavity Walls as Example