📘 Book Information
Title: Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Strategies Toward Net Zero Architecture (5th Edition)Author: Norbert Lechner, Patricia AndrasikPublisher: John Wiley & SonsPublisher Address: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Publication Year: 2021Format: HardcoverPages: 832ISBN: 9781119585749
📖 About this Book
Heating, Cooling, Lighting is one of the most influential and widely used textbooks in architectural environmental systems, serving both students and professionals for over 25 years.
This fifth edition has been fully updated to reflect net-zero architecture and sustainable design strategies, equipping architects with the tools needed to design energy-efficient buildings from the earliest schematic stages.
The book bridges passive design strategies (solar orientation, natural ventilation, daylighting) with active building systems (HVAC, mechanical systems), offering an integrated approach to environmental control.
New content includes:
Retrofitting existing buildings for energy efficiency
Integrated design methodologies combining passive and active systems
Performance-based design tools for evaluating sustainability and net-zero potential
Rather than treating building systems as purely technical components, this book positions them as essential design drivers, empowering architects to create buildings that are both environmentally responsible and human-centered.
📑 Table of Contents
Foreword to the Fifth Edition – Edward MazriaForeword to the First Edition – James Marston FitchPrefaceAcknowledgements
(Full chapter structure includes environmental design strategies, climate analysis, passive systems, active systems, lighting, energy performance, and net-zero design integration.)
📝 Editorial Reviews
For over two decades, Heating, Cooling, Lighting has been regarded as the standard reference for environmental control systems in architecture.
This fifth edition reflects a major shift toward net-zero and performance-based design, aligning with current industry standards, energy codes, and sustainability rating systems.
The book is especially valued for:
Translating complex engineering concepts into architectural design language
Integrating sustainability into early design decisions
Providing practical tools for real-world application
It remains a core text in architecture schools and a trusted guide for professionals working toward high-performance building design.
🎓 Course Relevance
This book is a primary textbook for:
ARCH321: Environmental Control Systems I
ARCH331: Environmental Control Systems II
Why it matters:
Covers both foundational principles (ARCH321) and advanced system integration (ARCH331)
Introduces passive design first, aligning with strong architectural thinking
Bridges design + engineering, essential for NAAB-aligned programs
Supports net-zero and sustainability goals, critical for future practice
Students will gain the ability to:
Design climate-responsive buildings
Understand HVAC and environmental systems
Integrate sustainability into architectural form and space
✨ Hesed Note
At Hesed University, we believe that environmental design is an act of stewardship—caring for creation through wisdom, responsibility, and humility.
Heating, Cooling, Lighting equips students not only with technical knowledge, but with a vision for designing buildings that respect natural systems, conserve energy, and serve human life with dignity.
As future Christian architects, students are called to create spaces that are not only efficient, but also life-giving—reflecting harmony between people, place, and God’s creation.
✨ Your purchase provides one week of course materials for a Hesed student.📖 Handpicked by Hesed University faculty as essential reading for our programs.🕊️ All proceeds directly support the mission and growth of Hesed University.
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