Builder's Guide: Hot-humid Climates : a Systems Approach to Designing and Building Homes that are Safe, Healthy, Durable, Comfortable, Energy...
- ISBN-10
- 0975512730
- ISBN-13
- 9780975512739
- Category
- Architecture and climate
- Pages
- 540
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-01-01
- Author
- Joseph W. Lstiburek
Description
"The Builder's Guide provides the building industry with the latest and best practical information on how to apply building science principles to structures as systems in hot-humid climate regions." --Publisher's website.
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