An important aspect of thermally active surfaces is that they are low tech yet high performance and are thus equally applicable in the developed and developing worlds as such thermally active surfaces are central to multiple aspects of sustainability it is designed to explain this technique to architects engineers contractors and clients it consists of a few sections that include past current and future practices. Thermally active surfaces in architecture amazonde moe kiel fremdsprachige bucher wahlen sie ihre cookie einstellungen wir verwenden cookies und ahnliche tools um ihr einkaufserlebnis zu verbessern um unsere dienste anzubieten um zu verstehen wie die kunden unsere dienste nutzen damit wir verbesserungen vornehmen konnen und um werbung anzuzeigen. Departing from the simple question why do we heat and cool buildings with air this book focuses on the technique of thermally active surfaces this technique uses water in building surfaces to. In the architecture professions ongoing quest for sustainability it is often the most fundamental practices that require rethinking thermally active surfaces in architecture the groundbreaking new study by 2009 rome prize winning architect kiel moe argues that water with its higher density is far better at capturing and channeling energy than air