Both professionals and students are increasingly committed to achieving high-performance metrics in the design, construction and operation of residential buildings. This book responds to this demand by offering a comprehensive guide which features:

• architectural innovations in building skin technologies which make lighter more transparent buildings high performing;
• energy-free architectural design principles and advances in building-integrated photovoltaics;
• essential engineering principles, controls and approaches to simulation for achieving net zero;
• the advantages of integrated design in residential construction and the challenges and opportunities it engenders;
• detailed case studies of innovative homes which have incorporated low-energy design solutions, new materials, alternative building assemblies, digital fabrication, integrated engineering systems and operational controls.