First Principles of Performance Engineering Architecture

Why do some buildings perform well while others struggle despite compliance with codes and accepted practice?First Principles of Performance Engineering Architecture argues that successful buildings emerge when design is grounded in reality, informed by science, validated through engineering, and coordinated through an integrated understanding of building systems.Lawrence H. Bowen IV introduces Performance Engineering Architecture (PEA), a framework that views buildings as integrated physical, environmental, and human systems. Within this approach, performance becomes the organizing principle through which design decisions are evaluated, refined, and realized.For architects, engineers, building designers, students, researchers, and owners, this book offers a rigorous framework for understanding why buildings perform as they do-and how better performance can be achieved from first principles.