{"product_id":"building-exoskeleton-cooling-skin-charles-nehme-9798242644748","title":"Building Exoskeleton Cooling Skin: A Smart Façade That Absorbs Internal Heat and Rejects It Externally - Inspired by Reptile Thermoregulation","description":"\u003cp\u003eModern buildings still rely on a cooling principle invented more than a century ago: compress, condense, expand, repeat. While controls have become smarter and equipment more efficient, the core idea has barely changed. Compressors remain energy-hungry, maintenance-intensive, and environmentally burdensome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book begins with a simple but radical question: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if buildings could cool themselves through their skin-without compressors, refrigerants, or traditional HVAC machinery?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by reptile thermoregulation, \u003ci\u003eBuilding Exoskeleton Cooling Skin\u003c\/i\u003e explores a \u003cb\u003etheoretical outer façade system\u003c\/b\u003e that absorbs heat from the building interior, transports it through a smart exoskeleton layer, and releases it to the external environment. The building envelope becomes an active thermal organ rather than a passive separator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis concept has \u003cb\u003enever been built\u003c\/b\u003e. That is intentional-and important. The goal of this book is not to sell a product or describe a finished technology, but to \u003cb\u003epush the boundaries of HVAC, façade engineering, and building physics\u003c\/b\u003e. It challenges conventional roles: HVAC systems confined to plant rooms, façades reduced to shading and insulation, and cooling limited to mechanical cycles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is written at the intersection of \u003cb\u003eengineering realism and future possibility\u003c\/b\u003e. Every idea is grounded in thermodynamics, materials science, and building services logic-yet deliberately extends beyond today's construction norms. It is meant to provoke discussion, research, disagreement, and innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf buildings are ever to become truly low-energy, resilient, and climate-responsive, they must begin to behave less like machines-and more like living systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Nehme\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798242644748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Charles Nehme","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49083942633727,"sku":"9798242644748","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/building-exoskeleton-cooling-skin-charles-nehme-9798242644748","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}