en•er•gy [LL energia, fr. Gk energeia, activity, operation, fr. energos active, effective fr. en in + ergon work – more at IN, WORK] 1 of language or style: imaginative or affective force : VITALITY 2 : the capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect : inherent power 3 : power efficiently and forcefully exerted : vigorous or effectual operation : VIGOROUSNESS 4 a : the realized state of potentialities as opposed to their unrealized state – compare ENTELECHY b (1) : ACTIVITY; esp : psychical activity (2) : the product of activity : EFFECT 5 : an entity rated as the most fundamental of all physical concepts and usu. regarded as the equivalent of or the capacity for doing work either being associated with material bodies (as a coiled spring or speeding train) or having an existence independent of matter (as light or X rays traversing a vacuum), E=MC2 - see CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, KINETIC ENERGY, POTENTIAL ENERGY 6 : MUZZLE ENERGY syn see POWER

Webster’s Third New International Dictionary

For general literature on concrete see 'info/technical info'


Bennett, David, Sustainable Concrete Architecture, RIBA Publishing, 2010, ISBN 9781859463529

Moe, Kiel, Thermally Active Surfaces in Architecture, Princeton Architectural Press, 2011, ISBN 9781568988801
especially:
pp. 132-145, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Peter Zumthor
pp. 146-155, Zollverein School of Management and Design, SANAA
pp. 156-169, Südwestmetall Regional Headquarters, Dominik Dreiner Architekt
pp. 170-177, Linked Hybrid, Steven Holl Architects

Wapperom, Henk (ed.), Thermisch Actieve Gebouwen, Aeneas, 2011, ISBN 9789461040190