段忠诚著的《中国传统天井民居与建筑节能(英文版)》探讨的是中国传统天井民居在建筑节能上的具体表现及其成因和应用。第一章节重点介绍了进行该项研究的具体方法及要解决的问题。第二章介绍了中国七大类传统民居针对不同气候地理特征的被动式建筑设计，并指出传统天井民居的特殊性。第三章针对的是传统天井民居所处的村落，对其与当地气候及周围环境的关系进行了研究。接下来的几章则对天井民居在光环境、热环境及热舒适度方面进行了定量的研究，并从村落规划、单体设计、材料构造等方面详细论述了天井民居的被动式降温技术。

PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NOMENCLATURE
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Objectives
1.2 Research questions
1.3 Methodology
1.3.1 Qualitative analysis
1.3.2 Quantitative analysis
1.4 Outline of the book
2 CHINESE TRADITIONAL DWELLINGS
2.1 Classification of Chinese folk dwellings
2.2 Published work on Chinese vernacular dwellings
2.3 Research on the environmental performance of vernacular dwellings
3 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF THE THREE VILLAGES
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Background of the three villages studied
3.2.1 Xidi village
3.2.2 Zhifeng viUage
3.2.3 Yuyuan village
3.2.4 Summary
3.3 Dwellings in three villages studied
3.4 Site microclimatic study
3.4.1 Climate summary
3.4.2 Environmental responses of the three villages
3.5 Conclusion
4 OBSERVATION OF EIGHT DWELLINGS
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Description of eight dwellings
4.2.1 Xidi village dwellings
4.2.2 Zhifeng village dwellings
4.2.3 Yuyuan village dwellings
4.3 Summary
5 DAYLIGHTING PERFORMANCE
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Method of measuring iUuminance and surface reflectance
5.2.1 Daylighting level
5.2.2 Surface reflectance
5.3 Daylighting performance of dwellings in Xidi village
5.4 Daylighting performance of dwellings in Zhifeng village
5.5 Daylighting performance ofdweUings in Yuyuan village
5.6 Discussion
5.6.1 DF contours
5.6.2 DF values and iUuminance values
5.6.3 Adaptive measures to secure better daylighting
5.7 Conculsion
6 THERMAL PERFORMANCE
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Method
6.2.1 Air temperature and relative humidity 6.2.2 Air velocity
6.2.3 Surface temperatures of dwellings
6.2.4 Direct solar radiation into the skyweU void
6.2.5 Effect of mutual shading
6.3 Results and discussion
6.4 Effect of radiation
6.4.1 Solar radiation
6.4.2 External surface radiation
6.4.3 Radiation from internal surfaces ofskyweUs
6.4.4 Summary
6.5 Effect of conduction
6.5.1 Thermal conductance of walls of Chinese vernacular dwellings
6.5.2 Thermal mass
6.6 Effect of convection
6.6.1 Ventilation
6.6.2 Surface heat transfer
6.7 Effect of evaporation
6.7.1 Results
6.7.2 Discussion
6.7.3 Summary
6.8 Effect of internal heat gain
6.9 Conclusion
7 CONCLUSIONS
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Summary of the literature review
7.3 Summary of the methodology
7.4 Summary of the outcomes
7.4.1 Environmental context of the Chinese vernacular dwellings
7.4.2 Void to floor relationships
7.4.3 Local characteristics of dwellings in the three villages studied and inter-village differences
7.4.4 Quantitative analysis of daylighting performance of Chinese vernacular dwellings
7.4.5 Quantitative analysis of thermal performance of Chinese vernacular dwellings
7.4.6 Environmental benefits conferred by skywell
7.5 Suggestions regarding the conservation of Chinese vernacular dwellings
7.6 Suggestions regarding the improvement of Chinese vernacular dwellings
7.7 Relevance of the skyweU design to present-day Chinese architectural design
7.8 Limitations and future work
REFERENCES
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C