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• Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
• File Size : 36,9 Mb
• Release Date : 12 May 2024

Looks at careers in planning, designing, and building energy-efficient facilities in which to live, work, and play.

• Publisher : Island Press
• File Size : 46,7 Mb
• Release Date : 16 April 2010

The “green building revolution’’ is happening right now. This book is its chronicle and its manifesto. Written by industry insider Jerry Yudelson, The Green Building Revolution introduces readers to the

• Publisher : St. Martin's Press
• File Size : 41,5 Mb
• Release Date : 05 July 2011

Sustainable design is booming, but the men and women dedicated to reducing their carbon impact have lost sight of what they are trying to save: the natural world. Author Neil

• Publisher : Birkhäuser
• File Size : 49,5 Mb
• Release Date : 20 January 2020

In which ways does a "green building" contribute to the ecology of its surroundings? And how can ecologically designed urban districts, with their green and blue networks, link up with

• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• File Size : 43,6 Mb
• Release Date : 03 December 2009

An important consideration for energy-efficient buildings is their primary energy requirements over the entire life cycle. How to determine this? What integrative factors influence the performance of a healthy and

• Publisher : Springer
• File Size : 28,6 Mb
• Release Date : 15 May 2018

This volume analyzes sustainability-related innovations in the building sector and discusses how regional contexts articulate transition trajectories toward green building. It presents ‘biographies’ of drivers and processes of green building

• Publisher : Routledge
• File Size : 52,5 Mb
• Release Date : 25 July 2019

People across the world are becoming more aware of the need for the buildings and cities they live and work in to be sustainable, but the issue of how to

• Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
• File Size : 46,8 Mb
• Release Date : 12 May 2024

Text and illustrations take you through the construction of a small building that incorporates a wide spectrum of alternative techniques and materials.

• Publisher : CRC Press
• File Size : 50,7 Mb
• Release Date : 05 March 2002

Our cities are plagued by problems of congestion, waste, and pollution that deplete natural resources, damage the environment, and reduce the quality of life for their citizens. The irony is,

• Publisher : Birkhäuser
• File Size : 42,7 Mb
• Release Date : 14 December 2015

The integration of nature in architecture is a key concern of sustainability. However, all too often sustainable design is reduced to improving the energetic performance of buildings and the ornamental