Sustainability & Green Design

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940291642Author Rania GhosnFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Actar PublishersPublisher Actar PublishersWeight(grams) 510g

This collection of ten case studies addresses the unique challenges surrounding the improvement of energy consumption and thermal comfort in modern buildings built between 1931 and 1969 and offers valuable lessons for other structures facing similar...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948765671Author Pedro GadanhoFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Actar PublishersPublisher Actar Publishers

With a bias for action, this book offers valuable insights into the origins of the much-celebrated Danish design tradition and how it can be employed to create design solutions to address today's environmental crisis using the planetary boundaries as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781442145368Author Emily ReynoldsFormat PaperbackImprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Design considers the design, not only of artifacts, but of structures, systems, and interactions that bear our decisions and identities in the context of sustaining our shared planet. In addressing issues of design...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781601383730Author Robert McConkeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Atlantic Publishing CoPublisher Atlantic Publishing CoWeight(grams) 348g

The Green Studio Handbook remains an essential resource for design studios and professional practice. This extensive and user-friendly tool presents practical guidelines for the application of green strategies during the schematic design of buildings...

Blue Dunes chronicles the design of artificial barrier islands developed to protect the Mid-Atlantic region of North America in the face of climate change. It narrates the complex, and sometimes contradictory, research agenda of an unlikely team of...

Despite population trends toward urbanization, the forest continues to have a strong appeal to the human imagination, and the human preference for forest over many other types of terrain is well documented. This book re-imagines architecture and urbanism...

Architecture 2030; BUG; Biophilic Design; BIPV; Circular Economy; LEED; Passive Design; Solar Chimney; Systems Thinking; WELL; Xeriscaping.What does it all mean?The complex and evolving language used in the sustainable design community can be very...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462085466Author A. Beukers, E. Van HinteFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint NAI PublishersPublisher Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788245020557Author Anne Grete HestnesFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint FagbokforlagetPublisher FagbokforlagetWeight(grams) 838g

The term ephemeral is faithfully illustrative of our times. However, constructions with a limited lifespan have been a constant in the history of architecture. Research of materials and, above all, the evolution of design; have made this discipline an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781638409717Author Leire Asensio VilloriaFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Actar PublishersPublisher Actar Publishers

Based on careful analysis and experience in all housing sectors and house types, this handbook explains and demonstrates how to incorporate the most effective energy saving measures in the existing housing stock. It begins by setting out the basic aims...

Prefabricated straw bale wall panels combine the performance and low environmental impact of traditional straw bale with reduced labor and more consistent results. These structural insulated panels (SIPs) are built offsite and transported to the job...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781520528946Author Tadhg O'FlahertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...

Plants and architecture: two seemingly opposite elements. How can we combine them to plan future cities that are closer to nature? What synergies can we explore? Hortitecture seeks to discover the creative and construction potentials of vital plant...

Buildings can breathe naturally, without the use of mechanical systems, if you design the spaces properly. This accessible and thorough guide shows you how in more than 260 color diagrams and photographs illustrating case studies and CFD simulations. You...

How can we adequately provide housing when disaster strikes, whether that disaster is weather related, like hurricanes, floods, and droughts, happens in a matter of minutes from an earthquake or tsunami, through a slow process like rising sea levels, or...

This publication impressively summarises the underlying research on the theme of energy by the Chair of Gion A. Caminada. Structured into 12 sections, it investigates the fundamentals of shaping space: form, geometry, material and construction - based on...

Good Energy delivers a declaration that renewable energy can be beautiful, affordable, and easy to implement. Jared Green highlights 35 case studies from around the world, featuring a wide array of designs and building types that achieve good...

Sprawl Repair Manual demonstrates a step-by-step design process for the re-balancing and re-urbanization of suburbia into more sustainable, economical, energy- and resource-efficient patterns. As Galina Tachieva asserts in this exceptionally useful book,...

Sustainable Design for the Built Environment marks the transition of sustainable design from a specialty service to the mainstream approach for creating a healthy and resilient built environment. This groundbreaking and transformative approach introduces...

If you want an inexpensive, environmentally sound source of energy for your home, you need look no further than the sun. Solar heat is not subject to rate increases, is totally renewable, pollution free and requires little or no technology. It is here...

A valuable source of information, insight, and fresh ideas about a crucial aspect of the growing sustainable design movement Mounting resource shortages worldwide coupled with skyrocketing extraction costs for new materials have made the prospect of...

This book is conceptualized as being of interest to researchers in the field of sustainable transport, and also those who are working in the field. In the first case it will provide a reference on the state of the art of sustainable transport, and will...

Architecture and construction are at a turning point. They account for more than 40% of global CO2 emissions. Rising temperatures can only be reduced if there is a radical change in the field of construction throughout the world. However, how should we...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798391191704Author Atelier DigitalFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 186g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462086203Author Shyam KhandekarFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Nai010 PublishersPublisher Nai010 PublishersWeight(grams) 197g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994618009Author A Togay KoralturkFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Ldct PubPublisher Ldct PubWeight(grams) 1030gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 19mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496012975Author Jobe David LeonardFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781790324781Author Daniel DonatelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 38Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544235882Author J Paul GuyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781717300096Author Mr Daniel Thomas DonatelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 38Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781484085547Author Lynn DeanFormat PaperbackPage Count 38Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

In this book, leading architects and landscape architects provide their perspectives on the design of dense and green building types in high-density urban contexts that can support higher population densities, higher standards of environmental...

The promises, dreams and hopes of architects for future cities are now inextricably linked to climate change. Architects, Sustainability and the Climate Emergency: A Political Ecology chronicles how architects have shaped their ideas of the city—and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781503067073Author Alfred TwuFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...