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Architecture in a climate of change : a guide to sustainable design /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London, England : Architectural Press an imprint of Routledge, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2008Edition: Second edition; Reprinted editionDescription: xv, 278 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0750665440
  • 9780750665445
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.47 SMA 23
Contents:
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Second edition 2005, reprinted 2008.

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Climate change-nature or human nature? -- Predictions -- Renewable technologies-the marine environment
Renewable technologies-the wider spectrum -- Low energy techniques for housing -- Insulation -- Domestic energy -- Advanced and ultra-low energy houses --Harvesting wind and water -- Existing housing: a challenge and opportunity -- Low energy techniques for non-domestic buildings -- Ventilation -- Energy options -- Lighting-designing for daylight -- Lighting-and human failings -- Cautionary notes -- Life-cycle assessment and recycling -- State of the art case studies -- Integrated district environmental design -- An American perspective -- Emergent technologies and future prospects -- Appendix 1: Key indicators for sustainable design -- Appendix 2: An outline sustainability syllabus for designers -- Index.

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