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Architecture in a climate of change : a guide to sustainable design / Peter F. Smith.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; Boston : Elsevier/Architectural Press, 2005Edition: Second editionDescription: xv, 278 pages : illustrations, plans ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0750665440
  • 9780750665445
Other title:
  • Guide to sustainable design
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.47 22
LOC classification:
  • NA2542.3 .S62 2005
Contents:
1. Climate change - nature or human nature? -- 2. Predictions -- 3. Renewable technologies - the marine environment -- 4. Renewable technologies - the wider spectrum -- 5. Low energy techniques for housing -- 6. Insulation -- 7. Domestic energy -- 8. Advanced and ultra-low energy houses -- 9. Harvesting wind and water -- 10. Existing housing : a challenge and opportunity -- 11. Low energy techniques for non-domestic buildings -- 12. Ventilation -- 13. Energy options -- 14. Lighting - designing for daylight -- 15. Lighting - and human failings -- 16. Cautionary notes -- 17. Life-cycle assessment and recycling -- 18. State of the art case studies -- 19. Integrated district environmental design -- 20. An American perspective -- 21. Emergent technologies and future prospects -- App. 1. Key indicators for sustainable design -- App. 2. An outline sustainability syllabus for designers.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 720.47 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A370216B

Includes index.

Previous ed.: 2001.

1. Climate change - nature or human nature? -- 2. Predictions -- 3. Renewable technologies - the marine environment -- 4. Renewable technologies - the wider spectrum -- 5. Low energy techniques for housing -- 6. Insulation -- 7. Domestic energy -- 8. Advanced and ultra-low energy houses -- 9. Harvesting wind and water -- 10. Existing housing : a challenge and opportunity -- 11. Low energy techniques for non-domestic buildings -- 12. Ventilation -- 13. Energy options -- 14. Lighting - designing for daylight -- 15. Lighting - and human failings -- 16. Cautionary notes -- 17. Life-cycle assessment and recycling -- 18. State of the art case studies -- 19. Integrated district environmental design -- 20. An American perspective -- 21. Emergent technologies and future prospects -- App. 1. Key indicators for sustainable design -- App. 2. An outline sustainability syllabus for designers.

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