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Sustainable design : a critical guide / David Bergman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Architecture briefsPublisher: New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2012]Edition: 1st edDescription: 144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781568989419
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NK1520 .B48 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Ecodesign: what and why -- Site issues -- Water Efficiency -- Energy efficiency: passive techniques -- Energy efficiency: active techniques -- Indoor environmental quality -- Materials -- Labels and ratings: measuring ecodesign -- The future of sustainable design.
Summary: "Written for students and professionals alike, this book presents a concise and well-illustrated overview of the most important techniques available for reducing energy footprints along with the professional context for their use. In addition to tackling the discipline's ethical responsibilities, each chapter takes on specific considerations such as rainwater harvesting, gray-water recycling, passive heating techniques, green roofs, wind energy, daylighting, indoor air quality, material evaluation, and green building certification programs. Founded in the three Rs of environmentalism: reduce, reuse, and recycle, Sustainable Design encompasses a critical fourth: rethink"-- Provided by publisher.
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Reference Reference Institute of Architecture IIIrd Floor Book Shelves 42 620.9 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan SA175

Includes bibliographical references.

Ecodesign: what and why -- Site issues -- Water Efficiency -- Energy efficiency: passive techniques -- Energy efficiency: active techniques -- Indoor environmental quality -- Materials -- Labels and ratings: measuring ecodesign -- The future of sustainable design.

"Written for students and professionals alike, this book presents a concise and well-illustrated overview of the most important techniques available for reducing energy footprints along with the professional context for their use. In addition to tackling the discipline's ethical responsibilities, each chapter takes on specific considerations such as rainwater harvesting, gray-water recycling, passive heating techniques, green roofs, wind energy, daylighting, indoor air quality, material evaluation, and green building certification programs. Founded in the three Rs of environmentalism: reduce, reuse, and recycle, Sustainable Design encompasses a critical fourth: rethink"-- Provided by publisher.

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