1. Environmental impacts -- 2. Environmental indicators -- 3. Methodologies and professional tools -- 4. Building eco-techniques -- 5. Applications and constructions.
A growing number of urban inhabitants are aware of pressing environmental concerns. This book provides information about relevant environmental quality criteria in urban construction settings, before methods are proposed for assessing these criteria.
Sue Roaf reassesses the fundamentals of sustainable design and provides case studies to support the argument that challenges orthodox architectural design.
From the bestselling author of Ecohouse, this fully revised edition of Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change provides unique insights into how we can protect our buildings, cities, infra-structures and lifestyles against risks associated with extreme weather and relat…
Sue Roaf reassesses the fundamentals of sustainable design and provides case studies to support the argument that challenges orthodox architectural design.
This book provides insights into how we can protect our buildings, cities, infra-structures and lifestyles against risks associated with extreme weather and related social, economic and energy events. There are three new chapters present evidence of escalating rates of environme…
Sue Roaf reassesses the fundamentals of sustainable design and provides case studies to support the argument that challenges orthodox architectural design.
"Sue Roaf reassesses the fundamentals of sustainable design and provides case studies to support the argument that challenges orthodox architectural design. The book is based on the premise that climate change is going to happen and its impacts on our lives are going to be far w…