This inspirational yet practical book explores all areas of domestic living, from materialism to sustainability, craftsmanship to comfort. Kevin McCloud offers up his principles of home life, each one addressing very real and solvable domestic issues.
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"Features the latest innovations in environmentally friendly home design. From heating and cooling solutions to wind energy systems, solar paneling, thermal glazing, and even Trombe walls, the ideas featured inside are complemented by photographs and architectural plans of gorge…
"Features the latest innovations in environmentally friendly home design. From heating and cooling solutions to wind energy systems, solar paneling, thermal glazing, and even Trombe walls, the ideas featured inside are complemented by photographs and architectural plans of gorge…
"Features the latest innovations in environmentally friendly home design. From heating and cooling solutions to wind energy systems, solar paneling, thermal glazing, and even Trombe walls, the ideas featured inside are complemented by photographs and architectural plans of gorge…
Highlighting the latest innovations in sustainable housing, this book focuses on houses that have incorporated new methods of construction, layout, and design to create environmentally friendly homes.
"Features the latest innovations in environmentally friendly home design. From heating and cooling solutions to wind energy systems, solar paneling, thermal glazing, and even Trombe walls, the ideas featured inside are complemented by photographs and architectural plans of gorge…
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.
"Through 12 case studies from Australia, Bangladesh, Haiti, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and the USA, this book focuses on the housing reconstruction process after an earthquake, tsunami, cyclone, flood or fire. Design of post-disaster housing is not simply replacing the destroyed house b…
