Sustainable built environments / Vivian Loftness and Dagmar Haase (eds.).
Loftness, Vivian.; Haase, Dagmar.
2013
NA2542.36
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Sustainable built environments / Vivian Loftness and Dagmar Haase (eds.).
ISBN
9781461458289 (electronic bk.)
1461458285 (electronic bk.)
9781461458272
1461458277
1461458412
9781461458418
1461458412
9781461458418
9781071606841 (electronic bk.)
1071606840 (electronic bk.)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5828-9
Publication Details
New York : Springer, 2013.
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English
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10.1007/978-1-4614-5828-9 doi
9781461458418
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NA2542.36
Dewey Decimal Classification
720/.47
Summary
Sustainable design is a collective process whereby the built environment achieves unprecedented levels of ecological balance through new and retrofit construction, with the goal of long-term viability and humanization of architecture. Focusing on the environmental context, sustainable design merges the natural, minimum resource conditioning solutions of the past (daylight, solar heat, and natural ventilation) with the innovative technologies of the present. The desired result is an integrated 2intelligent3 system that supports individual control with expert negotiation for resource consciousness. International experts in the field address the fundamental questions of sustainable design and landscape management: How should the sustainability of landscapes and buildings be evaluated? Which targets have to be set and which thresholds should not be exceeded? What forms of planning and governance structures exist and to what extent do they further the goals of sustainability? Gathering 30 peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Sustainable Built Environments provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary coverage of these issues and other aspects of sustainable building and landscape design.
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Loftness, Vivian.
Haase, Dagmar.
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Part I: Sustainable Built Environment
Bioclimatic Design
Biofuels and Sustainable Buildings
Daylight, Indoor Illumination, and Human Behavior
Daylighting Controls, Performance and Global Impacts
Facades and Enclosures, Building for Sustainability
Geothermal Conditioning: Critical Sources for Sustainability
Indoor Environmental Quality and Health Improvement, Evidence-Based Design for
Natural Ventilation in Built Environment
Passive House (Passivhaus)
Passive Solar Heating in Built Environment
Rating Systems for Sustainability
Regenerative Development and Design
Resource Repletion, Role of Buildings
Sustainability Performance Simulation Tools for Building Design
Sustainable and Healthy Built Environment
Sustainable Built Environment, Introduction
Sustainable Design and Construction, Integrated Delivery Processes and Building Information Modeling
Sustainable Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
Part II: Sustainable Landscape Design and Green Roof Science and Technology
Biodiversity in Cities, Reconnecting Humans with Nature
Green Infrastructure and Climate Change
Green Roof Infrastructures in Urban Areas
Green Roof Planning in Urban Areas
Green Roofs, Ecological Functions
Landscape Planning for Minimizing Land Consumption
Landscape Planning for Sustainable Water Usage
Landscape Planning/Design of Shrinking Landscapes
Sustainable Landscape Design, Urban Forestry, and Green Roof Science and Technology, Introduction
Sustainable Landscapes
Urban Forest Function, Design and Management
Urban Redevelopment and Quality of Open Spaces.

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