Fundamentals of innovative sustainable homes design and construction / Avi Friedman.
2023
TH880
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Title
Fundamentals of innovative sustainable homes design and construction / Avi Friedman.
Author
Friedman, Avi, 1952-
ISBN
9783031353680 (electronic bk.)
3031353684 (electronic bk.)
3031353676
9783031353673
3031353684 (electronic bk.)
3031353676
9783031353673
Imprint
Cham : Springer, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (406 p.).
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-35368-0 doi
Call Number
TH880
Dewey Decimal Classification
720/.47
Summary
This book offers ideas and practices on contemporary design concepts and illustrates them with plans and photographs of outstanding examples. Current planning and design modes of dwellings and neighborhoods are facing challenges of philosophy and form. Past approaches no longer sustain new demands and require innovative thinking. The need for a new outlook is propelled by fundamental changes that touch upon environmental, economic and social aspects. The depletion of non-renewable natural resources and climate change are a few of the environmental challenges. Increasing costs of material, labor, land and infrastructure have posed economic challenges with affordability being paramount among them. Social challenges are also drawing the attention of designers, builders and homeowners. Walkable communities, aging in place and multigenerational living are some of the concepts considered. In addition, live-work environments have become part of the economic reality for those who wish to work from homewhich has become possible through digital advances. The text would be of interest to scholars working in: architecture, urban planning, and construction.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 11, 2023).
Series
Urban book series.
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Fundamentals of Innovative Sustainable Homes Design and Construction
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Table of Contents
Homes for changing times
Denser living
Quality affordable dwellings
Comfortable small interiors
Attractive and energy-efficient facades
Innovative construction practices
Utilities systems for sustainability
Green and healthy materials
Energy-efficient dwellings
Home automation
Cooking and dining at home
Storing stuff and furnishing a home
Getting old at home
Working from home and in common.
Denser living
Quality affordable dwellings
Comfortable small interiors
Attractive and energy-efficient facades
Innovative construction practices
Utilities systems for sustainability
Green and healthy materials
Energy-efficient dwellings
Home automation
Cooking and dining at home
Storing stuff and furnishing a home
Getting old at home
Working from home and in common.