Sustainable architecture and design Books
ListLab Aesthetics of Sustainability
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£16.15
MER Paper Kunsthalle Ignorance: A Laboratory on the Open Fields
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£19.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Maintainability Of Facilities: Sustainable Fm For
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on spearheading the integration of maintainability and sustainable facility management right from the planning & design stage. It introduces the concept of green maintainability and discusses considerations to maximise the performance; resource and energy efficiency, while minimising a facility's total life cycle cost; embodied energy; carbon emission; environmental impact and consumption of matter/energy throughout its life cycle by 'doing it right the first time'.In this edition, the latest relevant codes of practices, regulations and standards are included. All chapters have been brought up to date to include contemporary sustainability concerns, such as sustainability design, construction and materials, and maintainability of green features. A new chapter on 'Common Areas' has been added. Every chapter is summarised with an easy-to-use table to make the book more practical and user-friendly.Maintainability of Facilities is written for practitioners and students in architecture, engineering, building, real estate, construction, project management, quantity and building surveying and facilities management.
£104.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Maintainability Of Facilities: Sustainable Fm For
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on spearheading the integration of maintainability and sustainable facility management right from the planning & design stage. It introduces the concept of green maintainability and discusses considerations to maximise the performance; resource and energy efficiency, while minimising a facility's total life cycle cost; embodied energy; carbon emission; environmental impact and consumption of matter/energy throughout its life cycle by 'doing it right the first time'.In this edition, the latest relevant codes of practices, regulations and standards are included. All chapters have been brought up to date to include contemporary sustainability concerns, such as sustainability design, construction and materials, and maintainability of green features. A new chapter on 'Common Areas' has been added. Every chapter is summarised with an easy-to-use table to make the book more practical and user-friendly.Maintainability of Facilities is written for practitioners and students in architecture, engineering, building, real estate, construction, project management, quantity and building surveying and facilities management.
£61.75
Artpower International Eco-Friendly Building Facade
Book SynopsisIn architecture, a facade is the skin of a building. Eco-Friendly Building Facade demonstrates just how important this 'skin' is by illustrating its impact on energy efficiency. Sunlight, ventilation, low energy, noise minimisation, rainwater harvest, prefabricated components, flexibility, etc., all the environmental elements are taken into consideration in the design process and are illustrated here with sufficiently detailed images, drawings and articles.
£32.30
Nova Science Publishers Inc Sustainable and Healthy Building Environments
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£163.19
Universe Publishing Small ECO Houses Living Green in Style
Book SynopsisFresh perspectives on how good design can create stylish yet ecologically sound living spaces in small-scale homes. Anyone who has faced the challenges of limited living space will find inspiration in this survey of the latest trends in environmentally sensitive, small-scale residential designs. More than fifty residential spaces are profiled—from woodsy houses and repurposed barns to cool apartments and urban lofts—both inside and out. Most of the projects were designed by up-and-coming architects, and each design proves that small-scale efficiency as well as beautiful, thoughtful design can overcome the apparent constraints of a small setting. Environmental impact is a growing concern, so each project was chosen because of its ecological sensitivity. Each case history describes the challenges confronting the designer and the solutions. Creating color schemes to enhance the feeling of openness, taking advantage of high ceilings to make multiple levels, and using collapsibl
£999.99
Rizzoli International Publications Sustainable Houses with Small Footprints
Book SynopsisA presentation of contemporary houses that demonstrates how domesticity can be beautiful and still help the planet. Have we passed a tipping point beyond which we can no longer reverse a course of action that was charted several decades ago Sustainable: Houses with Small Footprints argues that we can indeed detach our dwellings from a dependence on many external systems and resources and adopt other building practices. What is known as living off the grid is possible, and Sustainable presents forty-five houses that demonstrate how architects have implemented sustainable design concepts around the world. These projects show us what time-tested vernacular design principles—including local materials, natural ventilation strategies, and earth shelter construction—can teach us, as well as how the latest cutting-edge technologies—such as indoor farming and living walls made of plant material—can make truly sustainable design possible. The variety and ingenuity of the
£24.30
Rizzoli International Publications Into the Woods Retreats and Dream Houses
Book SynopsisFor those who crave the tranquility of nature, fifty houses selected from around the world with the most ecologically sustainable and innovative breakthroughs in architecture and design.Seeking the perfect escape from city life and congestion? This book is filled with environmentally low-impact homes and retreats using eco-friendly materials and technology that reduce the carbon footprint and lower its energy needs, all built within the past ten years. The broadening interest in back to nature and homesteading plays a role, and many new structures are examples of sustainability that are in touch with nature, far from the madding crowd but not only for the select few.International in scope, the book is an A to Z of ideas for the twenty-first century, from a pavilion in Argentina to a forest house in New Zealand, all designed to have minimal architectural traces--made with local materials that harmonize with the surrounding environment. An outdoor care retreat outs
£31.41
New Society Publishers Essential Building Science
Book Synopsis Down and dirty a complete step-by-step guide to making, installing and living with beautiful, all-natural earthen floors Poor heat and moisture management are the enemies of durable, comfortable, and efficient housing, and good building design and construction starts with a solid understanding of good building science. Essential Building Science provides a highly visual and accessible introduction to the fundamentals of building science for residential construction. Part one covers the rationale behind high-performance design and the fundamentals of building physics, including thermal dynamics, moisture transfer, and hygro-thermal dynamics such as vapor drive and condensation. Part two teaches the vital critical thinking skills needed to consider buildings as whole systems and to develop thermal and moisture control strategies regardless of the specifics of the design. Case studies and examples from across North American climatic zoTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Part I: Rationale Chapter 1: Establishing Goals Part II: Fundamentals of Building Physics Chapter 2: Thermal Dynamics: Understanding Heat Loss and Gain Chapter 3: Moisture and Hygrothermal Dynamics Part III: Developing Strategies Chapter 4: Moisture Control Chapter 5: Thermal Control Chapter 6: Examples of Building Assemblies Chapter 7: Buildings As Whole Systems Endnotes Resources Index About the Author A Note About the Publisher
£26.09
Center for Environmental Structure The Nature of Order Book Two The Process of Cr
Book SynopsisAlexander presents a living world that is of necessity generated by processes to create locally adapted spontaneous structure. He shows us how to do for buildings and cities what DNA does for grass on hills and trees in forests: allowing each thing to become what it needs to be, as it arises from its own circumstances.Trade Review...Alexander's approach presents a fundamental challenge to us and our style-obsessed age. It suggests that beautiful form can come about only through a process that is meaningful to people...""- Thomas Fisher, Former Editor, Progressive Architecture;""Alexander's genetic scripts are likely to... play a role so fundamental in the future,that their widespread use cannot even be imagined today. This will change the world as effectively as the advent of printing changed the world.""- Doug Carlston, Co-founder, Broderbund Software, Founder & CEO, icPlanet.com;""...I can think of no one, certainly no one in the last thirty or so years, who has produced a deeper, more profoundly meaningful, visionary and lasting body of work that both unifies and transcends science and spirituality, than Christopher Alexander.""- Andy Ilachinsky, Theoretical Physicist;""Five hundred years is a long time, and I don't expect that many of the people I interview will be known in the year 2500. Alexander may be an exception.""- David Creelman, Author, Interviewer, and Editor, HR Magazine""...I believe Alexander is likely to be remembered most of all, in the end, for having produced the first credible proof of the existence of God...""- Eric Buck, Department of Philosophy, University of KentuckyTable of Contents PART ONE: Structure-Preserving Transformations 1. The Principle of Unfolding Wholeness. 2. Structure-Preserving Transformations. 3. Structure-Preserving Transformations in Traditional Society. 4. Structure-Destroying Transformations in Modern Society. INTERLUDE 5. Living Process in the Modern Era: Twentieth-century Cases Where Living Process did Occur. PART TWO: Living Processes 6. Generated Structures. 7. A Fundamental Differentiating Process. 8. Step-by-Step Adaptation. 9. Always Helping to Enhance the Whole. 10. Always Making Centers. 11. The Sequence of Unfolding. 12. Every Part Unique. 13. Patterns: Rules for Making Centers. 14. Deep Feeling. 15. Emerging of Formal Geometry. 16. Form Language. 17. Simplicity. PART THREE: A New Paradigm for Process in Society 18. The Character of Process in Society. 19. Massive Process Difficulties. 20. The Spread of Living Processes Throughout Society. 21. The Architect in the Third Millennium. APPENDIX: An Example of a Living Process: Building a House.
£56.70
Center for Environmental Structure The Nature of Order Book Three A Vision of A L
Book SynopsisIncludes hundreds of photographic examples of buildings, public places, streets, rooms and gardens, most built by Alexander and his colleagues, in a great variety of cultures, showing how buildings and details governed by living process will be connected to human feeling, and what shape they must have.Trade Review'This monumental work is the long awaited outcome of Christopher Alexander's reflections since the 1970s. No recent writer, I think, has viewed architecture so broadly, setting it in the context of all human making and living, and even of biology, cosmology and particle physics.' - Richard Padovan, The Architectural Review 'Alexander has a wonderful eye for the work of vernacular builders and anonymous artists.' - Richard Padovan, The Architectural ReviewTable of ContentsPart 1 1. Our Belonging to the World: Part One 2. Our Belonging to the World: Part Two Part 2 3. The Hulls of Public Space 4. The Form of Public Buildings 5. Production of Giant Projects 6. The Positive Pattern of Space and Volume in Three Dimensions of the Land 7. Positive Space in Structure and Materials 8. The Character of Gardens Part 3 9. Forming a Collective Vision for a Neighbourhood 10. Reconstruction of an Urban Neighbourhood 11. High Density Housing 12. Further Dynamics of a Growing Neighbourhood Part 4 13. The Uniqueness of People's Individual Worlds 14. The Character of Rooms Part 5 15. Construction Elements as Living Centers 16. All Building as Making 17. Active Invention of New Building Techniques Part 6 18. Ornament as a Part of All Unfolding 19. Color which Unfolds from the Configuration Epilogue: The Morphology of Living Architecture
£57.60
Springer International Publishing AG Teaching Innovation in Architecture and Building
Book SynopsisThis book presents contributions on teaching innovation in university architecture and building engineering studies. The chapters of the book represent an advance in the current knowledge of teaching innovation techniques in university architecture and building engineering studies.
£44.99
Transcript Verlag Environmental Uncertainty and Local Knowledge –
Book SynopsisSoutheast Asia is a laboratory showing current worldwide ecological issues. Environmental change, natural resource exploitation as well as global climate change increasingly threaten people's livelihoods. Environmentally-based uncertainties foster a high level of knowledge uncertainty. This poses a constantly growing threat to agricultural production. Vulnerable communities with a low degree of resilience are most severely affected. But local communities have abilities to innovate and develop locally embedded coping strategies. The contributors of this volume are most interested in environmental change that fosters knowledge uncertainties. Regions discussed include the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, Moluccas, Central Kalimantan, West Sumatra and South Sulawesi in Indonesia and Tangail Region in Bangladesh.
£33.29
Loft Publications Green Architecture for a Sustainable Future
Book SynopsisThe projects presented in this book are excellent examples of how the many facets of sustainability can be applied in the field of architecture. By using the term “green” to cover them the author has attempted to highlight not only the most quantifiable factors (such as optimal energy efficiency values), but also other less tangible ones (such as architecture’s respectful and harmonious integration with the natural environment and social sustainability) which are closely linked to environmental sustainability.
£29.25
University of Washington Press Building Reuse
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Whether you are new to sustainability as a counterpart to historic preservation or a seasoned professional who knows LEED backward and forward, there is much inspiration to be found in Building Reuse." * Washington Trust for Historic Preservation *
£38.30
Taylor & Francis Ltd Designing Innovative Sustainable Neighborhoods
Book SynopsisThis book covers the key principles of residential planning and offers principles for innovative and sustainable neighbourhood design. It is useful to students and practitioners of urban design, planning, and urban systems and architecture studios focused on sustainable residential development.Table of Contents1. Designing Sustainable Environments 2. Planning with Nature 3. Moving in Neighbourhoods 4. Mixing Land Uses and Sense of Place 5. Public Open Spaces 6. Livable Denser Places 7. Weaving Old and New 8. Edible Landscapes and Landscaping 9. Alternative Energy, District Heating, and Waste Management 10. Innovative Dwelling Concepts 11. Low Carbon Residences
£35.99
Island Press Sustainable Landscape Construction, Third
Book SynopsisSince the publication of the first edition in 2000, Sustainable Landscape Construction has helped to spur a movement towards resilient outdoor environments, in the U.S. and throughout the world. The third edition has been updated to include important recent developments in this landscape revolution. It remains essential reading for everyone with an interest in "green" design of outdoor spaces and infrastructures.Like its predecessors, the new edition of Sustainable Landscape Construction is organized around principles, recognizing that built environments, and our work in them, pose both pragmatic and ethical challenges. Each chapter focuses on one overarching site goal, such as “Pave Less,” “Heal Injured Sites,” and “Consider Origin and Fate of Materials.” These principles of land sustainability are clearly articulated and developed through specific examples of more than 100 projects from around the world, reflecting both traditions and recent innovations. Expanded coverage of industry trends toward performance monitoring, and of lessons from project failures, form an important enhancement in this edition. New content also details the necessity to plan adaptively, not just preventively, for the realities of changing climate and intensifying weather. Some of the trends covered will shift how landscape architects and contractors will do business in challenging years ahead: to survive, many professionals and clients will focus on restoration projects, motivated by ecosystem services and social justice, and funded by innovative methods.Sustainable Landscape Construction is part of the canon of landscape construction texts, and with this update, remains a visionary, one of a kind reference for professionals and students.
£999.99
Birkhauser Adaptive Reuse in Architecture: A Typological
Book SynopsisLiliane Wong's latest volume on adaptive reuse in architecture presents 50 spectacular conversion and reuse projects worldwide, including buildings such as the TWA Hotel at NewYork's John F. Kennedy Airport, the CaixaForum in Madrid, and the New Museum in Berlin. The projects are presented using a new classification system that addresses practitioners as well as academics. The author's introductory essay provides a comprehensive overview and historical context for the enormous evolution and expansion of adaptive reuse over the past 50 years.
£43.78
De Gruyter New Libraries in Old Buildings: Creative Reuse
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£999.99
University of Illinois Press Prairie Crossing
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A passionate view of what the author describes as the first conservation community."--Ann Durkin Keating, author of Chicago Neighborhoods and Suburbs: A Historical Guide"Thought-provoking and conversation starting. Makes a novel contribution to our understanding of how and why suburbs grow under various sets of circumstances. It's a story worthy of sharing and provides important lessons for communities facing conditions of sprawl. Indeed, the author clearly demonstrates that there are viable alternatives to sprawl."--Thomas J. Vicino, coauthor of Cities and Suburbs: New Metropolitan Realities in the US"According to political scientist John Scott Watson (University of Illinois at Chicago) in his new book Prairie Crossing: Creating an American Conservation Community, its developers, George and Vicky Ranney, are 'using the market to preserve and protect the environment from free-market excess'. . . . The question remains: Do conservation communities represent a niche market or a large-scale alternative to conventional suburbia? This book is a great place to start finding out." --Planning
£22.79
MIT Press Ltd Our Urban Future
Book SynopsisA practical, comprehensive textbook that uses active learning techniques to teach about the challenges and opportunities associated with urban sustainability.While the problem of urban sustainability has long been a subject of great scholarly interest, there has, until now, been no single source providing a multi-disciplinary, exhaustive view of how it can be effectively taught. Filling this gap, Our Urban Future uses active learning techniques to comprehensively relate the theory of urban sustainability and the what, why, and how of sustainable cities. This practical, pedagogically rich textbook concisely covers all the key subjects of the field, including ecosystem services and transects, the internal design and patterning of urban elements, how cities mitigate and adapt to climate change, and questions of environmental justice. It functions as both an illuminating roadmap and active reference to which any student
£999.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Sustainable Cities Reimagined Multidimensional
Book SynopsisTo assess urban sustainability performance, this book explores several clusters of cities, including megacities, cities of the Global South, European and North American cities, cities of the Middle East and North Africa, cities of Central and South East Asia, a city state of Singapore and a large group of global cities. It applies a multi-criteria approach using a panel of environmental, economic, social and smart indicators to assess progress and policies in global cities including London, New York, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Los Angeles, SÃo Paolo, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Moscow, Beijing, Seoul, Singapore, Shanghai, Sydney, Tokyo and many others. Additional attention is given to the issues of climate change, poverty and smart dimensions, with renewable energy and the drivers of urban CO2 emissions playing the central role. This book is abundant with case studies considering strategies, policies and performance of the leading cities, including Trade Review"Since the early 1990s, cities and researchers have made strong efforts to measure urban sustainability. The emerging indicator framework for Sustainable Development Goal 11 on ‘making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable’ provides clear guidance to governments at different levels to assess progress. This book offers a diverse set of complementary perspectives, which may inspire academia and urban practitioners alike to continue exploring the deeper assessment of urban sustainability." — Raf Tuts, Director, Programme Division, UN-Habitat"An Indian saying states that we do not inherit the planet, but rather we borrow it from our children and generations to come. When we consider that civilization as we know it is 6,000 years old, the detrimental consequences of inhabitation, affluence, and industrialization over the past 200 years cannot be overstated. Sustainable Cities Reimagined is a meticulously researched assessment of all forms of global cities — autonomous cities, megacities, clusters, and city states. It is a much-needed resource in this tsunami of global crises, which includes exploding global population, C02 emissions and climate change, renewable energy resources in the age of peak oil, social inequities and public health, and adequate affordable housing for a burgeoning populace. Analyzing, understanding, and evaluating multi-disciplinary data sets of indicators such as economic, environmental, physical and social is crucial to ensure a sustainable livelihood for future generations. Stanislav Shmelev’s extensive collection of data serves as a benchmark for all who are in a position to affect change that will impacts our communities, our cities, and our Earth home as a whole." — Dhiru Thadani, AIA, APA, FCNU, Board Member, ISOCARP, the author of The Language of Towns and Cities: A Visual Dictionary (2010), co-editor of Leon Krier: The Architecture of Community (2009) and author of Visions of Seaside: Foundations / Evolution / Imagination / Built & Unbuilt Architecture (2013)"This book is based on an extraordinary amount of research. It shows that future-proofing the world's cities is one of humanity's greatest challenges. Now the time has come to create urban systems that are truly compatible with the world's ecosystems on whose integrity human existence ultimately depends." — Herbert Girardet, Member of the Club of Rome, co-founder of the World Future Council, the author of Cities, People, Planet: Urban Development and Climate Change, (2004 and 2008), A Renewable World: Energy, Ecology, Equality (2009) and Creating Regenerative Cities (2015)"Fabulous collection of data on cities of the World. Successful climate policies are hardly conceivable without using those data!" — Ernst von Weizsäcker, Professor, former Chairman of the Bundestag's Environment Committee and Co-President of the Club of RomeTable of Contents1. Methods and Indicators for Urban Sustainability Assessment 2. Global Urban Sustainability Benchmarking: A Multidimensional Approach for Smart and Sustainable Cities 3. Comparative analysis of indicator-based urban sustainability assessment frameworks 4. Indicator-Based Multi-Criteria Urban Sustainability Assessment Under Varying Policy Priorities 5. Multidimensional Sustainability Assessment for the Cities of the Global South: the PROMETHEE Approach 6. Sustainability assessment of megacities using environmentally extended input-output analysis and network theory: The case of Singapore 7. Multidimensional Assessment of Sustainability of Taipei and Almaty 8. Multidimensional Sustainability Benchmarking of the Cities of the Middle East and North Africa 9. City Poverty Indexes: Participatory Approaches to Leave No One Behind 10. Cities and renewable energy 11. How sustainable is smart and how smart is sustainable?
£39.99
WW Norton & Co Urgent Architecture
Book SynopsisDisaster-proof, environmentally friendly housing solutions for a changing climate.Trade Review"Bridgette Meinhold provides her readers an innovative source of information on this type of sustainable design, including green materials, recycling and low-cost construction methods." -- Detail (UK)"A straightforward format and clear illustrations give the book a no-nonsense immediacy that seems appropriate to the subject." -- Architectural Record
£37.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Sustainability and the Design of Transport
Book SynopsisThe interchange is a new form of transport building which integrates into a single whole various modes of public transport, putting the passenger first (rather than the infrastructure). This book presents design principles for transport interchanges and offers analysis of best practice in the UK and abroad. The author demonstrates how this complex new building type integrates with the city, on the one hand, and with different types of transport on the other. In this integration design in both plan and section are important, as is urban and landscape design. The idea of âinterchangeâ is increasingly relevant as town planners, engineers and architects address the question of sustainable development with its emphasis on energy efficiency, social cohesion, access for the elderly, and urban regeneration.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Concepts, Ideas and Evolution 1. Mobility and the Interchange 2. How the Interchange Evolved Part 2: Design Strategies 3. Strategies for Urban Design 4. Detailed Design Approaches Part 3: Examples from Recent Practice 5. Bus Interchanges 6. Train Interchanges 7. Ferry Interchanges 8. Airport Interchanges Part 4: Conclusions 9. Future Issues. Bibliography
£76.42
Taylor & Francis Ltd Architecture Beyond Criticism
Book SynopsisFor the first time, this book demonstrates that the two paradigms of architectural criticism and performance evaluation can not only co-exist but complement each other in the assessment of built works.As architecture takes more principled stances worldwide, from environmental sustainability to social, cultural, and economic activism, this book examines the roles of perceived and measured quality in architecture. By exploring in tandem both subjective traditional architectural criticism and environmental design and performance evaluation and its objective evaluation criteria, the book argues that both methodologies and outcomes can achieve a comprehensive assessment of quality in architecture.Curated by a global editorial team, the book includes: Contributions from international architects and critics based in the UK, USA, Brazil, France, Qatar, Egypt, New Zealand, China, Japan and Germany Global case studies which illustrate both perspectives addressTrade Review‘Imagine if architects were trained to respond dynamically to their critics? Imagine if architecture critics practiced with sufficient rigor to be taken seriously by architects? This book is a brave and original attempt to bring together two antagonistic cultures. It points the way to a better-performing future—for critics, for architects, and for those of us, all of us, who would benefit from a built world capable of learning from the lessons of the present.’ - Philip Nobel, Editorial Director, SHoP Architects 'This is a provocative and fascinating examination of the dissolving boundaries between architectural criticism and building performance evaluation, from the historic roots of each to their evolving, sometimes contentious, relationship today. The international roster of contributing architects, planners, critics, and academics offer compelling arguments and case studies that should be fodder for debate in many spheres for many years to come.' - Kristen Richards, Hon. AIA, Hon. ASLA, Founder and Editor, ArchNewsNow.com, and Editor, Oculus magazine ‘Powerful building design tools and methodologies, coupled with advanced construction technologies, have enabled architects to create buildings increasingly complex in form and function. Yet assessment of architecture, especially in public media, remains highly subjective and qualitative, focused mostly on visual, contextual and historical attributes. Evidence-based evaluation and objective measurement of building performance - functional, technical, environmental, sociological, economic, and political - are rare in critical discourse. The diverse contributors to Architecture Beyond Criticism rigorously address these contrasting assessment paradigms and, often using place and project case studies, show why architectural criticism must become more comprehensive. Any professional who judges architecture - media critics, historians, design professors, practicing architects, and building engineers - should read this insightful, well researched book.’ - Roger K. Lewis, a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, is a practicing architect and urban planner; a Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the University of Maryland College Park; and an author and journalist 'Critique has long been considered a vital force in driving architectural excellence. Yet few educators understand the differences between good, actionable critical feedback and creatively limiting, negative feedback. This book invites both established educators and practitioner critics to consider some of the tacit agendas that influence design critique, and the role it has to play in shaping both the values and practices of tomorrows profession.' - Dr Harriet Harris, Principal Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Foreword Nigel Oseland Part 1: Introduction Wolfgang F.E. Preiser, Aaron T. Davis, Ashraf M. Salama, Andrea Hardy Part 2: Evolution and Role of Architectural Criticism 2. Identity Crisis: Estrangement in the Evolution of Architectural Criticism Aaron T. Davis 3. The Role of Editors as Critics Michael J. Crosbie 4. Is Curating the New Criticism? Pedro Gadanho 5. Architectural Radicalism and Criticism in Brazil Jose T. Lira 6. Superficial Material Similitude Galia Solomonoff 7. The Performance of Buildings, Architects, and Critics Thomas Fisher Reflections on Part 2 Daniel S. Friedman Part 3: Plurality of Perspectives on Criticism in Architecture 8. Media Coverage and Users' Reactions: Al Azhar Park in Cairo Re-examined Ashraf M. Salama 9. The Influence of the ‘Milieu’ on Architectural Criticism Yann Nussaume 10. Architectural Criticism and Building Evaluation in Germany Ursula Baus, Ulrich Schramm 11. An Analytical Critique of Cairene Urban Conservation Projects Remah Y. Gharib 12. Buildings and Their Use: The Dog That Didn't Bark Frank Duffy 13. Oblique Alternatives: Architectural Advancement Through Performance Paul Knox Reflections on Part 3 Daniel S. Friedman Part 4: Historical Review and Types of Building Performance Evaluation 14. Historical Review of Building Performance Evaluation Wolfgang F.E. Preiser, Andrea E. Hardy 15. Building Performance Evaluation in the UK: So Many False Dawns Bill Bordass, Adrian Leaman 16. Architectural Criticism and Building Performance Evaluation in China Clare Jacobson 17. Architectural Criticism Meets Building Evaluation in Japan Akikazu Kato, Gen Taniguchi, Shiho Mori 18. A Global Perspective on BPE as an Extension of Architectural Criticism Chris Watson Reflections on Part 4 Daniel S. Friedman Part 5: Architectural Analysis within Building Performance Evaluation 19. Using Scientific Research Methods in Assessing Visual Aesthetic Quality Jack L. Nasar 20. Performing the Urban Form-Based Codes as a Method of Architectural Critique Brenda C. Scheer 21. The Socio-cultural Context of Architectural Criticism and Evaluation Yasser Mahgoub 22. Quality Assessments in Health Care Environments Dina Battisto, Deborah Franqui, Clayton Boenecke 23. Building Performance Evaluations and Universal Design Korydon H. Smith 24. Regenerative Design: Redefining the Limits of Architectural Judgment Elizabeth Walsh, Steven A. Moore Reflection on Part 5 Daniel S. Friedman Part 6: Epilogue 25. Talking the Talk: About Architecture Ike Ijeh
£51.29
Taylor & Francis Ltd Precedents in ZeroEnergy Design Architecture and
Book SynopsisMichael Zaretsky's Precedents in Zero-Energy Design is such an important book it will help readers recognize that design comes before technology and renewable energy systems alone can't solve the problems we face' John D. Quale, Assistant Professor of Architecture and ecoMOD Project Director, University of VirginiaThe world is currently facing an environmental crisis and as anyone interested in sustainable or zero-energy design knows the design and building industries have the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the globe.The Solar Decathlon is an international event in which universities from around the world compete in the design and construction of a one-bedroom, zero-energy house. This book provides an in-depth, yet accessible analysis of the architecture and passive design strategies of the houses in the 2007 Solar Decathlon. These houses are the result of thousands of hours Table of ContentsForeword by John Quale. Introduction Part 1: Drawings and Diagrams Part 2: Comparisons Part 3: Analysis. Conclusion. Endnotes. Image. Citations. Bibliography. Appendix
£45.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Sustainable Building Design
Book SynopsisA twenty-first century renaissance is emerging in architecture. After a century of building designs characterized by high energy demand, low quality lighting and poor thermal comfort, the fundamental questions must be asked again: is there a better path to designing the most energy efficient, comfortable, functional and beautiful buildings for a sustainable future? While seeking solutions for the future, are there lessons to be learned from the best buildings of the past?Sustainable Building Design explores outstanding buildings and building designs of the twenty-first century, with an emphasis on the artistry of masters of architecture who came before. By dissecting and analyzing great public buildings of the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, materials, techniques, and methods are discovered. This book presents the reader with clues and suggestions that will reveal the secrets of these buildings and by doing so provides the reader with a thorough understanding ofTrade Review'A must-read for architects in practice or education that brings home the sustainable reality of technics of physics that first matured during the 19th Century, a reality that, with electronic assistance, still bears environmental fruit today. Vidar Lerum digs deep to shed light on the performance attributes of landmark buildings now more fully discovered.' - Colin Porteous, Professor of Architectural Science, Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow‘This book should be compulsory reading for all students of architecture and environmental systems engineering. By means of a unique combination of 19th Century and 21st Century case studies, Vidar Lerum convincingly demonstrates that the techniques often used in contemporary exemplar buildings for the improvement of energy efficiency were first tested in monumental buildings about 150 years ago. The modern case studies provide an incredibly detailed resource of information for all those seriously interested in Sustainable Design.’ - Dr Neil S. Sturrock, Chairman of CIBSE Heritage Group, Senior Lecturer in Building Energy Studies, Liverpool John Moores University (1971-2012)"The book is beautifully put together with outstandingly good colour photography, clear line drawings and reproductions of original design drawings." – Peter Swallow, Building EngineerTable of ContentsIntroduction Acknowledgements PART I 1. A Scientific Approach 2. Architecture of Modernity PART II 3. The Winter Palace 4. Sir John Soane's Museum 5. Bibliotheque Saint-Genevieve 6. Palace of Westminster 7. St George's Hall 8. The Reading Room 9. University of Glasgow Gilmorehill 10. Manchester Town Hall 11. Natural History Museum 12. Birmingham Children's Hospital PART III 13. Aldo Leopold Legacy Center 14. Great River Energy 15. The Terry Thomas 16. Manitoba Hydro Place 17. Tempe Transportation Center 18. Nrel Research Service Facility 19. Dpr Construction 20. Morphosis Studio 21. Sony’s Osaki New Building Project 22. The Bullitt Center 23. Packard Foundation Headquarters 24. Kimbell Art Museum Extension 25. Mariposa Land Port of Entry 26. Billings Public Library PART IV 27. Oregon Sustainability Center 28. Powerhouse One Bibliography Index
£45.59
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Return of Nature
Book SynopsisThe Return of Nature asks you to critique your conception of nature and your approach to architectural sustainability and green design. What do the terms mean? Are they de facto design requirements? Or are they unintended design replacements? The book is divided into five parts giving you multiple viewpoints on the role of the relations between architecture, nature, technology, and culture. A detailed case study of a built project concludes each part to help you translate theory into practice. This holistic approach will allow you to formulate your own theory and to adjust your practice based on your findings. Will you provoke change, design architecture that responds to change, or both?Coedited by an architect and a historian, the book features new essays by Robert Levit, Catherine Ingraham, Sylvia Lavin, Barry Bergdoll, K. Michael Hays, Diane Lewis, Andrew Payne, Mark Jarzombek, Jean-Francois Chevrier, Elizabeth Diller, Antoine Picon, and Jorge Silvetti. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part 1: Organic Conceits; 1. Design’s New Catechism, Robert Levit; 2. Faculty of Omnipotence, Catherine Ingraham; 3. The Raw and the Cooked, Sylvia Lavin; Case Study: MOS Architects, afterparty, Winner, MoMA/P.S. 1 Young Architects Program (2009); Part 2: The Sublime Past; 4. The Nature Parallel, Barry Bergdoll; 5. Next to Nothing, K. Michael Hays; 6. Nature After Mies, Diane Lewis; Case Study: Michael Bell Design, Gefter-Press House, Ghent, NY (2007); Part 3: Sustaining Nature; 7. On Limits, Andrew Payne; 8. Eco-Pop, Mark Jarzombek; 9. Nature, Model of Complexity, Jean-François Chevrier; Case Study: Steven Holl Architects, Sliced Porosity Block/Chengdu project; Part 4: The Nature of Infrastructure; 10. Agri-tecture, Elizabeth Diller; 11. Nature, Infrastructure and Cities, Antoine Picon; Case Study: George L. Legendre, Henderson Waves, Singapore (2008); Part 5: Nature, Unnaturally; 12. Block That Metaphor, Jorge Silvetti; Case Study: Prescott Scott Cohen, Inc., Chevron House, Los Gatos CA (2011); Index.
£44.99
Taylor & Francis Inc Smartcities Resilient Landscapes and EcoWarriors
Book SynopsisFollowing on from the success of the first edition, Smartcities + Eco-Warriors (2010), this book is the latest innovative response on urban resilience from one of the worldâs leading urban design and architectural thinkers. An ecological symbiosis between nature, society and the built form, the Smartcity cultivates new spatial practices and creates diverse forms of resilient landscapes including and beyond urban agriculture.The notion of the Smartcity is developed through a series of international case studies, some commissioned by government organisations, others speculative and polemic. This second edition has nine new case studies, and additional ecological sustainability studies covering sensitivity, design criteria, and assessments for ecological construction plans. The book concludes with two new essays on the romance of trees and the empowering nature of resilient landscapes.Smartcities, Resilient Landscapes + Eco-warriors represents a crucial voice in thTable of ContentsPreface 1. Urban Utopias and the Smartcity. From Soil to Table. The Perpetual Motion Machine. The American Dream Redux. Rise of the Eco-warrior. Scenic Positions. Cultivating Community. Resilient Landscapes 2. A Lexicon for the Smartcity 3. Guangming Smartcity China 4. DuSable Park USA 5. Tangshan Earthquake Memorial Park China 6. Remembering the Great American Plains USA 7. Nordhavnen Smartcity Denmark 8. Daejeon Urban Renaissance South Korea 9. The Tomato Exchange UK 10. Central Open Space: MAC South Korea 11. The Linear Park China 12. A Workplace in a Garden Ireland 13. Guangming Energy Park China 14. Newark Gateway Project USA 15. The City of a Thousand Lakes China 16. Rifle Range Regeneration Malaysia 17. Dongyi Wan East Waterfront China 18. Brockholes Wetland + Woodland Reserve UK 19. The Green Pension Plan UK 20. Wanmu Orchard Wetland China 21. Romance + Resilience: Landscapes of the imagination 22. Anna Andronova The Grand Paris of Niger: Landscape of hope 23. Carolyn Steel Sitopia – The urban future 24. Project and Reproduction Credits Index
£171.00
Taylor & Francis Inc Smartcities Resilient Landscapes and EcoWarriors
Book SynopsisThis second edition, Smartcities and Eco-warriors: The Ecological Landscapes for Urban Resilience, reflects CJ Lim’s latest research since the original publication, and has six additional case studies, together with a new extensive catalogue of floral and fauna for each landscape and environmental condition. Table of ContentsPreface 1. Urban Utopias and the Smartcity. From Soil to Table. The Perpetual Motion Machine. The American Dream Redux. Rise of the Eco-warrior. Scenic Positions. Cultivating Community. Resilient Landscapes 2. A Lexicon for the Smartcity 3. Guangming Smartcity China 4. DuSable Park USA 5. Tangshan Earthquake Memorial Park China 6. Remembering the Great American Plains USA 7. Nordhavnen Smartcity Denmark 8. Daejeon Urban Renaissance South Korea 9. The Tomato Exchange UK 10. Central Open Space: MAC South Korea 11. The Linear Park China 12. A Workplace in a Garden Ireland 13. Guangming Energy Park China 14. Newark Gateway Project USA 15. The City of a Thousand Lakes China 16. Rifle Range Regeneration Malaysia 17. Dongyi Wan East Waterfront China 18. Brockholes Wetland + Woodland Reserve UK 19. The Green Pension Plan UK 20. Wanmu Orchard Wetland China 21. Romance + Resilience: Landscapes of the imagination 22. Anna Andronova The Grand Paris of Niger: Landscape of hope 23. Carolyn Steel Sitopia – The urban future 24. Project and Reproduction Credits Index
£39.99
Museum of Modern Art Foreclosed
Book SynopsisOffers an exploration of architectural possibilities for American cities and suburbs in the aftermath of the recent foreclosure crisis in the United States. This title examines the relationship between land, infrastructures, and urban form and presents a potentially different future for housing in the United States.
£999.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Bluefield Housing as Alternative Infill for the
Book SynopsisSuburbanised cities share a common dilemma: how to transition to more densely populated and socially connected urban systems while retaining low-rise character, avoiding gentrification, and opening neighbourhoods to more diverse housing choices. Bluefield Housing offers a new land definition and co-located infill model addressing these concerns, through describing and deploying the types of ad-hoc modifications that have been undertaken in the suburbs for decades. Extending green-, brown-, and greyfield definitions, it provides a necessary middle ground between the âdo nothingâ attitude of suburban preservation and the âdo everythingâ approach of knock-down-rebuild regeneration.An adjunct to âmissing middleâ and subdivision densification models, with a focus on co-locating homes on small lots, Bluefield Housing presents a unified design approach to suburban infill: retrofitting original houses, retaining and enhancing landscape and urban tree canopies, and delivTrade Review"At a time where so much of the world is experiencing housing crises, Madigan provides a vision and guide for a much needed departure from Australia’s broken ‘business as usual’ for how we deliver housing. An essential read for architects, planners and developers alike, and anyone who thinks ‘housing’ could do better in supporting a future where we all thrive."Brugh O'Brien, Principal: Future of Home, The Australian Centre for Social Innovation“This book is both a grand vision for a future of housing and practical guide for how to achieve it. There are maps of global potential for transforming single family neighborhoods alongside ideas for how to manage suburban infill essentials such as laundry and garbage. It is an invaluable combination of speculative pragmatism and prosaic invention with tangible relevance for the suburbs of the United States and Canada – a key reference for researchers and practitioners alike.”Michael Piper, University of Toronto"More affordable, more diverse and more delightful housing? Seems like everybody is after it and we need it more than ever, but the inertia of established systems discourages change. This book takes a suite of practical and highly effective design ideas and runs them through a rigorous process addressing financial opportunities, regulations and community attitudes; showing how to move towards ‘win-win' scenarios that deliver more dwellings and retain the character of the cities and suburbs we love. A timely and valuable contribution to the housing debate."Nigel Bertram, Professor of Architecture, Monash University and Director, NMBW Architecture Studio“Bluefield Housing reminds us that our suburbs are not immutable, but ever-changing and malleable. It shows us why they can - and should be - altered and added to. This is design research at its best - useful, transferable, propositional – advocating a compelling alternative to planning metrics. Madigan’s incisive work ranges from acute observation and analysis to lucid propositions showing the latent capacity of suburban form to accommodate more – more trees, open space, connections, diversity, people: more good stuff.”Jennie Officer, Senior Lecturer, School of Design, University of Western Australia, and Director, Officer Woods Architects“In the face of dynamic global demographics we urgently need imaginative, land-efficient, habitat-protective, cost-effective housing solutions. Damian’s concept of "Bluefield Housing” is an exciting proposition and, in truth, common sense."Naomi Cleaver, designer, author and TV presenterTable of ContentsPart 1 1. Being ‘Suburban’ 2. An Appetite for New Forms of Suburban Living 3. On Character and ‘Fitting In’ 4. Suburban Anomalies and Operations: catalogues of infill opportunities Part 2 5. From Green to Blue: a new definition for suburban infill 6. The Seven Principles of Bluefield Housing 7. Lot-level Design Tactics 8. Design for Liveability and Sustainability Part 3 9. From Top-down to Bottom-up: a deployable model 10. Single Allotments 11. Double Allotments 12. Multiple Allotments Part 4 13. A New Normal: leveraging established conditions 14. Carrots and Sticks: incentivising bluefield housing 15. Financing, Operating, and Selling Bluefield Housing 16. Zoning Laws: enabling bluefield housing Part 5 17. The Value of the Diagram and Studies in Rooms 18. Backgrounding Design Studies: a ‘designerly’ way of seeing 19. Generative Design Studies for Bluefield Housing 20. Housing for Whom? – Lessons from the Town Hall Floor
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Flourish by Design
Book SynopsisFlourish by Design brings together a range of established and emerging voices in design research for a collection that provides original provocations on topics of global significance. It is an insightful guide to original theory and practice concerning how we can design for a better tomorrow.Featuring contributors from a diverse array of backgrounds and professions, this edited book explores the difference that design and design research can make for people, organisations, and the planet to prosper now and in the future. It offers a range of ideas and techniques through practical examples and ongoing projects showing how applied design research can respond to global challenges. Covering topics as diverse as artificial intelligence, bio-inspired materials, more-than-human design, sustainability, and urban acupuncture, it shares interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary design research not just to demonstrate what could be plausible in the near future but also toexplain whTable of ContentsIntroduction: flourish by design: agendas and practices for positive change Part 1: Flourishing together 1. Flourish together 2. Flourishing, design, and the brain 3. Designing more-than-human urban places 4. Why a design attitude matters in a world in flux 5. Flourish(ing) by design? 6. Memes—designed to flourish or doomed to divide? 7. Can designers and AI flourish together? 8. Challenging capitalism through design for commonism 9. How cross-relational design research can foster pandemic recovery 10. Flourishing in joyful discovery: scaffolding new thinking 11. Build together a flourishing world: let’s give a shit and plant seeds Part 2: Flourishing organisations 12. Flourishing organisations 13. What organisations will flourish in the future and why we need a new design culture that is fit for the 22nd century? 14. Flourishing for all: the imperative for design research to go beyond academia 15. The shadow side: why embracing death and decay is essential to flourishing 16. Making design research work by flourishing through disappearance 17. Working at the junction: reconciling numbers and vulnerabilities 18. Public value by design: toward a flourishing design culture in public services 19. What schools do we need? 20. Evolutionary change of organisations and its flourishment over the design paradigms 21. It is time for radical co-design 22. Design after things Part 3: Flourishing in the world 23. Flourishing in the world 24. Making a difference by design 25. Transdisciplinary design: next generation bio-inspired building materials 26. Can design heal a city? 27. The idea of ‘agency’ in design today 28. The Anthropocene warrants a new standard time 29. Just toys? From material sustainability to co-design and degrowth 30. Legacy and sustainability in design research: A global dialogue 31. Falling UP and caring for better 32 Sustainability: designing for a technological utopia or dystopia? Afterword: to flourish or not to flourish by design
£135.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Flourish by Design
Book SynopsisFlourish by Design brings together a range of established and emerging voices in design research for a collection that provides original provocations on topics of global significance. It is an insightful guide to original theory and practice concerning how we can design for a better tomorrow.Featuring contributors from a diverse array of backgrounds and professions, this edited book explores the difference that design and design research can make for people, organisations, and the planet to prosper now and in the future. It offers a range of ideas and techniques through practical examples and ongoing projects showing how applied design research can respond to global challenges. Covering topics as diverse as artificial intelligence, bio-inspired materials, more-than-human design, sustainability, and urban acupuncture, it shares interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary design research not just to demonstrate what could be plausible in the near future but also toexplain whTable of ContentsIntroduction: flourish by design: agendas and practices for positive change Part 1: Flourishing together 1. Flourish together 2. Flourishing, design, and the brain 3. Designing more-than-human urban places 4. Why a design attitude matters in a world in flux 5. Flourish(ing) by design? 6. Memes—designed to flourish or doomed to divide? 7. Can designers and AI flourish together? 8. Challenging capitalism through design for commonism 9. How cross-relational design research can foster pandemic recovery 10. Flourishing in joyful discovery: scaffolding new thinking 11. Build together a flourishing world: let’s give a shit and plant seeds Part 2: Flourishing organisations 12. Flourishing organisations 13. What organisations will flourish in the future and why we need a new design culture that is fit for the 22nd century? 14. Flourishing for all: the imperative for design research to go beyond academia 15. The shadow side: why embracing death and decay is essential to flourishing 16. Making design research work by flourishing through disappearance 17. Working at the junction: reconciling numbers and vulnerabilities 18. Public value by design: toward a flourishing design culture in public services 19. What schools do we need? 20. Evolutionary change of organisations and its flourishment over the design paradigms 21. It is time for radical co-design 22. Design after things Part 3: Flourishing in the world 23. Flourishing in the world 24. Making a difference by design 25. Transdisciplinary design: next generation bio-inspired building materials 26. Can design heal a city? 27. The idea of ‘agency’ in design today 28. The Anthropocene warrants a new standard time 29. Just toys? From material sustainability to co-design and degrowth 30. Legacy and sustainability in design research: A global dialogue 31. Falling UP and caring for better 32 Sustainability: designing for a technological utopia or dystopia? Afterword: to flourish or not to flourish by design
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Plumbing Electricity Acoustics
Book SynopsisDiscover sustainable methods for designing crucial building systems for architects. This indispensable companion to Norbert Lechner''s landmark volume Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects, Third Edition completes the author''s mission to cover all topics in the field of sustainable environmental control. It provides knowledge appropriate for the level of complexity needed at the schematic design stage and presents the most up-to-date information available in a concise, logical, accessible manner and arrangement. Although sustainability deals with many issues, those concerning energy and efficiency are the most critical, making an additional goal of this book one of providing architects with the skills and knowledge needed to create buildings that use electricity and water efficiently. Guidelines and rules-of-thumb are provided to help designers make their buildings use less energy, less water, and less of everything else to achieve their primary objTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xi 1 Electricity – Basic Concepts 1 1.1 Introduction 2 1.2. History of Electricity 2 1.3 The Water Analogy 4 1.4 Ohm’s Law 6 1.5 Types of Electricity 6 1.6 Power Factor 9 1.7 Types of Circuits 11 1.8 Power Generators in Series and Parallel 15 1.9 Voltage Drop 16 1.10 Electrical Power 18 1.11 Electrical Energy 19 1.12 Paying for Electricity 20 1.13 Reduction in Maximum Demand 22 1.14 Transformers 23 1.15 Electricity and Safety 24 1.16 Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) 26 1.17 Conclusion 26 Resources 26 2 Electrical Distribution in Buildings 27 2.1 Introduction 28 2.2 A Brief Historical Perspective 28 2.3 Centralized Electrical Power 30 2.4 Decentralized and Private Sources of Electricity 31 2.5 Electrical Distribution in Small Buildings 32 2.6 Electrical Distribution in Large Buildings 36 2.7 Switches, Fuses, and Circuit Breakers 39 2.8 Conductors 40 2.9 Conduits and Raceways 42 2.10 Office Landscapes 43 2.11 Electrical Safety Systems 47 2.12 Low-Voltage Circuits 50 2.13 Emergency Power 51 2.14 Communication and Building Control Wiring 53 2.15 Electrical Construction Drawings 56 2.16 Lightning Protection 56 2.17 Sustainability 58 2.18 Conclusion 59 Resources 59 3 Plumbing – Water Supply 61 3.1 Introduction 62 3.2 Brief History of Water Supply 63 3.3 Sources of Drinking Water 64 3.4 Water Use 67 3.5 Private Water Supply 68 3.6 Rainwater Harvesting 71 3.7 Water Distribution in Buildings 79 3.8 Water Quality 85 3.9 Water Efficiency 85 3.10 Hot Water 88 3.11 Hot Water Conservation 97 3.12 Conclusion 103 Resources 103 4 Drainage 105 4.1 Introduction 106 4.2 Short History of Sanitary Drainage 106 4.3 Basic Principles of Drainage 114 4.4 Basic Concepts of Plumbing Fixtures 115 4.5 Drainage Piping 116 4.6 Water Closets and Alternatives 121 4.7 Composting Toilets 125 4.8 On-Site Septic Tank Systems 126 4.9 On-Site Aerobic Systems 128 4.10 Special and Innovative Treatment Systems 130 4.11 Constructed Wetlands 131 4.12 Biologic Machines 134 4.13 Graywater Systems 136 4.14 Alternative Community Sewage Systems 139 4.15 Stormwater 141 4.16 Special Drainage Systems 152 4.17 Case Study 153 4.18 Conclusion 155 Resources 155 5 Architectural Acoustics 157 5.1 Introduction 158 5.2 A Short History of Architectural Acoustics 159 5.3 The Physics of Sounds 161 5.4 The Biology of Sounds 170 5.5 Perception of Sound 175 5.6 Sound and Health 179 5.7 Sound-Absorbing Materials 180 5.8 Applications of Sound-Absorbing Materials 182 5.9 Sound Transmission 188 5.10 Design for Low Sound Transmission 189 5.11 Acceptable Noise Levels 194 5.12 Open-Plan Offices 196 5.13 Impact Noise 198 5.14 Mechanical Systems Noise Control 199 5.15 Theaters, Classrooms and Auditoriums 202 5.16 Rules for Drawing Ray Diagrams 205 5.17 Electronic Sound Systems 206 5.18 Noise Outdoors 206 5.19 Conclusion 210 Resources 211 6 Fire Protection 213 6.1 Introduction 214 6.2 A Short History of Fires in Buildings 216 6.3 Fire Principles 221 6.4 Fire Prevention 224 6.5 Passive Fire Protection 225 6.6 Detection 228 6.7 Alarms 229 6.8 Safe Egress 232 6.9 Fire Suppression 235 6.10 Non-Water Fire Suppression Systems 242 6.11 Smoke Control 243 6.12 Fire Codes 249 6.13 Elevators and Fires 250 6.14 Lightning Protection 250 6.15 Conclusion 251 7 Conveyance Systems in Buildings 253 7.1 Introduction 254 7.2 A Short History of the Elevator 254 7.3 Elevator Types 261 7.4 Elevator Design 265 7.5 Escalators 271 7.6 Moving Walkways and Ramps 275 7.7 Vertical Transport and Health 276 7.8 Special Lifts for People 280 7.9 Material Conveying Systems 282 7.10 Conclusion 284 Resources 284 Index 285
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Sustainable Residential Interiors
Book SynopsisAs college campuses and workplaces turn their attention to minimizing carbon footprints, sustainable design is an increasingly fashionable aspect of interior design and architecture. Sustainable Residential Interiors focuses on implementing ?Green? design practices and technologies that improve indoor environmental quality.Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xiii CHAPTER 1 Why Be Sustainable? 1 What Are Green Buildings? 3 Conclusion 32 Resources 32 CHAPTER 2 Inspiring Stories 33 CHAPTER 3 Inspiring Projects 53 CHAPTER 4 Healthy Interiors 81 Green Building Framework 82 Why Health Matters 86 Safety and Well-Being 102 Healthy, High-Performing Strategies 106 Team Integration 118 Benefits 119 Next Steps 122 Resources 122 CHAPTER 5 Greening Projects 125 Getting Started on a Green Project 126 Integrated Design Approach and Criteria 131 Interior Designer’s Role 133 Jobsite Measures 135 Client’s Role and Responsibilities 138 Green Builder Programs 140 Green Building Cost Considerations 141 Resources 143 CHAPTER 6 Greening Specifications 145 Product Criteria 147 Vetting Products 162 Materials Safety Data Sheets 163 Questions for Manufacturers and Suppliers 167 In Summary 186 Resources 187 CHAPTER 7 Green Building Rating Systems 189 National and International Programs 191 Regional Programs 207 Frameworks and Guidelines 208 Holistic Communities 209 Tools and Resources 210 Resource 210 CHAPTER 8 Certifications and Standards 211 What Are Green Certifications and Standards and Why Are They Important? 211 Certification Resources 214 Indoor Environmental Quality 217 Life-Cycle Assessment 220 Carbon Footprint 223 Compostable 224 Certifications and Standards by Category/Material Type 224 Resources 239 CHAPTER 9 Concrete 241 Where Does It Come From? 245 Installation 245 Maintenance 249 Where Does It Go? 249 Spec List 250 Resources 250 CHAPTER 10 Masonry 251 Where Does It Come From? 255 Installation 255 Maintenance 257 Where Does It Go? 257 Spec List 257 Resources 258 CHAPTER 11 Metals 259 Where Does It Come From? 264 Installation 264 Maintenance 265 Where Does It Go? 266 Spec List 266 Resources 266 CHAPTER 12 Wood and Composites 267 Sustainable Wood Choices 269 Where Does It Come From? 279 Installation 280 Maintenance 282 Where Does It Go? 282 Spec List 283 Biobased Composites (Wood Alternatives) 284 Where Does It Come From? 287 Installation 287 Maintenance 287 Where Does It Go? 288 Spec List 288 Resources 288 CHAPTER 13 Openings: Doors and Windows 289 Interior Doors 291 Where Does It Come From? 292 Installation 292 Maintenance 292 Where Does It Go? 293 Spec List 293 Windows and Exterior Doors 293 Where Does It Come From? 297 Installation 298 Maintenance 298 Where Does It Go? 298 Spec List 298 Hardware 299 Where Does It Come From? 300 Where Does It Go? 300 Spec List 300 Resources 300 CHAPTER 14 Finishes 301 Plaster and Gypsum Board 302 Gypsum Plaster 303 Where Does It Come From? 304 Installation 304 Maintenance 305 Where Does It Go? 306 Resource 306 Spec List 306 Portland Cement Plaster 307 Lime Plaster 307 Where Does It Come From? 308 Installation 308 Maintenance 308 Where Does It Go? 309 Spec List 309 Resource 309 Venetian Plaster 310 Where Does It Come From? 310 Installation 310 Maintenance 310 Where Does It Go? 310 Spec List 310 Resource 311 Earthen Plaster 311 Where Does It Come From? 311 Installation 312 Maintenance 313 Where Does It Go? 313 Spec List 313 Resource 313 Gypsum Board: Drywall, Wallboard 313 Where Does It Come From? 315 Installation 317 Maintenance 317 Where Does It Go? 318 Spec List 318 Resources 319 Tile 319 Where Does It Come From? 323 Installation 324 Maintenance 325 Where Does It Go? 326 Spec List 327 Resources 327 Flooring 328 Bamboo Flooring 328 Where Does It Come From? 329 Installation 330 Maintenance 331 Where Does It Go? 331 Spec List 332 Resource 333 Leather Flooring 333 Installation 333 Maintenance 334 Where Does It Go? 334 Spec List 334 Cork Flooring 334 Where Does It Come From? 337 Installation 337 Maintenance 338 Where Does It Go? 338 Spec List 338 Resources 339 Biocomposite Flooring 339 Where Does It Come From? 342 Installation 342 Maintenance 343 Where Does It Go? 343 Spec List 343 Wood Flooring 343 Where Does It Come From? 346 Installation 347 Maintenance 348 Where Does It Go? 349 Spec List 349 Resources 350 Linoleum 350 Where Does It Come From? 351 Installation 351 Maintenance 352 Where Does It Go? 352 Spec List 352 “Rubber” Flooring 353 Where Does It Come From? 353 Where Does It Go? 353 Spec List 353 Resource 354 Concrete Flooring 354 Terrazzo 354 Where Does It Come From? 355 Installation 355 Maintenance 356 Where Does It Go? 356 Spec List 356 Resources 357 Carpet 357 Where Does It Come From? 360 Installation 361 Maintenance 361 Where Does It Go? 361 Spec List 362 Resources 363 Wall Treatments 363 Installation 367 Maintenance 368 Where Does It Go? 368 Spec List 368 Paint and Coatings 369 Casein or Milk Paint 373 Where Does It Come From? 374 Installation 374 Maintenance 375 Where Does It Go? 375 Spec List 375 Silicate Dispersion Paint 375 Where Does It Come From? 376 Installation 376 Maintenance 376 Where Does It Go? 377 Spec List 377 “Natural” or “Organic” Paints 377 Where Does It Come From? 379 Installation 379 Maintenance 379 Where Does It Go? 380 Spec List 380 Conventional Paint 380 Where Does It Come From? 385 Installation 386 Maintenance 387 Where Does It Go? 388 Spec List 388 Resources 389 Overview: Stains, Finishes, and Adhesives 389 Stains, Colorants, and Tints 390 Finishes, Sealants, and Topcoats 390 Adhesives and Glues 391 Spec List 392 Resources 392 CHAPTER 15 Specialties 393 Shower Enclosures 394 Where Does It Come From? 394 Where Does It Go? 394 Installation 395 Maintenance 395 Spec List 395 Closets and Shelving 395 Fireplaces and Stoves 395 Where Does It Come From? 399 Installation 399 Maintenance 400 Where Does It Go? 400 Spec List 401 Resources 401 CHAPTER 16 Equipment: Appliances and Office Equipment 403 Appliances 404 Where Does It Come From? 414 Installation 415 Maintenance 415 Where Does It Go? 416 Spec List 417 Computers, Printers, and Office Equipment 417 Where Does It Come From? 420 Maintenance 420 Where Does It Go? 420 Spec List 421 Resources 421 CHAPTER 17 Mechanical: Plumbing 423 Toilets, Urinals, and Bidets 425 Lavatories and Sinks 428 Showers and Tubs 429 Fittings 430 Graywater 431 Where Does It Come From? 432 Installation 432 Maintenance 432 Where Does It Go? 434 Spec List 434 Resources 434 CHAPTER 18 Electrical: Lighting and Light Fixtures 435 Types of Bulbs 438 Bulb Efficacy 443 Lighting Controls 443 Fixtures 444 Where Does It Come From? 444 Installation 445 Maintenance 446 Where Does It Go? 446 Spec List 447 Resources 447 CHAPTER 19 Furnishings 449 Countertops 450 Concrete Countertops 451 Where Does It Come From? 451 Installation 452 Maintenance 452 Where Does It Go? 452 Spec List 453 Resources 453 Stone Countertops 453 Where Does It Come From? 454 Installation 454 Maintenance 456 Where Does It Go? 456 Spec List 456 Resources 456 Metal Countertops 457 Where Does It Come From? 458 Installation 458 Maintenance 458 Where Does It Go? 459 Spec List 459 Resources 460 Wood Countertops 460 Where Does It Come From? 461 Installation 461 Maintenance 461 Where Does It Go? 461 Spec List 461 Resources 462 Ceramic Tile Countertops 462 Where Does It Come From? 463 Installation 463 Maintenance 464 Where Does It Go? 464 Spec List 464 Resources 465 Glass and Glass Tile Countertops 465 Where Does It Come From? 465 Installation 465 Maintenance 466 Where Does It Go? 467 Spec List 467 Solid Surface, Composite, and Laminate Countertops 467 Where Does It Come From? 469 Installation 469 Maintenance 470 Where Does It Go? 470 Spec List 470 Linoleum Countertops 470 Where Does It Come From? 471 Installation 472 Maintenance 472 Where Does It Go? 472 Spec List 472 Cabinetry 472 Where Does It Come From? 477 Installation 478 Maintenance 479 Where Does It Go? 479 Spec List 479 Resources 480 Textiles 481 Where Does It Come From? 495 Maintenance 496 Where Does It Go? 496 Spec List 497 Resources 498 Case Pieces 499 Where Does It Come From? 505 Installation 505 Maintenance 506 Where Does It Go? 507 Spec List 507 Resources 508 Upholstery 508 Where Does It Come From? 512 Installation 514 Maintenance 514 Where Does It Go? 515 Spec List 515 Resources 515 Lighting 515 Where Does It Come From? 517 Maintenance 517 Where Does It Go? 517 Spec List 517 Resources 518 Mattresses and Bedding 518 Where Does It Come From? 526 Maintenance 526 Where Does It Go? 526 Spec List 527 Resources 527 Area Rugs 528 Where Does It Come From? 530 Maintenance 530 Where Does It Go? 530 Spec List 531 Resources 531 Window Treatments 531 Where Does It Come From? 535 Maintenance 535 Where Does It Go? 535 Spec List 535 Resource 536 Accessories and Art 536 Where Does It Come From? 540 Installation and Maintenance 540 Where Does It Go? 541 Spec List 542 CHAPTER 20 Green Business Development 543 Relationship Building 544 Networking 546 Target Markets 550 Market Differentiation 551 Innovation Benefits 552 Strategic Action Plan 552 Outreach 553 Sharing Successful Projects 555 Cost Considerations 556 Value Bonding 557 Resources 560 CHAPTER 21 Sustaining Life 561 Questioning the Status Quo 562 Purposeful Living 566 Inspirational Mentors 567 Next Steps 570 CHAPTER 22 What’s Next? 573 Abundance 574 Building Science 577 Education 578 Future Generations 584 Health 590 High Performance 597 Restorative 607 Regenerative 609 Resilency 615 Technology 616 Transparency 618 Conclusion 621 Resources 623 Websites 623 Recommended Reading 635 Glossary 639 Index 655
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Computing the Environment
Book SynopsisComputing the Environment presents practical workflows and guidance for designers to get feedback on their design using digital design tools on environmental performance. Starting with an extensive state-of-the-art survey of what top international offices are currently using in their design projects, this book presents detailed descriptions of the tools, algorithms, and workflows used and discusses the theories that underlie these methods. Project examples from Transsolar Klimaengineering, Buro Happolds SMART Group, Behnish Behnisch Architects, Thomas Herzog, Autodesk Research are contextualized with quotes and references to key thinkers in this field such as Eric Winsberg, Andrew Marsh, Michelle Addington and Ali Malkawi.Table of ContentsFOREWORD VI-IXPhil Bernstein, Yale School of Architecture 1. INTRODUCTION—COMPUTING THE ENVIRONMENT: DESIGN WORKFLOWS FOR THE SIMULATION OF SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE 1-13Brady Peters and Terri Peters 2. NEW DIALOGUES ABOUT ENERGY: PERFORMANCE, CARBON AND CLIMATE 14-27Terri Peters 3. PARAMETRIC ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN: SIMULATION AND GENERATIVE PROCESSES 28-42Brady Peters 4. DESIGNING ATMOSPHERES: SIMULATING EXPERIENCE 43-57Brady Peters 5. USE DATA: COMPUTING LIFE-CYCLE AND REAL-TIME VISUALISATION 58-73Terri Peters 6. NEAR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS: ADVANCES IN SIMULATION AND REAL-TIME FEEDBACK 74-93Terri Peters 7. DESIGNING ENVIRONMENTS AND SIMULATING EXPERIENCE: FOSTER + PARTNERS SPECIALIST MODELLING GROUP 94-105Brady Peters 8. MAXIMISING IMPACT THROUGH PERFORMANCE SIMULATION: THE WORK OF TRANSSOLAR KLIMAENGINEERING 106-117Terri Peters 9. DESIGNERS NEED FEEDBACK: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE BY KIERANTIMBERLAKE 118-127Terri Peters 10. ARCHITECTURE SHAPES PERFORMANCE: GXN ADVANCES SOLAR MODELLING AND SENSING 128-137Terri Peters 11. BESPOKE TOOLS FOR A BETTER WORLD: THE ART OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AT BUROHAPPOLD ENGINEERING 138-149Brady Peters 12. BIG IDEAS: INFORMATION DRIVEN DESIGN 150-162Brady Peters 13. SIMULATING THE INVISIBLE: MAX FORDHAM DESIGNS LIGHT, AIR AND SOUND 162-175Terri Peters 14. WHITE ARCHITECTS: BUILD THE FUTURE 176-183Terri Peters 15. CORE: INTEGRATED COMPUTATION AND RESEARCH 184-191Terri Peters 16. SUPERSPACE: COMPUTING HUMAN-CENTRIC ARCHITECTURE 192-200Brady Peters 17. ZHACODE: SKETCHING WITH PERFORMANCE 201-209Terri Peters 18. WEWORK: BUILDING DATA FOR DESIGN FEEDBACK 210-217Terri Peters 19. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES: TECHNOLOGY DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURAL RESPONSES 218-235Brady Peters and Terri Peters, with contributions from Timur Dogan, Werner Sobek, William W Braham, Kiel Moe, Neil Katz, and Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari INDEX 236-242
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Building Urban Resilience through Change of Use
Book SynopsisDescribes all aspects of sustainable conversion adaptation of existing buildings and provides solutions for making urban settlements resilient to climate change This comprehensive book explores the potential to change the character of cities with residential conversion of office space in order to withstand the negative effects of climate change. It investigates the nature and extent of sustainable conversion in a number of global cities, as well as the political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal drivers and barriers to successful conversion. The book also identifies the key lessons learned through international comparisons with cases in the UK, US, Australia, and the Netherlands. Building Urban Resilience Through Change of Use covers the benefits and aspects of sustainable conversion adaptation through the whole lifecycle from inception, planning, and design, to procurement, construction, and management and operational issues. It illustrates and quantifies, Table of ContentsAbout the Editors ix Contributor Biographies xi Acknowledgements xv Foreword: Resilience as a ‘Lens’ for Driving the Adaptive Capacity of Cities xvii Chapter 1 The Context for Building Resilience through Sustainable Change of Use Adaptation 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Scale of the Problem: From City to Building Scale 4 1.3 Definitions of Key Terms 6 1.4 Background and Scope 8 1.5 The Notion of Urban Resilience 9 1.6 Synopsis 13 1.7 Summary 17 References 18 Chapter 2 Precinct]scale Innovation and the Sharing Paradigm 21 2.1 Introduction 21 2.2 The Emergence of the Sharing Paradigm 24 2.3 Potential Benefits of the Sharing Paradigm for Cities and Precincts 25 2.4 How Building and Land Conversions Could Help Enable the Sharing Paradigm 27 2.5 Conclusions: Sharing the City 35 References 36 Chapter 3 Planning Policy Instruments for Resilient Urban Redevelopment: The Case of Office Conversions in Rotterdam, the Netherlands 39 3.1 Introduction 39 3.2 Conceptual Planning Policy Instruments 41 3.3 Planning Policy Instruments in Rotterdam 46 3.4 Classifying and Evaluating Policy Instruments in Rotterdam 51 3.5 Conclusions 54 References 54 Chapter 4 Adaptation and Demolition in a Masterplan Context 57 4.1 Introduction 57 4.2 Literature Review 58 4.3 Methodology 64 4.4 Analysis 67 4.5 Conclusion 75 4.6 Planned Continuation of Research 77 References 78 Chapter 5 Sustainable Design and Building Conversion 83 5.1 Introduction 83 5.2 Durability: Measuring ‘Long Life’ 85 5.3 Adaptability: Measuring ‘Loose Fit’ 86 5.4 Sustainability: Measuring ‘Low Energy’ 88 5.5 Case Studies 89 5.6 A Framework for Evaluation of Urban Renewal Projects 91 5.7 The Application and Implications of Life Cycle Costing 99 5.8 Conclusion: Implications for Future Practice 100 References 102 Chapter 6 Top]up: Urban Resilience through Additions to the Tops of City Buildings 105 6.1 Introduction 105 6.2 Top]up Context 105 6.3 Top]up Typology 108 6.4 Top]up and Heritage 109 6.5 Case Studies 111 6.6 Urban Resilience 115 6.7 Conclusion 118 References 118 Chapter 7 Conversion Potential Assessment Tool 121 7.1 Introduction: Why Adaptive Reuse? 121 7.2 Opportunities and Risks 122 7.3. Conversion Meter 126 7.4 Conversion Meter Case Studies 142 7.5 Lessons Learned from Case Studies 143 7.6 Concluding Remarks 148 7.7 Next Steps 148 References 149 Chapter 8 Rating Tools, Resilience and Sustainable Change of Use Adaptations 153 8.1 Introduction 153 8.2 Sustainability in Building Adaptation: Drivers and Barriers 154 8.3 Leading Rating Tools and Conversion Adaptation 156 8.4 Resilience Challenges 168 8.5 Conclusions 171 References 172 Chapter 9 Conclusions on Building Resilience through Change of Use Adaptation: A Manifesto for the Future 175 9.1 Introduction 175 9.2 Overview of Resilience Issues, Sustainability and Change of Use Adaptation 175 9.3 Qualities of Resilient Systems in the Context of Conversion Adaptation 182 9.4 Resilience and Sustainable Conversion Adaptation 183 9.5 The Manifesto for Sustainable and Resilient Conversion Adaptation 184 9.6 Moving Forward 185 9.7 Conclusions 186 References 187 Appendix 9.A Checklists for Building Resilient Cities though Sustainable Change of Use 188 Index 193
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Green New Deal Landscapes
Book SynopsisGiven the ongoing climate and socio-ecological emergencies, it is paramount to support a socially just rethinking of the world we inhabit, which is intrinsically dependent on the health of the earth's systems. This requires a radical transformation of the role of environmental designers in developing propositions, mitigation strategies and advocacy initiatives. This issue ofADexplores the principles behind the Green New Deal and how they apply to the architectural and landscape professions. Whatever form the Green New Deal will take and is taking, it will be materialised through infrastructure, buildings, landscapes and various other constructed forms. The contributors to thisADexamine the theoretical frameworks and design practices within which the protocols of the Green New Deal could be integrated. Initially, such a goal requires a survey of the available design tools and methodologies necessary to achieve a transition to a decarbonised economy in an equitable manner. The articleTable of ContentsAbout the Guest-Editor 5 José Alfredo Ramírez Introduction 6 Designing Landscapes How Policies Shape the World José Alfredo Ramírez Visualising a 12 Transformative Space that Puts People and Climate First Miriam Brett Crises and 20 Contestations The Promise and Peril of Designing a Green New Deal Billy Fleming ‘Raising the Stakes 28 for Landscape’ in the Climate Crisis Clara Olóriz Sanjuán Just Transition 36 Rewiring Carbon-Pollutant Landscapes and Labour into a Community Forestry Framework Elena Luciano Suastegui, Rafael Martinez Caldera and Yasmina Yehia Dynamic Domains of 44 Antarctica A Design Model of Global Commons in Sync with Planetary Metabolism Daniel Kiss and Swadheet Chaturvedi Take Back the Land 54 Godofredo Enes Pereira, Christina Leigh Geros and Jon Goodbun Making Space for 62 Green Work Julian Siravo Taking Apart 70 Buildings and Systems In Converstaion with Mae Bowley of Re:Purpose Savannah Jane Mah Hutton and Alison Creba The Red Deal 78 Decolonising Climate Action Manuel Shvartzberg Carrió and Danika Cooper Design Perspectives 86 from the Global South The Case of Mexico José Alfredo Ramírez Country-Led 96 Approaches in Land Management and Design Liam Mouritz and Alex Breedon Monsoonal Solidarity 104 A Global Approach to Climate Justice Lindsay Bremner Town, Country and Wilderness 112 Planning the Half-Earth Troy Vettese, Drew Pendergrass and Filip Mesko Towards the Abolition of the Hinterlands 120 Kai Heron and Alex Heffron From Another Perspective 128 A Rapturous Delight in the Natural World Laurie Chetwood Neil Spiller
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Wiley Handbook of Sustainability in Higher
Book SynopsisA comprehensive resource for higher education professionals interested in sustainability pedagogy In The Wiley Handbook of Sustainability in Higher Education Learning and Teaching, a team of distinguished researchers delivers an insightful reference for higher education professionals seeking to embed sustainability in learning and teaching. The book offers a way for higher education institutions to implement sustainability goals in their curricula and provides comprehensive guidance to educators, researchers and practitioners. The authors discuss recent developments in technological innovations, best practices, lessons learned, current challenges, and reflections in the area of sustainability teaching in higher education. They also examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sustainability education. With contributors from a variety of disciplines, including engineering, medicine, urban design, business, environmental science, and social science, the bTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix List of Contributors xi 1 Sustainable Development: Embedding Sustainability in Higher Education 1Kelum A. A. Gamage and Erandika K. de Silva Part I Transforming the Curriculum – Pedagogy Focused Initiatives 11 2 Activist Learning for Sustainability: A Pedagogy for Change 13Zoe Robinson, Rebecca Laycock Pedersen, and Sarah Briggs 3 Outcome- Based Education Toward Achieving Sustainable Goals in Higher Education 41G. R. Sinha, Nanda Gunawardhana, and Chih- Peng Fan 4 Transforming Ourselves to Transform Societies: Cultivating Virtue in Higher Education for Sustainability 59Amparo Merino and Estela Díaz 5 Factors that Hinder the Implementation of Sustainability Initiatives in Higher Education Institutions 79David Slim Zepeda Quintana, Javier Esquer, and Nora Munguía 6 Developing Stakeholder Agency in Higher Education Sustainability Initiatives: Insights from a Change Laboratory Research Intervention 99John Scahill and Brett Bligh Copyrighted Material 7 Technology- Enhanced Education: Improving Students’ Learning Experience in the Higher Education Context 133Mengting Yu 8 Sustainability Assessment Tools in Higher Education Institutions: Comprehensive Analysis of the Indicators and Outlook 153M. Mapar, P. Bacelar-Nicolau, and S. Caeiro 9 COVID- 19 Disruptions to SDG 4 in Higher Education Institutions 187Luis Velazquez Part II Transforming the Curriculum – Discipline- Specific Initiatives 205 10 Integrating Harmonious Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum: Addressing the Sustainability Grand Challenge 207David A. Kirby, Iman El- Kaffass, and Felicity Healey- Benson 11 Sustaining Place Transformations in Urban Design Education: Learning and Teaching Urban Density, Mix, Access, Public/Private Interface, and Type 221Hesam Kamalipour and Nastaran Peimani 12 Sustainability of Innovations in Health Professions Education 237Gominda Ponnamperuma, Asela Olupeliyawa, Madawa Chandratilake, and Kosala Marambe 13 Sustainability in Energy Systems Analysis and Design 257J. McKellar, H. Gaber, and D. Hoornweg Part III Global Trends – Country Specific Initiatives 277 14 Sustainability Teaching in Higher Education and Universities in Spain 279Sergio Nogales Delgado, Silvia Román Suero, and Beatriz Ledesma Cano 15 Sustainability in Higher Education in Egypt: Perception, Challenges, and Way Forward 297Marwa Biltagy 16 Youth Communicators as an Engine for Sustainable Development: A Case Study for Achieving SDGs in Remote Higher Education Institutions 317Saira Ahmed, Amir Qayyum, Azza Malik, and Hassan Ali 17 Streamlining Higher Education in the Maldives: Issues and Challenges 333Abdul Hannan Waheed 18 Embedding Sustainability into the Education Process in the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, SUA in Nitra, Slovakia 353Tatiana Kaletová, Ivana Mezeyová, Ján Mezey, Mária Bihuňová, Roberta Štěpánková, Andrej Tárník, Ján Horák, and Kristína Candráková Part IV Equity and Inclusion within Sustainability Education 377 19 Inclusive Education and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities in HigherEducation for Students with Disabilities 379Samanmala Dorabawila, Sakunthala Yatigammana, and Anoma Abhayaratne 20 Embedding Sustainability in Learning and Teaching: Communication Barriers to Learners with Special Needs 397Leena Seneheweera and Varunadatta Edirisinghe 21 Sustainable Higher Education for Disabled Students: Comprehensive and Quality Support for All Process Participants – University of Zagreb Support Model 421Lelia Kiš- Glavaš 22 Barriers, New Developments, and Emerging Trends in Sustainability in HE 453Kelum A. A. Gamage and Erandika K. de Silva Index 461
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Modern Residential Construction Practices
Book SynopsisModern Residential Construction Practices provides easy-to-read, comprehensive and highly illustrated coverage of residential building construction practices that conform to industry standards in the United States and Canada.Each chapter provides complete descriptions, real-world practices, realistic examples, three-dimensional (3D) illustrations, and related tests and problems. Chapters cover practices related to every construction phase including: planning, funding, permitting, codes, inspections, site planning, excavation, foundations and flatwork, floors, walls, roofs, finish work and cabinetry; heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC); electrical, and plumbing. The book is organized in a format that is consistent with the process used to take residential construction projects from preliminary concept through all phases of residential building construction.An ideal textbook for secondary and college level construction programs, the book is packed Table of Contents1. Introduction to Building Codes and the Preliminary Construction Process2. Introduction to Green Building Technology3. Drawings and Specifications4. Construction Site and Excavation5. Foundation Materials and Construction6. Floor Framing Materials and Construction7. Wall Framing Materials and Construction8. Roof Materials and Construction9. Insulation and Barriers10. Door and Window Specifications and Installation11. Stair Construction12. Fireplace Construction13. Mechanical, Plumbing, and Electrical Systems14. Indoor Air Quality and Safety15. Finish Work and Materials
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Taylor & Francis Ltd LEED Lab
Book SynopsisFacility performance evaluations inform the long-term life of a building and do not end with design or construction. To this aim, Patricia Andrasik created LEED Lab, in collaboration with the US Green Building Council, an increasingly popular international interdisciplinary collegiate laboratory course, which utilizes campus buildings as demonstration sites to facilitate the green assessment of existing buildings. LEED Lab: A Model for Sustainable Design Education uses the LEED O+M building rating system to measure and achieve performance-driven campus facilities in which the readers work and operate.The book explains in simple terms the theory, tasks, tools and techniques necessary for credit implementation and achievement, and includes case studies and exercises for practical application in each chapter. Readers will learn the conceptual scientific framework used to understand existing operational performance and how to quantify sustainable synergies, create green caTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Methodology 3. Platform 4. PHASE 1: Feasibility 5. PHASE 2: Implementation 6. Site 7. Water 8. Energy 9. Materials 10. Air Quality 11. PHASE 3: Documentation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A Landscape of Architecture History and Fiction
Book SynopsisArchitecture can be analogous to a history, a fiction, and a landscape. We expect a history or a novel to be written in words, but they can also be cast in concrete or seeded in soil. The catalyst to this tradition was the simultaneous and interdependent emergence in the eighteenth century of new art forms: the picturesque landscape, the analytical history, and the English novel. Each of them instigated a creative and questioning response to empiricism's detailed investigation of subjective experience and the natural world, and together they stimulated a design practice and lyrical environmentalism that profoundly influenced subsequent centuries.Associating the changing natural world with journeys in self-understanding, and the design process with a visual and spatial autobiography, this book describes journeys between London and the North Sea in successive centuries, analysing an enduring and evolving tradition from the picturesque and romanticism to modernism. Creative archTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1. A Hellish Cloud and a Sublime Sea 2. Architecture in Ruins 3. The History Man Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Design Roots
Book SynopsisStuart Walker is Professor of Design for Sustainability at Lancaster University, UK.Martyn Evans is Professor of Design at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.Tom Cassidy is Chair of Design at the University of Leeds, UK.Jeyon Jung is Research Associate at Lancaster University, UK.Amy Twigger Holroyd is Associate Professor of Fashion and Sustainability at Nottingham Trent University, UK.Trade ReviewCraft has deep roots and heritage but these material skills and ways of working are just as relevant today as they were centuries ago. Critical writing on craft, such as Design Roots, is crucial to ensure it continues to evolve and thrive. * Rosy Greenlees OBE, Executive Director of the Crafts Council, UK *A balanced, insightful, integrated agenda... a collaboration of thoughtful practitioners that offers fruitful research... The insightful editors and creative contributors managed to avoid most difficulties seen in edited volumes: the range of quality, the consistency of the essays, and the enlarged sum of the book impressed me... These pages do not offer sentimentality and nostalgia but promote the evolving, innovative, and adaptive nature of traditional, culturally significant designs, products and practices... [I] enjoyed the satisfaction of an admirable accomplishment... I would recommend this edited volume to thinking practitioners and researchers looking for inspiration – it is full of ideas worth pursuing. * K. Scott Swan writing for the Design Journal, Routledge *Table of ContentsEditorial Introduction, Stuart Walker (Lancaster University, UK) Part I Introduction: Culturally Significant Designs, Products and Practices, Martyn Evans (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) 1. Creative Ecologies: Contextualising Culturally Significant Designs, Products and Practices, Jeyon Jung and Stuart Walker (Lancaster University, UK) 2. Forging New Futures: Cultural Significance, Revitalisation and Authenticity, Amy Twigger Holroyd (Nottingham Trent University, UK) 3. Culturally Significant Artefacts and Their Relationship to Tradition and Sustainability, Stuart Walker (Lancaster University, UK) 4. Making and its Cultural Ecological Foundations, Patrick Dillon (University of Exeter, UK) Part II Introduction: Authenticity and Tradition in Material Culture, Amy Twigger Holroyd (Nottingham Trent University, UK) 5. The Aran Jumper, Siún Carden (University of the Highlands and Islands, UK) 6. Chok Weaving and Textile Enterprises from Northern Thailand, Disaya Chudasri (Lancaster University, UK) 7. Oltu-Stone Prayer Beads: A Journey into the Art of Carving Tasbih, Hazal Gümüs Çiftçi (Lancaster University, UK) 8. The Mian Sara: Traditional Iranian Homes and Sustainability, Poone Yazdanpanah and Stuart Walker (Lancaster University, UK) 9. IKEA: Mass-produced National Design Identity, Sara S. Kristoffersson (Konstfack University College, Sweden) Part III Introduction: Revitalisation by Design, Tom Cassidy (University of Leeds, UK) 10. Culture as a Resource for a Sustainable Future in Indigenous Communities: Strengthening Atikamekw Identity and Economics through Design, Anne Marchand, Karine Awashish, Christian Coocoo, Solen Roth, Renata Marques Leitão, Cédric Sportes and Caoimhe Isha Beaulé (University of Montreal, Canada) 11. Transforming Tradition in Indonesia: A Method for Maintaining Tradition in a Craft and Design Context, Adhi Nugraha (Aalto University, Finland) 12. New Translations of South Korean Patterns, Meong Jin Shin (University of Leeds, UK) 13. Revitalisation by Design, Sebastian Cox (Sebastian Cox Ltd, UK) 14. New Caribbean Design: Revitalising Place-based Products, Patty Johnson (Patty Johnson Design, Canada) Part IV Introduction: Enterprise, Policy and Education for Positive Development, Jeyon Jung (Lancaster University, UK) 15. Sustaining Culturally Significant Designs, Products and Practices: Lessons from the Hohokam, Jacques Giard (Arizona State University, USA) 16. Accidents, Intentions, Movements and Makers: Artisan Economy in Portland, Oregon, USA,Steven Marotta, Austin Cummins and Charles Heying (Portland State University, USA) 17. The Role of Higher Education in Sustaining Culturally Significant Crafts in Estonia, Sirpa Kokko (University of Helsinki, Finland) 18. The Challenge of Intellectual Property Rights for Culturally Significant Patterns, Products and Processes, Tom Cassidy and Tracy Diane Cassidy (University of Leeds, UK) 19. The Case of the City Different: The Intersection of the Museum, the Artist and the Marketplace, Marsha C. Bol (Carnegie Museum of Natural History, USA) Part V Introduction: Design Futures, Stuart Walker (Lancaster University, UK) and Martyn Evans (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) 20. Research Approaches for Culturally Significant Design, Tom Cassidy (University of Leeds, UK) 21. Digital Transformations, Amateur Making and the Revitalisation of Traditional Textile Crafts, Amy Twigger Holroyd (Nottingham Trent University, UK) 22. Design for Social Innovators, Anna Meroni and Daniela Selloni (Politechnico di Milano, Italy) 23. Integrated Scales of Design and Production for Sustainability with a Focus on Graduate Design Work in Lighting, Çagla Dogan (Middle Eastern Technical University, Turkey) 24. Designing Authentic Brands: How Designerly Approaches can Craft Authentic Brand Identity, Emma Murphy (Glasgow School of Art, UK) 25. Strategies for Revitalisation of Culturally Significant Designs, Products and Practices, Martyn Evans (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK), Amy Twigger Holroyd (Nottingham Trent University, UK), Stuart Walker and Jeyon Jung (Lancaster University, UK) and Tom Cassidy (University of Leeds, UK) Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Design Ecology Politics Towards the Ecocene
Book SynopsisJoanna Boehnert is Research Fellow at the Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus (CECAN) at the University of Surrey, UK.Trade ReviewJoanna Boehnert's book shows in a masterful manner that there are no technological, ideological or other easy fixes to the contradiction between capitalism and nature. She powerfully makes the point that we need political design in order to create a better world. A must-read for everyone interested in design, ecology, communication and politics. * Christian Fuchs, Professor of Social Media at the University of Westminster, UK *Dr Boehnert envisions a possible, eco-ethical praxis sufficient to the urgency of the Ecocene era. With inspirational tempo, she sweeps across and connects the significant ideas that advance design eco-literacy, decolonizing and replacing outmoded discourses with powerful fresh starts. * Peter Jones, Co-founder of the Systemic Design Research Network at OCAD University, Canada *Design, Ecology, Politics is a powerful contribution. It is a thoroughly innovative, provocative and confrontational approach to pressing twenty-first century challenges at the human-environment interface. Joanna Boehnert has produced a compelling book which expands our considerations of design and ecological literacy in the complex socio-economic systems where we find 'home'. I enthusiastically recommend this work to those interested in charting productive and sustainable pathways through today's ecological, social and cultural challenges. * Maxwell Boykoff, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado-Boulder, USA *Design, Ecology, Politics commands design educators to ground their practice in critically engaged ecological literacy. Boehnert’s deeply textured and carefully crafted clarion call should be read by all who design on our earth. And it is a must for current and future planners. * Christopher Silver, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Florida, USA *In this work, Dr Joanna Boehnert examines foundational elements of human perception and design, beautifully integrating situated knowledge into the complex systems in which it exists, offering insights both relevant and practicable. * Mara Averick, Research Analyst at the Economic Development Assistance Consortium, USA *At last, a book that clearly locates design for sustainability within a sophisticated account of contemporary political economy. To affect the transition toward more sustainable futures, we urgently need the lucid negotiation of social complexity that this book provides. * Cameron Tonkinwise, Director of Design Studies at Carnegie Mellon University, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Within and Beyond Error Part One – Design 1. Design Theory 101 2. Design as Symbolic Violence 3. Design vs. The Design Industry Part Two – Ecology 4. Ecological Theory 101 5. Epistemological Error 6. Ecological Literacy 7. Ecoliterate Design 8. Ecological Movements 9. Ecological Perception 1: Theory 10. Ecological Perception 2: Practice 11. Ecological Identity Part Three – Politics 12. Social Marketing 13. The Green Economy 14. The TechnoFix 15. Data Visualisation Conclusion: Towards the Ecocene
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC John Dalton
Book SynopsisThis book addresses the work of architect John Dalton (1927-2007), an important voice in mid-century modernism in Australia whose work, despite his being exhibited and published internationally and also winning several awards for his designs, is woefully little known.Published as part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture series, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist architects, the book draws on previously unpublished archival documents, including Dalton's drawings and paintings, transcripts of lectures, letters and articles, plans and photographic images of built works, to characterize the architect not only as a very talented designer, but also as a pioneer of environmentalist thinking in Australia.The book reveals how Dalton's architectural preoccupations parallel a transition in mid-century modern architecture globally from functional efficiency and material rationalism, to a concern with being in dialogue with the environment, confirminTrade ReviewIn an age where the history of architecture must respond to concerns over the environment, Elizabeth Musgrave’s important and engaging account of John Dalton brings to light the innovations of one of 20th-century Australia’s pioneers of climatically sensitive design. * G. A. Bremner, University of Edinburgh, UK *This book carefully unearths the fragile and divergent roots of an environmentalist discourse on the eve of a period often referred to as the age of ecology. Rigorously reconstructed by piecemeal evidence, Elizabeth Musgrave’s work significantly contributes to the ‘minor historiography’ of an exemplary modernist architect who geared his practice towards Queensland’s subtropical climate and the vernacular. * Elke Couchez, University of Hasselt, Belgium *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Series Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Introducing John Dalton and the Landscape of Post-War Australia 2. Discovering the Idiomatic: Detail in Art & Architecture 3. Form and its Experience: Designs for 'Sunlight, Shade and Shadow' 4. Environment as Provocation and Narrative: Dalton the Activist 5. Ecologies in Practice: Structuring the Interactions of Individual and Community 6. Synthesizing Environmental and Architectural Perspectives Conclusion: Legacies of 'Sunlight, Shade and Shadow' Bibliography Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Ecosystem Services Come To Town
Book SynopsisThe need to find new approaches to the development of cities is becoming increasingly urgent in this age of continuing population growth, demographic transition, climate change, fossil fuel peak and biodiversity losses. Restoring ecosystem services and promoting biodiversity is essential to sustainable development even in the built environment. Ecosystem Services come to Town: greening cities by working with nature demonstrates how to make urban environments greener. It starts by explaining how, by mimicking nature and deliberately creating habitats to provide ecosystem services, cities can become more efficient and more pleasant to live in. The history of cities and city planning is covered with the impacts of industrial urban development described, as well as the contemporary concerns of biodiversity loss, peak oil and climate change. The later sections offer solutions to the challenges of sustainable urban development by describing and explaining a whole range of Trade Review“The book can be a useful supplemental resource for students in urban studies, offering many wonderful ideas and a general sense of optimism. Summing Up: Recommended. All academic, professional, and large public libraries.” (Choice, 1 August 2013) Table of ContentsAbout the Author xi Acknowledgement xiii 1. Introduction 1 Modern Cities and the Disconnected 1 Population Spike 2 Limits to Growth 3 Global Threats 3 Ecosystem Services and Stewardship 4 Greening Cities is Necessary 5 Hope 5 2. Origins of Cities 7 Why Look Back? 7 Emergence of the Human Species 7 Great Leap Forward 8 Agriculture and Permanent Settlements 8 Agriculture Around the World 10 Agriculture Intensifies 11 Empires Rise and Fall in Mesopotamia 12 Nile Valley 12 Indus Valley 13 Ancient China 13 Ancient Greece 14 On the Ganges 15 Rome 16 The Moche 16 Mesoamerica 17 Fortified Centres of Administration 17 European Renaissance 18 Early Modern 19 Squalor 21 3. Modern Cities 23 Origins of the Modern City 23 Industrial Revolution 23 Railways 24 Rapid Growth 25 Ill Health 26 Distinctive New Districts Emerge 27 Paris Re-born 28 Railways and Suburbs 29 Planning and Zoning 29 Garden Cities 29 Motor Vehicles Herald in the Oil Age 31 A Humane Outlook 32 Going Up 33 Continued Rise of the Motor Vehicle 33 Decline of the Inner City 34 New Towns 35 City Plans 36 An Unfinished Task 37 4. Issues Facing Contemporary Cities 39 Impacts of Cities and City Living 39 Habitat Loss 40 Habitat Fragmentation 41 Impacts on Soil 41 The Water Cycle 42 Water-borne Pollution 44 Urban Heat Islands 44 Air Pollution 45 Noise 46 Light Pollution 47 Agricultural Land Take 47 Concrete 48 Steel 48 Glass 49 Timber 49 Waste 49 Drivers of Population Growth 50 Peak Oil 52 Peak Phosphorus 52 Post Oil 53 5. Working with Nature 55 Ecology and Ecosystems 55 Born Free 56 Saving the Great Lakes 56 Earth Summit, Ecosystem Assessment and Ecosystem Services 58 Cities as Part of the Biosphere 59 Ecological Restoration 59 Urban Wildlife 60 Green Infrastructure 60 Sustainable Sites Initiative 61 Advice from Professional Bodies and Others 61 Mimic Nature 62 Working with Nature Works 63 6. Urban Nature 65 Open Space Preservation 65 The Naturalists 66 Nature Leaves the City? 66 Urban Nature Returns 68 Wildlife Gardens 69 Encapsulated Countryside 70 Bukit Timah 71 The Urban Forest 72 Urban Wastelands 73 Canvey Wick 74 Emscher Park 75 Urban Farming 76 Biodiversity Action Plans 77 River Corridors 78 London’s South Bank 79 Minneapolis Riverfront 79 7. Water and Cities 81 Fresh Clean Water – Essential and Increasingly Scarce 81 Civilisation has Modified the Water Cycle 82 Water Consumption 82 Embodied Carbon 82 Virtual Water 83 Catchment Management 84 Rainwater Harvesting 84 Grey Water 85 Sustainable Urban Drainage 85 Water Sensitive Urban Design 86 Rain Gardens 86 The Streets are Changing 86 Ponds 88 Potsdamer Platz 89 River Restoration 89 The Cheonggyecheon River 90 Singapore 91 Water and Urban Heat Islands 93 Towards the Water Sensitive City 93 8. City-wide Greening 95 Bioregions 95 Catchment Management for Clean Water 96 Catchment Management for Ecosystem Services 97 Regional Green Infrastructure Plans 99 Biomass and the Bioregion 99 Regional Ecological Networks 100 Community Forests 101 Green Belts 101 Green Grids 103 Transport 103 Urban Heat Islands 105 Blue Networks 105 Masterplanning 107 Regional Plans, Local Implementation 107 9. Greening Neighbourhoods and Buildings 111 Sense of Neighbourhood 111 Living Streets 112 Standardising the Neighbourhood 113 Design Your Own Park 113 A Phoenix Rises 114 Growing Their Own 115 Learning from Squatter Settlements 116 Rain Gardens 117 They Paved Paradise 118 Clapton Park Estate 118 People of the Trees 119 Tree Pits 120 Tree Trenches 121 No Space? 122 Energy Efficient Buildings 123 Water Efficiency 123 Autonomy 123 Building-integrated Vegetation 124 A Coat for Buildings 124 Value of Shade 125 Living Walls 126 Cooling Effect of Green Roofs 128 Green Roofs, Rainwater Attenuation and Cooling 129 Green Roofs Need the Right Substrate 130 Green Roofs for Biodiversity 130 London’s Black Redstart Roofs 131 Biodiverse Green Roofs in North America 132 Roof Gardens for People 133 Worldwide Applications 133 Wildlife and Buildings 134 Rooftop Harvests 136 10. Conclusion 137 Interesting Times 137 The Positives 138 Cities and Citizens Take the Initiative 138 Greening Requires Greenery 140 Appendices I: award winning projects from IHDC website 141 II: useful resources 177 Notes and References 197 Index 209
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