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Precedents in Zero-Energy Design
Architecture and Passive Design in the 2007 Solar Decathlon
‘Michael 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...
Published October 14th 2009 by Routledge
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The Housing Design Handbook
A Guide to Good Practice
How well have architects succeeded in building housing and what lessons can be learned from their triumphs and failures? The Housing Design Handbook will give you a complete understanding of what makes successful housing design. Through the analysis of work by Levitt Bernstein and a wide range of...
Published September 16th 2009 by Routledge
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Environment, Technology and Sustainability
Series: Technologies of Architecture
This second volume in the Technologies of Architecture series – the only series of books tuned to the architectural technology syllabus – explores the environmental influences on building design. Looking particularly at sustainable building, a holistic view is taken, so that the influence...
Published July 21st 2009 by Taylor & Francis
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Sustainable Olympic Design and Urban Development
With appropriate planning and design, Olympic urban development has the potential to leave positive environmental legacies to the host city and contribute to environmental sustainability. This book explains how a modern Olympic games can successfully develop a more sustainable design approach by...
Published May 11th 2009 by Routledge
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Eco-Urbanity
Towards Well-Mannered Built Environments
There is need for change in our currently unsustainable cities. Carefully outlining paths towards better, sustainable ways of urban living, this book proposes a radical change in the ways we conceive and live our urban environments. Bringing together diverse cultural and disciplinary views on urban...
Published March 30th 2009 by Routledge
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History, Performance and Conservation
Series: Technologies of Architecture
Ideal for students of architectural technology, this volume of the Technologies of Architecture series covers the technologies available and the processes necessary for the conservation of existing buildings and environments. This book provides, in a single text, the tools for students to be able...
Published November 30th 2008 by Taylor & Francis
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The ZEDbook
Solutions for a Shrinking World
Though few now doubt the severity of the environmental problems faced by humanity there is still resistance from businesses, developers, architects, planners and government when it comes to making the step changes necessary to make our lifestyles sustainable. Based on the experience gained from...
Published December 12th 2007 by Taylor & Francis
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Environmental Design
An Introduction for Architects and Engineers, 3rd Edition
Written and edited by a team of specialists at Max Fordham LLP, one of the UK’s leading environmental and building services engineering consultancies, Environmental Design is the result of their extensive experience in designing environmentally-friendly buildings. The principles of their approach,...
Published December 14th 2005 by Taylor & Francis
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