Environmental Indicators For Building Design

Author : O. Guerra Santin
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 1607503581
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Indicators for Building Design written by O. Guerra Santin and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2008-07-11 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate goal of building and construction – in relation to environmental issues – is to construct in an environmentally neutral way; or, as the Brundtland Report states, to consume in such a way that our children have the same choices that we have. Construction will always be needed, and will always consume resources. But in accordance with the conditions of the Brundtland Report, we should move construction into a direction that does not deplete resources, and does not worsen living circumstances through harmful indoor or outdoor environmental effects. Improving our efficiency in resource consumption is the only way in which we will be able to continue our current way of life. It has been calculated that in order to (only) maintain the world average lifestyle a factor 4 of improvement in efficiency of resource consumption is necessary, based on global resource availability, effects on climate change, and coping with growing welfare for developing countries. Measuring a factor x improvement heavily relates to the chosen benchmark. Building activities will always require some environmental load: the mere fact of living already implies use of earthbound resources, so it is generally not very efficient to calculate emissions and other effects in an absolute way. The ultimate target is not to avoid resource use at all, but to use only “reproductive resources” (“regrowable, renewable and replaceable”) to create a balanced situation. When this is achieved, we will still use resources, but usage will be sustainable: it can be maintained well into the future. In developing an approach for assessing sustainable building, the Three Step Strategy (in the Netherlands named Trias Ecologica) has proven to be useful. This publication takes a detailed look at this Strategy.

Author : Olivia Guerra Santin
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 158603894X
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Indicators for Building Design written by Olivia Guerra Santin and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Construction will always be needed, and will always consume resources. In developing an approach for assessing sustainable building, the Three Step Strategy (in the Netherlands named Trias Ecologica) has proven to be useful. This title looks at this Strategy.

Author : Mohamed Abdel-Basset
Publisher : Infinite Study
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Comprehensive Framework for Evaluating Sustainable Green Building Indicators under an Uncertain Environment written by Mohamed Abdel-Basset and published by Infinite Study. This book was released on with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The paper focuses on the dimensions and indicators of sustainable design for GBs in developing countries to achieve the positive dimensions of building sustainability, such as preserving energy and natural resources, water management, adaptation to the surrounding environment, and respecting the needs of its users.

Author : Sebastian Macmillan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415315265
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Designing Better Buildings written by Sebastian Macmillan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents

Author : Sebastian Macmillan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134376995
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Designing Better Building written by Sebastian Macmillan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07-31 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design is widely recognised as the key to improving the quality of the built environment. This well-illustrated book comprises 15 chapters written by leading practitioners, clients, academics and other experts, and presents the latest thinking on what design quality is and how to achieve it. For design practitioners and their clients alike, the book provides evidence to justify greater focus on, and investment in, design. It summarises the benefits that arise from good design - such as, civic pride in the urban environment, the stimulation of urban regeneration, corporate identity, occupant productivity and health in offices, improved learning outcomes in schools, better patient recovery rates in hospitals, as well as reduced environmental impact. And it illustrates these benefits through case study examples. Eight chapters focus on case studies of exemplary buildings in particular sectors - offices, schools, housing, and hospitals - and explain why and how they came to be designed, and the design qualities they exhibit.

Author : Randall Thomas
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0419237607
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Design written by Randall Thomas and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1999 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written and edited by a team of specialists at Max Fordhams, one of the leading UK environmental engineering consultancies, Environmental Design is the result of their extensive experience in designing environmentally friendly buildings. The principles of their approach, which they have taught in numerous schools of architecture and engineering, are clearly presented here. This book is essential reading for architects, engineers, planners and students of these disciplines and for all those who are concerned with our built environment.

Author : Dejan Mumovic
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 1849770271
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Handbook of Sustainable Building Design and Engineering written by Dejan Mumovic and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The combined challenges of health, comfort, climate change and energy security cross the boundaries of traditional building disciplines. This authoritative collection, focusing mostly on energy and ventilation, provides the current and next generation of building engineering professionals with what they need to work closely with many disciplines to meet these challenges.A Handbook of Sustainable Building Engineering covers: how to design, engineer and monitor a building in a manner that minimises the emissions of greenhouse gases; how to adapt the environment, fabric and services of existing and new buildings to climate change; how to improve the environment in and around buildings to provide better health, comfort, security and productivity; and provides crucial expertise on monitoring the performance of buildings once they are occupied. The authors explain the principles behind built environment engineering, and offer practical guidance through international case studies.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309444535
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pathways to Urban Sustainability written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities have experienced an unprecedented rate of growth in the last decade. More than half the world's population lives in urban areas, with the U.S. percentage at 80 percent. Cities have captured more than 80 percent of the globe's economic activity and offered social mobility and economic prosperity to millions by clustering creative, innovative, and educated individuals and organizations. Clustering populations, however, can compound both positive and negative conditions, with many modern urban areas experiencing growing inequality, debility, and environmental degradation. The spread and continued growth of urban areas presents a number of concerns for a sustainable future, particularly if cities cannot adequately address the rise of poverty, hunger, resource consumption, and biodiversity loss in their borders. Intended as a comparative illustration of the types of urban sustainability pathways and subsequent lessons learned existing in urban areas, this study examines specific examples that cut across geographies and scales and that feature a range of urban sustainability challenges and opportunities for collaborative learning across metropolitan regions. It focuses on nine cities across the United States and Canada (Los Angeles, CA, New York City, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, Grand Rapids, MI, Flint, MI, Cedar Rapids, IA, Chattanooga, TN, and Vancouver, Canada), chosen to represent a variety of metropolitan regions, with consideration given to city size, proximity to coastal and other waterways, susceptibility to hazards, primary industry, and several other factors.

Author : Richard Hyde
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1134436971
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Environmental Brief written by Richard Hyde and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The built environment is responsible for an estimated forty-five per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions. As the greatest opportunities for reducing these emissions occur during the briefing and design processes, the pathway to better design lies in preparing environmental briefs, and using these to drive building design and produce buildings of high environmental performance. This process-driven book looks at the theoretical issues involved in an environmental brief, and outlines methods by which architects can approach the writing of a brief that considers all aspects of the natural and the built environment, and relates these concepts to a number of case studies from around the world.

Author : Samad Sepasgozar
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 1789851491
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Design of Cities and Buildings written by Samad Sepasgozar and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-06-02 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book envisions the most appropriate design strategies that guarantee the adequate environmental performance of buildings during phases of design and construction as well as use. It focuses on relevant issues related to the production of sustainable buildings and the socio-cultural integration aspects of new architectural designs in urban settings. The book also addresses the design features of historic buildings.