Sustainable construction / Sandy Halliday.

By:

Halliday, Sandy [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Taylor, 2019Edition: Second editionDescription: xi, 466 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781138200289

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

690.0286 HA.S 2019 23

LOC classification:

TH880 .H345 2019

Contents:

Sustainability drivers -- Policy and legislation -- Cost issues -- Appraisal tools & techniques -- Materials selection -- Low-impact construction -- Environmental design : heating, cooling & ventilation -- Energy generation -- Lighting & daylighting -- Water & sewage management -- Construction processes -- Urban ecology.

Summary: The second edition of Sustainable Construction provides a masterclass on the principles and techniques involved in the design and delivery of practical, affordable, high quality sustainable buildings and places. It presents precedents, theory, concepts and principles alongside 120 wide ranging case studies that highlight current best practice and encourage implementation.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	The Knowledge Hub Library	Engineering	690.0286 HA.S 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	190062

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The second edition of Sustainable Construction provides a masterclass on the principles and techniques involved in the design and delivery of practical, affordable, high quality sustainable buildings and places. It presents precedents, theory, concepts and principles alongside 120 wide ranging case studies that highlight current best practice and encourage implementation.

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