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Sustainable construction / Sandy Halliday.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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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