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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 : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138200289 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 690.0286 HAL 23 017906
Contents:
1. Sustainability drivers 2. Policy and legislation 3. Cost Issues 4. Appraisal Tools & Techniques 5. Materials selection 6. Low-impact construction 7. Environmental Design: Heating, Cooling & Ventilation 8. Energy Generation 9. Lighting & Daylighting 10. Water & Sewage Management 11. Construction Processes 12. 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. Topics in the book include:the history of ideas in sustainable construction; policy ; materials ; cost issues ; appraisal techniques ; environmental design ; energy ; water; construction processes; and urban ecology."
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Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 690.0286 HAL 017906 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 017906

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Sustainability drivers 2. Policy and legislation 3. Cost Issues 4. Appraisal Tools & Techniques 5. Materials selection 6. Low-impact construction 7. Environmental Design: Heating, Cooling & Ventilation 8. Energy Generation 9. Lighting & Daylighting 10. Water & Sewage Management 11. Construction Processes 12. 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. Topics in the book include:the history of ideas in sustainable construction; policy ; materials ; cost issues ; appraisal techniques ; environmental design ; energy ; water; construction processes; and urban ecology."

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