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Fundamentals of integrated design for sustainable building / Marian Keeler, Bill Burke.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, [2009]Copyright date: c2009Description: xvi, 338 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780470152935
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 720.47 22 KEE
Contents:
The integrated building design process -- A history of the environmental movements -- Modern international conferences and treaties -- The emergence of green building and green building legislation -- Sources of chemicals in the environment -- Environmental chemicals in humans and buildings -- Indoor air quality technologies: green design for long-term occupant health -- Indoor environmental quality issues -- Introduction to energy issues: use and standards -- Basic physical principles of energy transfer and storage -- Energy-efficient building design: residential and small commercial buildings -- Energy-efficient building design: nonresidential buildings -- Resource efficiency and resource use in buildings -- Materials selection and product certification -- Water quality and water conservation -- Sustainable neighborhoods and communities -- Case studies -- Rating systems and practice tools -- Life cycle assessment -- Waste impacts in the building industry -- Construction and demolition waste management.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The integrated building design process -- A history of the environmental movements -- Modern international conferences and treaties -- The emergence of green building and green building legislation -- Sources of chemicals in the environment -- Environmental chemicals in humans and buildings -- Indoor air quality technologies: green design for long-term occupant health -- Indoor environmental quality issues -- Introduction to energy issues: use and standards -- Basic physical principles of energy transfer and storage -- Energy-efficient building design: residential and small commercial buildings -- Energy-efficient building design: nonresidential buildings -- Resource efficiency and resource use in buildings -- Materials selection and product certification -- Water quality and water conservation -- Sustainable neighborhoods and communities -- Case studies -- Rating systems and practice tools -- Life cycle assessment -- Waste impacts in the building industry -- Construction and demolition waste management.

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