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Building for a changing climate : the challenge for construction, planning and energy /

There is now a practically universal consensus that our climate is changing rapidly, and as a direct result of human activities. While there is extensive debate about what we can do to mitigate the damage we are causing, it is becoming increasingly clear that a large part of our resources will have...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Peter F. (Peter Frederick), 1930-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2010.
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505 0 |a 1. Prepare for four degrees -- 2. Probable future impacts of climate change -- 3. The UN carbon trading mechanism -- 4. Setting the pace towards climate-proof housing -- 5. Future-proof housing -- 6. Building-integrated solar electricity -- 7. Sun, earth, wind and water -- 8. Eco-towns : opportunity or oxymoron? -- 9. The housing inheritance -- 10. On-domestic buildings -- 11. Community buildings -- 12. Conventional energy -- 13. Coal : black gold or black hole? -- 14. Filling the gap; utility-scale renewables -- 15. The age beyond oil -- 16. The thread of hope. 
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