Essential sustainable home design : a complete guide to goals, options, and the design process /

"Essential Sustainable Home Design walks homebuilders through designing an environmentally friendly home, starting with key concepts, principles, and a project vision. Covering what makes a building green, a criteria matrix to guide design, material, and systems decisions, assembling a professi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Magwood, Chris (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gabriola Island, BC, Canada : New Society Publishers, [2017]
Colección:Sustainable building essentials.
Temas:
Ecological houses > Design and construction > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Sustainable design > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dwellings > Environmental engineering > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Architecture.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture
Maisons écologiques > Conception et construction > Guides, manuels, etc.
Écoconception > Guides, manuels, etc.
Habitations > Technique de l'environnement > Guides, manuels, etc.
architecture (discipline)
ARCHITECTURE > Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Construction > General.
Architecture, Modern
Dwellings > Environmental engineering
Sustainable design
Electronic books.
Handbook
manuals (instructional materials)
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Section 1. Developing a new approach. Decision-making
  • Defining goals and criteria
  • Rating systems and product guides
  • Criteria matrix
  • Building science basics
  • The design game
  • Creating a design/build team
  • The regulatory system
  • Section 2. Materials and systems. Structural materials. Structural materials : foundations
  • Structural materials : walls. Structural wall systems
  • Wall insulation
  • Wall cladding
  • Roofing
  • Flooring
  • Surface finishes
  • Mechanical systems. Mechanical systems : water
  • Mechanical systems : wastewater
  • Mechanical systems : electrical generation
  • Mechanical systems : HVAC
  • Conclusion.

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