The whole building handbook : how to design healthy, efficient and sustainable buildings /

"The Whole Building Handbook is a compendium of all the issues and strategies that architects need to understand to design and construct sustainable buildings for a sustainable society. The authors move beyond the current definition of sustainability in architecture, which tends to focus on ene...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bokalders, Varis, 1944-
Other Authors: Block, Maria
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Swedish
Published: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2010.
Subjects:
Sustainable architecture.
Sustainable buildings > Design and construction.
Architecture durable.
ARCHITECTURE > Sustainability & Green Design.
Sustainable architecture
Sustainable buildings > Design and construction
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Healthy buildings
  • Materials and construction methods
  • Services
  • Construction
  • Implementation
  • Conservation
  • Heating and cooling
  • Efficient use of electricity
  • Clean water
  • Waste
  • Ecocycles
  • Renewable heat
  • Renewable electricity
  • Sewage
  • Vegetation and cultivation
  • Place
  • Adaptation to natural surroundings
  • The social fabric
  • Existing buildings
  • People.

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