The new carbon architecture : building to cool the climate /

"It's time to move past "green buildings," which alone aren't enough to halt climate change. The New Carbon Architecture explores how biomimicry-inspired innovations in architecture and construction--from cities made of wood to insulation grown from straw and mycelium--will...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: King, Bruce (Structural engineer) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gabriola Island, BC, Canada : New Society Publishers, [2017]
Colección:desLibris. Books collection.
Temas:
Sustainable architecture.
Sustainable buildings > Design and construction.
Dwellings > Environmental engineering.
Building materials > Environmental aspects.
Architecture durable.
Constructions durables > Conception et construction.
Habitations > Technique de l'environnement.
Construction > Matériaux > Aspect de l'environnement.
ARCHITECTURE > Criticism.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Beyond zero : the time value of carbon / by Erin McDade
  • Counting carbon : what we know and how we know it / by Catherine De Wolf, Barbara Rodriguez Droguett, and Katharina Simonen
  • Rebuild : what you build mattters, what you don't build matters more / by Larry Strain
  • Wood : like never before
  • Straw and other fibers : a second harvest / with Chris Magwood and Massey Burke
  • Concrete : the reinvention of artificial rock / with Fernando Martirena and Pauil Jaquin
  • Plastic : so great, so awful ... some new directions / by Mikhail Davis, Wes Sullens, and Wil Srubar
  • To your health : the health benefits and impacts of natural building materials / by Pete Walker, Andrew Thomson, and Daniel Maskell
  • Size matters : can buidlings be too tall? / by Ann Edminster
  • Technology and localization : trends at play
  • Action plan : places to intervene in a system.

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