Designing the Built Environment for Regenerative Sustainability
Conte, Emilia
Monno, Valeria
Designing the Built Environment for Regenerative Sustainability provides a completely new methodological approach with its interdisciplinary framework for quality design for lasting sustainability in the built environment. The book presents a detailed exploration and definition of the concept of sustainability within an interdisciplinary context, also exploring the relationship between engineering and environmental sustainability design. The book's authors evaluate systems that minimize environmental impacts, exploring both their features and analyzing their regenerative qualities. Presents practice design methodologies and tools for ensuring lasting sustainable solutionsProvides cross-disciplinary design approaches to design and project evaluationIncludes an overview of International institutions, codes (laws, rules) and standards dealing with sustainability and green building INDICE: Introduction Chapter One: Why the built environment? Chapter Two: The sustainable quality of the built environment Chapter Three: Sustainability and design Chapter Four: Sustainability and evaluation Chapter Five: A building-urban integrated perspectiveConclusions
- ISBN: 978-0-12-804393-6
- Editorial: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 264
- Fecha Publicación: 15/02/2016
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés