Fundamentals of Integrated Design for Sustainable Building - Hardcover

Keeler, Marian; Burke, Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470152931 ISBN 13: 9780470152935

Publisher: US Green Building Council, 2009

Synopsis

"Fundamentals of Integrated Design for Sustainable Building offers an introduction to green building concepts as well as design approaches that reduce and can eventually eliminate the need for fossil fuel use in buildings while also conserving materials, maximizing their efficiency, protecting the indoor air from chemical intrusion, and reducing the introduction of toxic materials into the environment. It represents a necessary road map to the future designers, builders, and planners of a post-carbon world."
—from the Foreword by Ed Mazria

 A rich sourcebook covering the breadth of environmental building, Fundamentals of Integrated Design for Sustainable Building introduces the student and practitioner to the history, theory and technology of green building. Using an active learning approach, the concepts of sustainble architecture are explained and reinforced through design problems, research exercises, study questions, team projects, and discussion topics.

Chapters by specialists in the green movement round out this survey of all the important issues and developments that students and professionals need to know. From history and philosophy to design technologies and practice, this sweeping resource is sure to be referenced until worn out.

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From the Back Cover

A rich sourcebook covering the breadth of environmental building

Whatever your career path, be it in one of the design professions, engineering, land use planning, resource and waste management, or government, understanding the fundamentals of integrated building design is essential to your role in developing a better environment. Fundamentals of Integrated Design for Sustainable Building introduces the student and practitioner to the history, theory, and technology of green building and describes practical approaches to planning, designing, and building structures that mitigate, or even reverse, the impacts of buildings on the environment.

Using an active learning approach, authors Marian Keeler and Bill Burke explain the concepts of sustainable architecture and reinforce them through design problems, research exercises, study questions, team projects, and discussion topics. Chapters by specialists in the green movement cover such topics as:

• The integrated building design process
• The emergence of green building and green building legislation
•  Environmental chemicals in humans and buildings
• Energy use and standards
• Energy-efficient design for both residential and commercial buildings
• Water quality and conservation
•  Sustainable neighborhoods and communities
•  Construction and demolition waste management

Introducing the reader to everything from history and philosophy to design technologies and practice, this sweeping resource will launch and guide the careers of those charged with transforming the way buildings are planned, designed, and constructed.

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Fundamentals of Integrated Design for Sustainable Building

Marian Keeler and Bill Burke

Edition details

• Publisher: US Green Building Council
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0470152931
• ISBN 13: 9780470152935
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360