Sustainable Infrastructure: The Guide to Green Engineering and Design - Hardcover

Sarte, S. Bry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470453613 ISBN 13: 9780470453612

Publisher: Wiley, 2010

Synopsis

As more factors, perspectives, and metrics are incorporated into the planning and building process, the roles of engineers and designers are increasingly being fused together. Sustainable Infrastructure explores this trend with in-depth look at sustainable engineering practices in an urban design as it involves watershed master-planning, green building, optimizing water reuse, reclaiming urban spaces, green streets initiatives, and sustainable master-planning. This complete guide provides guidance on the role creative thinking and collaborative team-building play in meeting solutions needed to affect a sustainable transformation of the built environment.

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About the Author

S. Bry Sarté, PE, ASCE, LEED AP, founder of the Sherwood Institute and Sherwood Design Engineers, is a leading designer in green and sustainable engineering, and has made significant contributions to contemporary research involving global environmental issues affecting water supply, urban design, material science, and energy use. Bry has built an international reputation by providing engineering services and design solutions that reflect a deep commitment to executing well-planned, sustainable alternatives for communities worldwide.

From the Back Cover

A complete guide to integrating sustainable infrastructure strategies into planning and design

In an effort to maximize the usability of dwindling resources such as land and water to help humanity strive to reconnect with the natural world, this book advocates a multidisciplinary team approach to design that is not only highly sustainable technologically, but also visually beautiful. Sustainable Infrastructure discusses how engineers are working with other members of the design team to develop a unified strategy that produces the most effective and elegant green alternatives for the revitalization of urban infrastructure. This forward-thinking guide:

• Contains complete coverage of sustainable infrastructure strategies for watershed master-planning, integrated storm water management, reclaiming urban spaces, and green streets programs

• Delivers information on how to account for and incorporate systems thinking, material flows, and environmental performance into projects

• Demonstrates how natural spaces are assimilated into the built environment

• Offers an international perspective with case studies from around the world

• Provides guidance on the role creative thinking and collaborative team-building play in developing the complex solutions needed to affect sustainability

Sustainable Infrastructure takes an in-depth view of the challenges involved in matching artistic impression with engineering principles in a sustainable development context. It examines the innovations in areas such as water resource management, site design, and land planning to help establish the framework for creating the healthy socio-economic environments of tomorrow, while it honors the aesthetic values that celebrate and enhance the human experience.

In an effort to maximize the usability of dwindling resources such as land and water to help humanity strive to reconnect with the natural world, this book advocates a multidisciplinary team approach to design that is not only highly sustainable technologically, but also visually beautiful. Sustainable Infrastructure discusses how engineers are working with other members of the design team to develop a unified strategy that produces the most effective and elegant green alternatives for the revitalization of urban infrastructure. This forward-thinking guide:

• Contains complete coverage of sustainable infrastructure strategies for watershed master-planning, integrated storm water management, reclaiming urban spaces, and green streets programs

• Delivers information on how to account for and incorporate systems thinking, material flows, and environmental performance into projects

• Demonstrates how natural spaces are assimilated into the built environment

• Offers an international perspective with case studies from around the world

• Provides guidance on the role creative thinking and collaborative team-building play in developing the complex solutions needed to affect sustainability

Sustainable Infrastructure takes an in-depth view of the challenges involved in matching artistic impression with engineering principles in a sustainable development context. It examines the innovations in areas such as water resource management, site design, and land planning to help establish the framework for creating the healthy socio-economic environments of tomorrow, while it honors the aesthetic values that celebrate and enhance the human experience.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470453613
• ISBN 13: 9780470453612
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384