Architecture in a Climate of Change: A guide to sustainable design - Softcover

Smith, Peter F

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750665440 ISBN 13: 9780750665445

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

Revised to incorporate and reflect changes and advances since it was first published the new edition of Architecture in a Climate of Change provides the latest basic principals of sustainability and the future of sustainable technology.

Including new material on wind generation, domestic water conservation, solar thermal electricity as well as international case studies Architecture in a Climate of Change encourages readers to consider new approaches to building making minimum demand on fossil based energy.

1. Offers an insight into the relationship between the physical and cultural context of architecture
2. Discusses the principles of sustainability and the future of its technology
3. Case studies show the global relevance of the topic

About this title

Book Description:

Provides the latest basic principals of sustainability and the future of sustainable design and technology

From the Publisher:

He calls for changes in the way we build. For change to be widely accepted there have to be convincing reasons why long established practices should be replaced. In the first part of the book he sets out those reasons by arguing that there is convincing evidence that climate changes now under way are primarily due to human activity in releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Buildings are particularly implicated in this process and so it is appropriate that the design and construction process should be a prime target in the war against catastrophic climate change. The book is designed to promote a creative partnership between the professions to produce buildings which achieve optimum conditions for their inhabitants whilst making minimum demands on fossil based energy. Peter Smith has written extensively on the subject and is well known in the field. He is responsible for introducing the compulsory sustainable element of the course in the UK. He is Chairman of the RIBA Environment and Energy Committee, the RIBA Sustainable Features Committee and Vice Chairman of the Sustainable Development Committee.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0750665440
• ISBN 13: 9780750665445
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 294