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Sustainable construction : green building design and delivery / Charles J. Kibert.
LIBRA TH880 .K53 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kibert, Charles J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainable buildings--United States--Design and construction.
- Sustainable buildings.
- Green technology--United States.
- Green technology.
- Sustainable architecture.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 543 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Other Title:
- Green building design and delivery
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2012]
- Contents:
- Introduction and overview
- Background
- Ecological design
- Green building assessment
- The US Green Building Council LEED building rating system
- The Green Globes building assessment system
- The green building design process
- The sustainable site and landscape
- Energy and carbon footprint reduction
- Built environment hydrologic cycle
- Closing materials loops
- Indoor environmental quality
- Construction operations and commissioning
- Green building economics
- The cutting edge of sustainable construction.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Dixon Hunt Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0470904453
- 9780470904459
- OCLC:
- 803466742
- Publisher Number:
- 99954140570
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