Low impact building : housing using renewable materials / Tom Woolley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woolley, Tom.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecological houses.

Building materials--Environmental aspects.

Building materials.

Green products.

Recycled products.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : John Wiley & Sons, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This guide to the designs, technologies and materials that really make green buildings work will help architects, specifiers and clients make informed choices, based on reliable technical information. Low Impact Building: Housing using Renewable Materials is about changing the way we build houses to reduce their 'carbon' footprint and to minimize environmental damage. One of the ways this can be done is by reducing the energy and environmental impact of the materials and resources used to construct buildings by choosing alternative products and systems. In particular, we need t

Contents:

(What are) renewable and non-renewable materials

Case studies, the 12 projects in the renewable house programme

The Renewable House Programme: a strange procurement!

Analysis of issues arising from the case studies

Attitudes to renewable materials, energy issues and the policy context

Building physics, natural materials and policy issues

Other solutions for low energy housing

The future of renewable materials?.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9781118524169

1118524160

9781299159235

1299159230

9781118524176

1118524179

9781118524190

1118524195

OCLC:

827208627