Sustainable construction : action for sustainability in the Mediterranean region / guest editors: Maria Sinou and Stella Kyvelou.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sinou, Maria.

Kyvelou, Stella.

Series:

Management of Environmental Quality, an international journal ; 17, no. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--Mediterranean Region.

Sustainable development.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (115 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This e-book is dedicated to the presentation of key articles and main outcomes of the International Conference SB04MED, "Sustainable construction: action for sustainability in the Mediterranean region". As well as being a regional precursor to the Global SB05 Conference in Tokyo, the conference provided an arena for the dissemination of the LIFE "SB-MED" Project: "Enhancing transferability of innovative techniques, tools methods and mechanisms to implement sustainable building in the Mediterranean basin".

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD; Editorial; Possibilities for upgrading the existing building stock in Belgrade; Designing an appropriate ESCOs' environment in the Mediterranean; From the traditional to the contemporary Cycladic sustainable house; Present and future of building performance assessment tools; The HQE approach; The request of sustainability and architecture as cultural paradigm; Urban development through PPPs in the Euro-Mediterranean region; Sustainable management and urban space quality in the Mediterranean; News; Diary; Books and resources; Features; News from the net

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-70588-4

9786610705887

1-84663-129-7

OCLC:

77530187