Environmental indicators for building design : development and application on Mexican dwellings / Olivia Guerra Santin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guerra Santin, Olivia.

Series:

Sustainable urban areas ; 16.

Sustainable urban areas, 1574-6410 ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable buildings--Mexico--Design and construction--Case studies.

Sustainable buildings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (132 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : IOS Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Construction will always be needed, and will always consume resources. In developing an approach for assessing sustainable building, the Three Step Strategy (in the Netherlands named Trias Ecologica) has proven to be useful. This title looks at this Strategy.

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; The approach; Reference dwellings; Analysis of Mexican, Peruvian and Dutch housing; Improving Mexican housing; Recommendations for new housing in Mexico; Conclusions and discussion; Appendix 1 Indicators; Appendix 2 Categories of building materials; Appendix 3 Values of all indicators; References; Sustainable Urban Areas

Notes:

Originally published as the author's thesis (master)--Wageningen University of Agriculture.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-123).

ISBN:

661245444X

1-282-45444-7

9786612454448

1-60750-358-1

OCLC:

491253295