The new carbon architecture : building to cool the climate / Bruce King and friends.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Bruce (Structural engineer), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable architecture.

Sustainable buildings.

Physical Description:

xvi, 159 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Gabriola Island, BC, Canada : New Society Publishers, [2017]

Summary:

"It's time to move past green buildings, which alone aren't enough to halt climate change. The New Carbon Architecture explores how biomimicry-inspired innovations in architecture and construction - from cities made of wood to insulation grown from straw and mycelium - will pull carbon from the atmosphere, heal the climate, and produce safer, healthier, and more beautiful buildings."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Beyond zero : the time value of carbon / by Erin McDade

Counting carbon : what we know and how we know it / by Catherine De Wolf, Barbara Rodriguez Droguett, and Katharina Simonen

Rebuild : what you build mattters, what you don't build matters more / by Larry Strain

Wood : like never before

Straw and other fibers : a second harvest / with Chris Magwood and Massey Burke

Concrete : the reinvention of artificial rock / with Fernando Martirena and Pauil Jaquin

Plastic : so great, so awful... some new directions / by Mikhail Davis, Wes Sullens, and Wil Srubar

To your health : the health benefits and impacts of natural building materials / by Pete Walker, Andrew Thomson, and Daniel Maskell

Size matters : can buidlings be too tall? / by Ann Edminster

Technology and localization : trends at play

Action plan : places to intervene in a system.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780865718685

0865718687

OCLC:

974677126

Publisher Number:

99975017988