The whole building handbook : how to design healthy, efficient and sustainable buildings / Varis Bokalders and Maria Block.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bokalders, Varis, 1944-

Contributor:

Block, Maria.

Standardized Title:

Byggekologi

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable architecture.

Sustainable buildings--Design and construction.

Sustainable buildings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (703 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Whole Building Handbook is a compendium of all the issues and strategies that architects need to understand to design and construct sustainable buildings for a sustainable society. The authors move beyond the current definition of sustainability in architecture, which tends to focus on energy-efficiency, to include guidance for architecture that promotes social cohesion, personal health, renewable energy sources, water and waste recycling systems, permaculture, energy conservation - and crucially, buildings in relation to their place. The authors offer a holistic approach to sustainable ar

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Healthy Buildings; Chapter 2 Conservation; Chapter 3 Ecocycles; Chapter 4 Place; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Originally published: Byggekologi. Stockholm : Svensk byggtjeanst, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-54327-9

1-136-54328-7

1-282-61729-X

9786612617294

1-84977-483-8

9781849774833

OCLC:

607552554