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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Bruce (Structural engineer), author.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable architecture.

Sustainable buildings--Design and construction.

Sustainable buildings.

Dwellings--Environmental engineering.

Dwellings.

Building materials--Environmental aspects.

Building materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Gabriola Island, BC, Canada : New Society Publishers, 2017.

System Details:

text file

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 matters, 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 buildings 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.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 10, 2018).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

ISBN:

1550926616

9781550926613

9781771422567

1771422564

Publisher Number:

99984025200

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.