A whole-system approach to high-performance green buildings / David Strong, Victoria Burrows.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strong, David, 1953- author.

Burrows, Victoria, 1985- author.

Series:

Artech House integrated microsystems series.

Artech House integrated microsystems series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable buildings--Design and construction.

Sustainable buildings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Distribution:

[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [2016]

Place of Publication:

Boston : Artech House, [2017]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive review of the current approaches to the design and construction of sustainable buildings. This hand-on guide features global case studies with practical examples of both successful and unsuccessful designs.

Contents:

Scope and scale of the challenge

Whole system approach

Designing for the future: design quality and future proofing, intelligent buildings, whole life value, and closing the performance gap

Working with nature and natural systems

Energy-optimizing architectural design and engineering

Modeling and simulation as a design tool

Water: efficient use, sustainable waste water treatment, and management

Construction phase opportunities

Post-construction

Case studies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 11, 2017).

ISBN:

1-5231-4624-9

1-63081-441-5

1-60807-960-0

OCLC:

968273891