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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
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