Build beyond zero : new ideas for carbon-smart architecture / Bruce King and Chris Magwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Bruce, author.

Magwood, Chris, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable architecture.

Sustainable buildings--Design and construction.

Sustainable buildings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Washington D.C. : Island Press, [2022]

Contents:

Front Cover

About Island Press

Subscribe

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Acronyms and Definitions

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Story of Carbon: The Birth of the Universe, of Carbon, and of Life

Chapter 2: A Brief History of Green Building: Waking Up to Climate Emergency

Box 2.1: The Existing Building Solution

Chapter 3: Life Cycle Analysis: Tracking Carbon's Stocks and Flows

Chapter 4: Metals and Minerals: Steeling Ourselves

Chapter 5: Concrete: Many Ways to Make a Rock

Box 5.4: The Case for Modern Earthen Building

Box 5.5: More than a Floor

Box 5.6: Entering the North American Market as an Earth Block Producer

Box 5.7: Can We Grow Carbon-Storing Buildings?

Chapter 6: Biological Architecture: Wood and Mass Timber, Agricultural Byproducts, Purpose-Grown Crops, Waste Stream Fibers, and Lab-Grown Materials

Box 6.2: Landscape Architecture: Connecting to the Carbon Conversation

Chapter 7: Witches' Brew: Plastics, Chemistry, and Carbon

Chapter 8: Construction: On Site and Under Zero

Chapter 9: Education: We All Need Schooling to Make This Possible

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 20, 2022).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781642832129

164283212X

Publisher Number:

40031203191

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.