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Smart Building in a Changing Climate [electronic resource].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dobbelsteen, Andy van den.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture durable--Congre`s.
- Constructions durables--Congre`s.
- E ́coconception--Congre`s.
- Sustainable architecture--Congresses.
- Sustainable construction--Congresses.
- Sustainable design--Congresses.
- Local Subjects:
- Architecture durable--Congre`s.
- Constructions durables--Congre`s.
- E ́coconception--Congre`s.
- Sustainable architecture--Congresses.
- Sustainable construction--Congresses.
- Sustainable design--Congresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Techne Press, 1753.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Smart Building in a Changing Climate presents the latest developments in the area of climate-responsive, energy-effective policy, planning and design. It includes the latest visions, ideas, designs and technology for a sustainable future on various scales, and points at possible directions for the built environment to answer the challenges of climate change in a pro-active and integrative way. Includes a selection of the best SASBE papers plus short contributions by Ken Yeang, John Worthington, Anke van Hal, Thomas Rau and Dirk Sijmons.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Introduction; What Is Green Design and Planning?; Part A: Regional and Urban Planning; Special: Sustainable Real Estate for a Changing Climate; 1. Urban Sustainability Science as a New Paradigm for Planning; 2. Regional Planning for a Changing Climatein the Province of Groningen; 3. Urban Water Tissue; 4. Urban Surface Water Application for Climate-Robust Cooling of Buildings with Aquifer Energy Storage; Part B: Building, Skin and Technology; Special: One Planet Architecture; 5. The Well-Tempered Envelope; 6. Zero Carbon Building Methods
- 7. Development of a Membrane Roofing SystemPart C: Management and Transformation; Special: The Promising Combination of Sustainable HousingTransformation and Industrial, Flexible andDemountable Building; 8. Transformation of Monofunctional Office Areas; 9. Towards Economic Sustainability through Adaptable Buildings; 10. Knowledge on Urban Microclimatesin the Urban Planning and Design Process; 11. Can Public Policies Change the World?; Special: Research by Design in the Debate on Wind Turbinesin the Netherlands; Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Index; Abstracts
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 90-8594-034-6
- OCLC:
- 760296931
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