Research anthology on environmental and societal well-being considerations in buildings and architecture / Information Resources Management Association, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Information Resources Management Association, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Building--Environmental aspects.

Building.

Buildings--Environmental engineering.

Buildings.

Architecture and society.

Well-being.

Physical Description:

34 PDFs (562 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hershey, Pennsylvania : IGI Global, [2021]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"This book of contributed chapters focuses on different aspects of how the built environment is being constructed to purposefully enhance societal well-being while also maintaining green standards for environmental sustainability"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Section 1. Building technologies, performance systems, and measurement tools. Chapter 1. Green building technologies ; Chapter 2. Green smart building: requisites, architecture, challenges, and use cases ; Chapter 3. Cloud-based IoT architecture for green buildings ; Chapter 4. Impress BIM methodology and software tools (iBIMm) for façade retrofitting using prefabricated concrete panels ; Chapter 5. Determining architecture's footprint: preliminary methods for measuring the true environmental impact of buildings ; Chapter 6. Evaluating the environmental impact score of a residential building using life cycle assessment ; Chapter 7. Integrating performance measurement systems into the global lean and sustainable construction supply chain management: enhancing sustainability performance of the construction industry

Section 2. Designing and planning green buildings. Chapter 8. Climate change in the built environment: addressing future climates in buildings ; Chapter 9. Green building efficiency and sustainability indicators ; Chapter 10. 3xe: efficiency, ecosphere, economics ; Chapter 11. Role of renewable energy techniques to Design and develop sustainable green building ; Chapter 12. Green retrofit energy efficiency potential on existing building envelope for residential and non-residential building ; Chapter 13. Considerations regarding the green retrofitting of residential buildings from human wellbeing perspectives ; Chapter 14. Green architecture of malay traditional house exhibitions: mini Malaysia and ASEAN cultural park (MMACP), melaka ; Chapter 15. Well-being concept and interior design process: the intersection between humanities and architecture ; Chapter 16. Economic analysis for green residential and non-residential building envelopes ; Chapter 17. Green finance for sustainable global growth: costs and benefits of green buildings compared with conventional buildings ; Chapter 18. Financing the green building retrofitting investments: a case study for a Romanian seaside hotel

Section 3. Construction and green materials. Chapter 19. Environmental analysis of construction materials: material specifications for green built environment ; Chapter 20. Eco-friendly construction ; Chapter 21. Rethinking waste through Design ; Chapter 22. Recycling and reuse of building materials from construction and demolition: an environmental evaluation for sustainable growth ; Chapter 23. Social life-cycle assessment for building materials ; Chapter 24. Toxicity in architectural plastics: life-cycle index of human health in building (LCI-HHB) ; Chapter 25. Political economy of the green innovations in the construction industry ; Chapter 26. Construction of cooperative environment and institution for green building supply chain subjects: construction of cooperative environment.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781799890331

OCLC:

1264093393