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Despite the intolerable costs of climate change and inevitably declining oil, natural gas and uranium reserves, the vast majority of cities and urban communities are planned and managed as if such existential crises did not exist. Hence the transition from fossil fuel dominated cities to an urban future marked by a radically new, renewable energy infrastructure requires(...)
Renewable city : a comprehensive guide to an urban revolution
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Despite the intolerable costs of climate change and inevitably declining oil, natural gas and uranium reserves, the vast majority of cities and urban communities are planned and managed as if such existential crises did not exist. Hence the transition from fossil fuel dominated cities to an urban future marked by a radically new, renewable energy infrastructure requires entirely new tools and frames of decision-making. This is an original guide to an entirely unprecedented urban transformation, to cities and towns powered by renewable energy. Squarely focused on action, it supports design, planning and management decisions and serves as a practical guide to practitioners, academics and political leaders in communities and cities worldwide, as a useful and well-structured reference text. It is built on the most successful of past and present urban sustainability trends and emerging infrastructure directions, presenting renewable energy applications as offering new and inevitable approaches to urban infrastructure planning and the design of cities.
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January 2007, Chichester
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This hands-on guide to designing environmentally buildings contains practical information on green product selection, product specification, and construction processes ; what green building materials are, where it is possible to find them, and the way to use them effectively. This edition includes updated information on leed requirements and how to integrate them into the(...)
Green building materials : a guide to product selection and speculation - second edition
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This hands-on guide to designing environmentally buildings contains practical information on green product selection, product specification, and construction processes ; what green building materials are, where it is possible to find them, and the way to use them effectively. This edition includes updated information on leed requirements and how to integrate them into the specifications process and new sections on commissioning and on construction waste management. Other features are guidelines on how to evaluate the "greenness" of building materials, helpful sample forms to aid in selecting and specifying materials, and a brief history of relevant environmental legislation.
Green Architecture
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This publication combines traditional natural materials and modern construction methods. From adobe to straw bales, traditional building materials are being adapted to meet code-required standards for health and safety in contemporary buildings around the world. Not only are they cost effective and environmentally friendly, but, when used correctly, these natural(...)
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April 2005, Chichester
Alternative construction : contemporary natural building methods
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This publication combines traditional natural materials and modern construction methods. From adobe to straw bales, traditional building materials are being adapted to meet code-required standards for health and safety in contemporary buildings around the world. Not only are they cost effective and environmentally friendly, but, when used correctly, these natural alternatives match the strength and durability of many mainstream construction materials. This book examines a broad range of traditional and modern natural construction methods, including straw-bale, light-clay, cob, adobe, rammed earth and pisé, earthbag, earth-sheltered, bamboo, and hybrid systems. It also covers key ecological design principles, as well as current engineering and building code requirements. Experts on each building system have contributed core chapters that explore the history, development, climatic appropriateness, environmental benefits, performance characteristics, construction techniques, and structural design principles for each method. More than 200 visuals depict both construction processes and completed structures. An extensive resource guide shows where to go for further information, training, and research. In an increasingly resource-conscious era, alternative construction is truly an idea whose time has come. Whether you're an architect, designer, student, or homeowner, this book will help you to combine indigenous building materials with modern construction systems and design standards to create low-impact, high-quality buildings that meet the highest levels of comfort, health, and safety.
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Ce traité offre une synthèse moderne des connaissances permettant de bâtir en terre crue. Il est l'aboutissement des travaux théoriques et pratiques développés depuis 1973 par les membres du groupe CRATerre qui s'est forgé une réputation internationale incontestée. La construction en terre est présentée ici comme une alternative crédible et fiable au sein d'une nouvelle(...)
Traité de construction en terre
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Ce traité offre une synthèse moderne des connaissances permettant de bâtir en terre crue. Il est l'aboutissement des travaux théoriques et pratiques développés depuis 1973 par les membres du groupe CRATerre qui s'est forgé une réputation internationale incontestée. La construction en terre est présentée ici comme une alternative crédible et fiable au sein d'une nouvelle stratégie du développement. Cet ouvrage permet d'assimiler de façon claire et vivante les acquis et les savoir-faire propres à de nombreuses cultures traditionnelles ainsi que les découvertes scientifiques, technologiques et industrielles les plus récentes. Les auteurs proposent de multiples conseils pratiques permettant d'acquérir une parfaite maîtrise des chantiers en s'appuyant sur toute la gamme de matériels et de systèmes constructifs utilisables aujourd'hui. Cette imposante documentation est complétée par 600 illustrations de Fabienne Dath, architecte. Préface de Jean Dethier.
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Superuse is a practical and inspiring book about constructing new buildings with surplus materials. It was initiated by Recyclicity, a Rotterdam foundation that specifically addresses this theme. Copiously illustrated with many vivid examples from the Netherlands and elsewhere, Superuse presents ideas for tools and methods for architects and superuse scouts such as the(...)
Green Architecture
April 2009, Rotterdam
Superuse
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Superuse is a practical and inspiring book about constructing new buildings with surplus materials. It was initiated by Recyclicity, a Rotterdam foundation that specifically addresses this theme. Copiously illustrated with many vivid examples from the Netherlands and elsewhere, Superuse presents ideas for tools and methods for architects and superuse scouts such as the ’harvest map’ of everything reusable within a given distance of a building site. It also considers the subject from the ecological and methodological points of view. Superuse renders the superfluous superfluous.
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April 2009, Rotterdam
Green Architecture
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Un ouvrage pédagogique et résolument pratique dans lequel Jean-François Bertoncello, maître de formation au Centre de formation et de perfectionnement de Maisons paysannes de France, et Julien Fouin présentent comment fonctionnent les maçonneries ; comment réaliser une maçonnerie de moellons, de pierres de taille, de briques ou de terre (torchis, bauge, pisé, brique de(...)
Green Architecture
March 2006, Rodez
Les matériaux naturels : décorer, restaurer et construire
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Un ouvrage pédagogique et résolument pratique dans lequel Jean-François Bertoncello, maître de formation au Centre de formation et de perfectionnement de Maisons paysannes de France, et Julien Fouin présentent comment fonctionnent les maçonneries ; comment réaliser une maçonnerie de moellons, de pierres de taille, de briques ou de terre (torchis, bauge, pisé, brique de terre crue) ; comment diagnostiquer l'état d'un mur et savoir d'où provient l'humidité ; comment poser un drain ; quels matériaux choisir pour les enduits intérieurs et extérieurs ; comment effectuer des reprises ou des enduits avec des mortiers de terre, ch aux, plâtre ; comment créer des ouvertures ; comment réaliser une dalle ; comment poser un carrelage en terre ; quelles essences de bois privilégier selon l'utilisation et comment les traiter, comment poser un plancher sur solives avec barrelets comment assurer une bonne isolation, etc.
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The use of solar energy in new construction has been growing rapidly, and in response to that success, interest in retrofitting the technology to older buildings is increasing. " Solar Design " features case studies of more than 30 realized projects, demonstrating how photovoltaic systems can be consciously and discriminatingly installed as structural design elements, and(...)
Green Architecture
March 2006, Berlin
Solar design : photovoltaics for old buildings, urban space, landscape
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The use of solar energy in new construction has been growing rapidly, and in response to that success, interest in retrofitting the technology to older buildings is increasing. " Solar Design " features case studies of more than 30 realized projects, demonstrating how photovoltaic systems can be consciously and discriminatingly installed as structural design elements, and creatively integrated into historic buildings, monuments and existing urban landscapes. A survey of relevant technologies proves them increasingly compact and flexible.
Green Architecture
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Sustainable design has made great strides in recent years; unfortunately, it still falls short of fully integrating nature into our built environment. Through a groundbreaking new paradigm of "restorative environmental design," Stephen R. Kellert proposes a new architectural model of sustainability. In "Building for life", Kellert examines the fundamental(...)
Building for life : designing and understanding the human-nature connection
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Sustainable design has made great strides in recent years; unfortunately, it still falls short of fully integrating nature into our built environment. Through a groundbreaking new paradigm of "restorative environmental design," Stephen R. Kellert proposes a new architectural model of sustainability. In "Building for life", Kellert examines the fundamental interconnectedness of people and nature, and how the loss of this connection results in a diminished quality of life. This work illustrates how architects and designers can use simple methods to address our innate needs for contact with nature. Through the use of natural lighting, ventilation, and materials, as well as more unexpected methodologies-the use of metaphor, perspective, enticement, and symbol-architects can greatly enhance our daily lives. These design techniques foster intellectual development, relaxation, and physical and emotional well-being. In the works of architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Cesar Pelli, Norman Foster, and Michael Hopkins, Kellert sees the success of these strategies and presents models for moving forward. Ultimately, Kellert views our fractured relationship with nature as a design problem rather than an unavoidable aspect of modern life, and he proposes many practical and creative solutions for cultivating a more rewarding experience of nature in our built environment.
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Architecture bois
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Le bois, utilisé dès l'aube de l'humanité comme élément de construction, concentre une variété de caractéristiques lui conférant sa grande versatilité. Il s'agit d'un matériau structurel doté de capacités d'isolation thermique et acoustique, d'un caractère écologique et de potentialités d'interventions en intérieur et en décoration quasi illimitées, sans mentionner des(...)
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December 2005, Paris
Architecture bois
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Le bois, utilisé dès l'aube de l'humanité comme élément de construction, concentre une variété de caractéristiques lui conférant sa grande versatilité. Il s'agit d'un matériau structurel doté de capacités d'isolation thermique et acoustique, d'un caractère écologique et de potentialités d'interventions en intérieur et en décoration quasi illimitées, sans mentionner des aspects plus subjectifs comme la chaleur, la texture et le toucher. Pour l'heure, le bois est considéré comme une matière première inépuisable et en ligne avec le concept de développement durable : l'application de techniques informatiques pour sa manipulation a dérivé vers une systématisation de la coupe ; l'apparition de multitudes de produits dérivés a optimisé le recyclage des rebuts ; les avancées sont avérées dans la conception et le fonctionnement de systèmes d'union et de fixation, la construction avec panneaux, les systèmes de réhabilitation fiables et les mécanismes biocides contre les nuisances pour la conservation et l'entretien du bois. Dérivé de ces progrès, le bois forme un élément essentiel de la construction préfabriquée, élaboré en grande partie en atelier et bénéficiant donc d'économies de temps et de possibilités d'utilisation de machines de pointe. De là, un produit léger, transportable et manipulable, pour un montage final sans exigences strictes de main d'œuvre spécialisée.
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Photographs, drawings and and descriptive text for the twelve winning projects from the North American Wood Design Awards 2005 architecture competition.
The wood design awards 2005 : a North American program of architecture excellence
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Photographs, drawings and and descriptive text for the twelve winning projects from the North American Wood Design Awards 2005 architecture competition.
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