Titre et auteur:

Green design : from theory to practice / edited by Ken Yeang and Arthur Spector.

Publication:

London : Black Dog, ©2011.

Description:

143 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Strategies for designing green / Ken Yeang -- Understanding drivers and setting targets for biodiversity in urban green design / Mike Wells, Fleur Timmer, Alistair Carr -- Biomimicry / Michael Pawlyn -- How to think like a forest / Bert Gregory -- Sustainability / Stefan Behnisch -- The next generation : transformational buildings for teaching and learning / David Lloyd Jones -- Reflections on sustainable architecture : ecological conditions and intelligent architecture / Thomas Herzog -- The fifth element in sustainable design / Joseph Cory -- The human dimension in product and process modelling for green building design / Khee Poh Lam -- Materials for green buildings / Nadav Malin -- The dawning of solar electric architecture / Steven J. Strong -- Infrastructural engineering and utilities / Simon Woods -- Design for disassembly of buildings / Elma Durmisevic -- Education in sustainable environmental design / Simos Yannas -- From theory to practice : on green design / Michael McDonough -- Organ transplants in electronics / Dominic Muren.

Résumé:

The awareness of the environmental and ecological impact of architectural practice has never been as significant as it is today, with issues surrounding sustainablilty, environmental responsibility and the use of natural resources becoming unavoidable. This book discusses these issues.

ISBN:

9781907317125 (hbk.)
1907317120 (hbk.)

Sujet:

Sustainable buildings Design and construction.
Architecture and society.
Constructions durables Conception et construction.
Architecture et société.
Architecture and Planning.
Bauökologie
Hausbegrünung
Nachhaltigkeit
Hausbegrèunung.
Bauèokologie.

Classification/genre:

proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.

Vedettes secondaires:

Yeang, Ken, 1948-
Spector, Arthur.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 273030
Cote: BIB 206446
Statut: Disponible