| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 269 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-263) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction : The Paradoxes of Sustainable Architecture Simon Guy and Steven A. Moore -- Theme A: Modelling Design -- 2. Hybrid Environments : The Spaces of Sustainable Design / Graham Farmer and Simon Guy -- 3. Theory, Practice, and Proof: Learning from "Buildings that Teach" / Kathryn Janda and Alexandra von Meier -- 4. The Social Construction of "Green Building" Codes : Competing models by industry, government, and NGOs / Steven A. Moore and Nathan Engstrom -- Theme B: Responding Design -- 5. The Politics of Design in Cities : Preconceptions, Frameworks and Trajectories of Sustainable Building / Timothy Moss, Adriaan Slob and Walter Vermeulen -- 6. Equal couples in equal houses : Cultural Perspectives on Swedish Solar and Bio-Pellet Heating Design / Annette Henning -- Theme C: Competing Design -- 7. Safe Houses and Green Architecture : Reflections on the Lessons of the Chemically Sensitive / Jim Wasley -- 8. Revaluing Wood / Ted Cavanagh and Richard Kroeker -- 9. Policing Sustainability : Strategies towards a sustainable Architecture in Norway / Marianne Ryghaug -- Theme D: Alternative Design -- 10. Green buildings in Denmark : From radical ecology to consumer- oriented market approaches? / Kirsten Gram-Hanssen and Jesper Ole Jensen -- 11. Leaky Walls : Challenges to sustainable practices in post-disaster communities / Jamie Horwitz -- 12. Social research on energy-efficient building technologies : Towards a sociotechnical integration / Harald Rohracher -- Conclusion -- 13. Reflections and Engagement : Towards Pluralists Practices of Sustainable Architecture / Simon Guy and Steven A. Moore. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sustainable architecture.
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Sustainable architecture. |
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Architecture -- Environmental aspects.
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Architecture -- Environmental aspects. |
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Architecture -- Europe.
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Architecture. |
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Europe. |
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Architecture -- North America.
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North America. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Guy, Simon.
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Moore, Steven A., 1945-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sustainable architectures. New York : Spon Press, 2005 0415700442 0415700450 (DLC) 2004008320 (OCoLC)54952970 |
| ISBN |
020341280X (electronic book) |
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9780203412800 (electronic book) |
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0415700450 (Paper) |
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0415700442 (cased) |
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9786610107469 |
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6610107467 |
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9780415700450 |
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0415700450 |
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