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Strategies for sustainable architecture / Paola Sassi.

By: Material type: TextAbingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Taylor & Francis, 2006Description: 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415341426 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780415341424
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 720.47 SAS 22
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- The site and ecology -- Compact cities -- Reducing transport impacts -- In harmony with nature -- Local food production -- Community and culture -- Community participation -- Housing for all -- Training and employment -- Spaces for the community -- Promoting sustainability -- Health and well-being -- Comfort -- Insensible agents of disease -- Independence and identity -- Restorative environments -- Materials -- Design for longevity -- Waste as a resource -- Avoiding resources depletion -- Minimising manufacturing impacts -- Materials and energy -- Waste minimisation -- Energy -- Minimising energy needs -- Maximising efficiently -- 'Green' energy sources -- Water -- Minimising need and maximising efficiency -- Alternative water sources -- Reducing the use of main drains -- Postscript -- Appendix 1 -- Projects overview -- Appendix 2 -- Location maps -- Appendix 3 -- Climate -- References and bibliography -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The site and ecology -- Compact cities -- Reducing transport impacts -- In harmony with nature -- Local food production -- Community and culture -- Community participation -- Housing for all -- Training and employment -- Spaces for the community -- Promoting sustainability -- Health and well-being -- Comfort -- Insensible agents of disease -- Independence and identity -- Restorative environments -- Materials -- Design for longevity -- Waste as a resource -- Avoiding resources depletion -- Minimising manufacturing impacts -- Materials and energy -- Waste minimisation -- Energy -- Minimising energy needs -- Maximising efficiently -- 'Green' energy sources -- Water -- Minimising need and maximising efficiency -- Alternative water sources -- Reducing the use of main drains -- Postscript -- Appendix 1 -- Projects overview -- Appendix 2 -- Location maps -- Appendix 3 -- Climate -- References and bibliography -- Index.

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