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9780419192107

Global Warming and the Built Environment

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  • ISBN13:

    9780419192107

  • ISBN10:

    0419192107

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1994-08-01
  • Publisher: Spon Pr
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Summary

The role of the built environment on global warming is seen to be of increasing relevance. In this book, contributors of international repute offer a wide perspectivet on the subject. This new paperback edition offers insights and techniques regarding design and management of buildings and urban settlement and discusses the issues of accountability and responsibility.

Author Biography

Robert Samuels is with SOLARCH, a multi-disciplinary research, teaching and consultancy unit based at the School of Architecture, University of New South Wales, Australia.

Table of Contents

List of contributors
Foreword
Introduction: Global warming and the built environment - the challenge
Environmental accountability: users, buildings and energyp. 1
Environmental auditing and the built environmentp. 21
Human use of renewable energy to improve the global environment in the post-Brundtland erap. 37
The greenhouse effect and future urban developmentp. 55
Urban design, transportation and greenhousep. 69
Sustainable development, energy policy issues and greenhousep. 85
Energy and architectural formp. 113
Environmentally benign architecture: beyond passivep. 125
Energy efficiency and the non-residential building sectorp. 153
Principles of energy efficient residential designp. 169
Technological options and sustainable energy welfarep. 189
Materials selection and energy efficiencyp. 221
Indexp. 255
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