This book brings together current developments in the field of climate change science, building design, technologies and materials sciences, and energy and policy in a form readily accessible to both students of the building industry and practitioners.
This book examines the state-of-the-art on plants and fibres as building materials for low cost construction, emphasizing their use, properties, fabri..
A thorough examination of the use of earth as an eco-friendly building material, with full details on the properties of earth as a building material, ..
As the construction industry faces up to its environmental responsibilities, this book explores its rich and ancient tradition to provide tried and tr..
This volume provides a management concept for sustainable innovation management in commercial and governmental organizations. It provides answers to t..
Green Building Handbook provides a detailed reference for environmentally concerned purchasers of building products, with at-a-glance tables for buyer..
This new handbook provides a detailed reference for environmentally concerned purchasers of building products. Invaluable for the specifier, this hand..
Sustainability is a key issue and its impact on the construction industry, as one of the major users of the Earth's resources, is starting to take hol..
Achieving a sustainable building is not just a matter of design and construction: what happens once the building is occupied is absolutely critical. T..
Industrial ecology provides a sound means of systematising the various ideas which come under the banner of sustainable construction and provides a mo..
It has taken a very long time for sustainable development to be recognised as a justified restraint on inappropriate development. This book covers the..
With the deadline for achieving the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) less than a decade away, the uneven progress is raising important questio..