Libros de ARQUITECTURA SOSTENIBLE

Los proyectos presentados en este libro, procedentes de diecinueve países de cuatro continentes, ilustran las múltiples aproximaciones posibles que alrededor del mundo utiliza la arquitectura en búsqueda de estrategias sostenibles ...

Observation and representation is a foundational subject in Landscape Architecture. Landscape design is a process shaped by the connections and interactions among designers, users, and the real world. This issue ...

Visually enriched with over 250 photographs and drawings, Bioclimatic Double-Skin Façades is an essential reference guide for understanding the types and functions of double-skin façades. Author Mary Ben Bonham examines ...

For sustainable architecture to become a reality, the way we design buildings needs to change. Many architects are concerned that sustainable technologies may interfere with a buildings aesthetic appearance, and ...

Overheating in buildings is commonplace. This book describes how we can keep cool without conventional air - conditioning: improving comfort and productivity while reducing energy costs and carbon emissions. It ...

Whole life costing is now integral to building procurement, both for new buildings and major refurbishments. It is key when assessing investment scenarios for estates as well as individual buildings, ...

In which ways does a "green building" contribute to the ecology of its surroundings? And how can ecologically designed urban districts, with their green and blue networks, link up with ...

Can we 'save the Planet? For a resilient, durable and sustainable future for human society, we need to repurpose, reinvent, redesign, remake and recover our human - made world so ...

Eco House Plans contiene más de 300 planos de plantas, secciones, bocetos y alzados, así como detalles constructivos de un total de 36 proyectos de arquitectura ecológica. Los criterios de ...

Development projects are the building blocks of urban growth. Put enough of the right projects together in the right way, and you have sustainable cities. But getting the pieces to ...

It is widely acknowledged that there is an urgent need to transform our housing stock to a better energy performance level. However, improving energy performance should not result in a ...

Since they established their Paris-based firm ChartierDalix in 2008, architects Frédéric Chartier und Pascale Dalix have realized some fifteen buildings in France, ranging from multi-unit housing and student dormitories to ...

The health of our planet and ourselves depends on how we plan, design, and construct the world between our buildings. Our increasing dependence on fossil fuels over the last century ...

Offers a comprehensive survey of affordable housing across the world. Presents numerous case - studies and bes t- practices on affordable housing design. Presents clear and concise strategies on how ...

How is it possible to keep the immense deposits of raw materials in buildings "active" and realise environmentally sustainable buildings in the long term? Besides "sufficiency, consistency and efficiency", this ...

Nature has always been a source of inspiration for the design of the human environment. The analysis of biological constructions can not only lead to astonishing technical solutions but can ...

How architecture and urbanism can help to care for and repair a broken planet: essays and illustrated case studies. Today, architecture and urbanism are capital-centric, speculation-driven, and investment-dominated. Many cannot ...

What do we mean by net zero energy? Zero operating energy? Zero energy costs? Zero emissions? There is no one answer: approaches to net zero building vary widely across the ...

The Sustainable Tall Building: A Design Primer is an accessible and highly illustrated guide, which primes those involved in the design and research of tall buildings to dramatically improve their ...