Screen LibrarySustainaspeak : a guide to sustainable design terms /
Architecture 2030; BUG; Biophilic Design; BIPV; Circular Economy; LEED; Passive Design; Solar Chimney; Systems Thinking; WELL; Xeriscaping.0What does it all mean?0The complex and evolving language used in the sustainable design community can be very challenging, particularly to those new to environm...
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Architecture 2030; BUG; Biophilic Design; BIPV; Circular Economy; LEED; Passive Design; Solar Chimney; Systems Thinking; WELL; Xeriscaping.0What does it all mean?0The complex and evolving language used in the sustainable design community can be very challenging, particularly to those new to environmentally friendly and resource-efficient design strategies that are needed today.0Definitions of over two hundred terms with further sources.0Clearly cross-referenced with Sustainaspeak, Theoryspeak, and Archispeak terms.0Illustrated throughout with sustainable award-winning buildings by e.g. Behnisch, Brooks + Scarpa, EHDD, KieranTimberlake, Lake Flato, Leddy Mahtum Stacy, SmithGroup, Perkins+Will, ZGF, VMDO, and McDonough + Partners.0Sustainaspeak: A Guide to Sustainable Design Terms provides a current guide to the sustainable design strategies, terms, and practices needed for the next generation of designers, architects, students, and community leaders to design a carbon-neutral world for future generations. |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 330 pages : illustrations, plans ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781138283336 1138283339 9781138283329 1138283320 |
| Index Number: | NK1520 |
| CLC: | TU-023 |
| Call Number: | TU-023/L673 |