Screen LibraryBetter buildings : learning from buildings in use /
"This book started life as a successor to Sustainable Architecture, published in 2007, which set out to prove that sustainable architecture can indeed both 'lift the spirit' as well as save the planet. This fully revised edition seeks to take a step further, exploring how sustainable...
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RIBA Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"This book started life as a successor to Sustainable Architecture, published in 2007, which set out to prove that sustainable architecture can indeed both 'lift the spirit' as well as save the planet. This fully revised edition seeks to take a step further, exploring how sustainable buildings are occupied and work, and sheds light on the methods used to observe this. Through short essays from thought-leaders and case studies of visually stunning, environmentally ground-breaking projects, Better Buildings provides architects with the inspiration and tools they need to deliver sustainable des |
| Carrier Form: | vi, 206 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 22 × 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-201) and index. |
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9781859465868 (paperback) : 1859465862 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | NA2542 |
| CLC: | TU-023 |
| Call Number: | TU-023/P273 |
| Contents: |
Building performance evaluation -- Teaming from the Innovate UK building performance evaluation programme -- Low-energy buildings : delivering theory in practice -- Designing low-energy buildings -- Learning through practice -- The architect's role in energy efficiency -- Energy performance -- The Woodland Trust HQ -- Greenfields House -- John Hope Gateway -- Crawley Library -- St Luke's Primary School -- Wilkinson Primary School -- Living Planet Centre : WWF -- One Brighton -- Derwenthorpe -- Forgebank : Lancaster co-housing. |