ABSTRACT

Industrial ecology provides a sound means of systematising the various ideas which come under the banner of sustainable construction and provides a model for the design, operation and ultimate disposal of buildings.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter |8 pages

PART 1 The ecologists

chapter 3|36 pages

On complexity theory, exergy, and industrial ecology

Some implications for construction ecology

chapter 6|18 pages

Minimizing waste emissions from the built environment

Toward the zero emissions house

chapter 8|24 pages

Construction ecology and metabolism

Rematerialization and dematerialization

chapter 9|7 pages

Construction ecology

An environmental management viewpoint

chapter |4 pages

PART 3 The architects

chapter 12|15 pages

Green architecture

chapter |7 pages

Conclusions