ABSTRACT
Sustainability in Architecture and Urban Design will help you understand the nature of the sustainability problem and show you how to implement your design for a sustainable future. Organized in six parts, the problem, the environment, the residential scale, the commercial scale, the urban scale, and energy sources, the book presents essential information in context, so that you get the full picture. Hundreds of drawings, sketches, charts, and diagrams illustrate points author Carl Bovill makes in his clear and direct style, which communicates the basics in a concise way.
You'll learn:
-About environmental economics
-How sustainable architectural design relates to ecology
-How fractal geometry can lead to a new understanding of the structure of the world around us
-How to design energy efficient houses and commercial buildings
-How to design and live in our cities to lower energy use per person
-About LEED points at all scales
A glossary and reading lists encourage you to explore the topics further.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |4 pages
Introduction
part I|28 pages
The Global Sustainability Problem
chapter 1|7 pages
Solar Energy Use Through Time
chapter 2|9 pages
Uncontrolled Growth Causes Uncontrollable Problems
chapter 3|3 pages
Our Ecological Footprint
chapter 4|7 pages
Global Warming And Climate Change
part II|40 pages
Ecology and the Environment
chapter 6|11 pages
Ecology And Architecture
chapter 7|8 pages
Environmental Economics
chapter 8|11 pages
Nature's Geometry
part III|76 pages
The Residential Scale
chapter 10|2 pages
Leed For Residential Buildings
chapter 11|4 pages
The Energy Design Process
chapter 12|10 pages
Bioclimatic Design
chapter 13|17 pages
Solar Control And Shading
chapter 14|13 pages
Passive Solar Heating
chapter 15|9 pages
Passive Cooling
chapter 16|6 pages
Embodied Energy And Thermal Mass
chapter 17|5 pages
High Insulation Levels
chapter 18|4 pages
Green Materials
part IV|50 pages
The Commercial Scale
chapter 20|2 pages
Overview Of The Leed For Commercial Buildings Rating System
chapter 21|13 pages
Daylighting
chapter 22|6 pages
Electric Lighting
chapter 23|10 pages
Heating and Cooling
chapter 24|4 pages
Indoor Air Quality
chapter 25|4 pages
Green Roofs
chapter 26|3 pages
Material Choices
part V|18 pages
The Urban Scale
chapter 28|1 pages
Leed For Neighborhood Development
chapter 29|5 pages
Urbanism
chapter 30|5 pages
Transit Oriented Development
part VI|18 pages
Energy Sources