Sustainable Practices in the Built Environment (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Langston, Craig

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Sustainability is a key issue and its impact on the construction industry, as one of the major users of the Earth's resources, is starting to take hold. This book deals with sustainability as it affects the construction industry, looking at the techniques and issues which designers, engineers, planners and construction managers will have to deal with in their day-to-day activities. It covers methods of analysis such as environmental impact assessment and cost-benefit analysis as well as topics on design and energy regulation and conservation. The book is an important introduction to the subject for senior undergraduate and postgraduate students. Given the importance and novelty of the subject, professionals in the construction industry will also find the book valuable.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136360626
• Artikelnr.: 38453129

Autorenporträt

Craig A. Langston, Grace K.C. Dingpson

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors
Foreword to the first edition
Foreword to the second edition
Introduction
Part One: Environmental Quality: The planet in crisis
Sustainable development
Accounting for the environment. Part Two: Development Controls
Environmental law
Environmental impact assessment
Environmental policies and strategies. Part Three: Analytical Tools: Environmental economics
Cost-benefit analysis
Estimating social costs and benefits. Part Four: Project Feasibility
Project selection criteria
Intergenerational equity
The measurement of sustainablity. Part Five: Design Considerations: Environmental impact of buildings
low energy design
embodied energy and recycling. Part Six: Energy Conservation: Energy quality
Renewable energy
Energy regulation and policy. Part Seven: Life-cost Studies: Life-cost planning and analysis
Determination of the discount rate
Occupancy costs. Part Eight: Asset Management: Post-occupancy evaluation
Environmental auditing
Facility Management