David Cheshire

The Handbook to Building a Circular Economy (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a call to arms to all architects, designers and built environment professionals. To avoid a climate catastrophe and achieve a regenerative built environment, the use of new materials and any excess waste in resources need to be cut out from the very beginning of the design process.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000450941
• Artikelnr.: 62519991

Autorenporträt

David Cheshire is a Regional Director at AECOM, specialising in sustainability in the built environment. He has over twenty-five years' experience acting as a sustainability champion on construction projects and has written best practice industry guidance, including the CIBSE's Sustainability Guide and Resource Efficiency of Building Services. He is currently working with the Greater London Authority to help to implement new circular economy policies and guidance for major projects in the city.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. What is a Circular Economy? 2. Why Create a Circular
Economy? 3. Built to Last? 4. Starting at the End 5. Circular Economy
Principles for Buildings 6. Building in Layers 7. Designing-out Waste 8.
Design for Adaptability 9. Design for Disassembly and Reuse 10. Selecting
Materials and Products 11. Turning Waste into a Resource 12. Circular
Business Models 13. Virtuous Circles 14. Coming Full Circle