Carbon Primer for the Built Environment

Informationen zum Autor Simon Foxell Klappentext Provides a thorough understanding of the science, public policy and the current regulations intended to tackle climate change. Zusammenfassung Sets out essential information needed for navigating through the growing regulatory maze of carbon reduction in the built environment with confidence Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Overture and Beginners 2. Climate and Carbon Background 3. Carbon Sources and Sinks 4. Carbon Emissions 5. Policy Response 6. Regulations and Compliance 7. Strategies and Solutions 1: Reducing Demand 8. Strategies and Solutions 2: Improving Efficiency 9. Strategies and Solutions 3: Decarbonising Supply 10. Looking Forward 11. Making it Happen 12. Adaptation 13. Practice 14. Fact and Figures Glossary

Product details

• Authors: Simon Foxell, Simon (The Architects Practice Foxell, Foxell Simon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.12.2013
• EAN: 9780415705585
• ISBN: 978-0-415-70558-5
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, The environment, Politics & government, environmental science, engineering & technology, Urban & municipal planning, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, Politics and government, Energy Efficiency, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Building construction & materials, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology, Building construction and materials, Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design