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This new em GreenSource book includes information on green technologies and materials needed to design and construct energy-efficient, environmentally friendly, and sustainable buildings.
Green Architecture surveys and illustrates new developments, innovative techniques, and advanced technologies that will help restore the balance between the user and the natural environment. The book aids architects in understanding the engineering side of the design process. U.S. and international case studies are included.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Green Architecture: Overview
Chapter 2: Definitions and Operationalizations of Green Architecture
Chapter 3: Brief History Green Architecture
Chapter 4: Green Technologies: Energy Generation
Chapter 5: Green Technologies: Energy Retention
Chapter 6: Green Materials
Chapter 7: Smart Materials
Chapter 8: Case Studies--Advanced Green Buildings; Active Solar Buildings; Passive Solar Buildings; Modular and Mobile Systems; Solar Decathlon Projects(San Francisco; Bahrain; Ontario; United Kingdom; Iowa; Singapore; Texas; Arkansas; Germany; Manitoba (Canada); New York City; Australia; Connecticut; United Arab Emirates; Washington; Maryland; Missouri; Nevada; Great Britain; Chile; British Columbia; China; Wisconsin; Arizona; Illinois; Argentina; Massachusetts; Pennsylvania; Hawaii; Louisiana; Austria; Abu Dhabi; Washington, D.C.; Colorado; Virginia; Poland; New Mexico; Greece; North Carolina; Kansas; Alabama)
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Osman Attmann is an architect and associate professor at the College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado.
Summary
A GreenSource guide to designing and constructting energy-efficient, environmentally friendly, and sustainable buildings.
