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Ecological Architecture offers an accessible yet comprehensive journey into the heart of sustainable building design. This book isn't just about saving energy-it's about creating living environments that foster health, resilience, and a profound connection with nature. From understanding site dynamics like sun paths and microclimates, to selecting eco-friendly materials and implementing innovative renewable energy systems, this practical guide leads architects, designers, and sustainability enthusiasts step-by-step through the full design process. Inside you'll find detailed insights on: Site and Contextual Analysis: Harness passive solar energy, natural ventilation, and integrate seamlessly with surrounding ecosystems. Building Envelope Techniques: Learn how to design low-impact foundations, high-performance walls, insulation, windows, and green roofs that enhance biodiversity and efficiency. Sustainable Materials and Resources: Choose renewable, low-carbon materials based on lifecycle analysis, and implement water-saving and circular economy principles in your projects. Environmental Systems for Interiors: Maximize daylight, natural ventilation, and renewable energy while ensuring indoor air quality and occupant health. Integrated Design Strategies: Apply holistic principles, understand essential ecological certifications, and embrace regenerative, biomimetic, and circular construction methodologies. With clear diagrams, practical checklists, and inspiring case studies, this guide empowers readers to think systemically, apply ecological principles creatively, and design buildings that work in harmony with the natural environment. Ideal for architecture students, young professionals, eco-builders, sustainable developers, and anyone passionate about greener living spaces. Create buildings that don't just reduce impact-they restore, regenerate, and inspire.

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