Overview

The comprehensively updated and expanded new edition of this no-nonsense student and practice primer equips the contemporary architect to deal with the profession's most important challenge: designing buildings for sustainability. Brian Edwards' book pulls together many of the disparate, complex strands of sustainability into one simple reference source. It sets out the environmental, professional and governmental context underlying sustainable principles, as well as outlining the science, measures and design solutions that designers need to adopt. The third edition includes updated design advice on offices, schools, housing and urban design, provides a useful history of green architecture education and presents a guide to the international conventions and agreements from the Rio Summit to Kyoto and the more recent UN Climate Change conference held in Poznan in 2008. It also includes new material prepared in anticipation of fresh international agreements at the Copenhagen Conference on Global Warming held in 2009. Stunningly redesigned and extensively illustrated throughout, 'Rough Guide to Sustainability' will appeal to design and built environment students and professionals, and anyone keen to cut through to the avalanche of facts and myths about sustainability.

Full Product Details

Author:   Brian Edwards
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Earthscan Ltd
Edition:   3rd New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 20.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 20.00cm
Weight:   0.726kg
ISBN:  

9781849711975

ISBN 10:   1849711976
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   24 March 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: The Science and Politics of Sustainability 1. The Theory and Science of Sustainability - How does global warming work? - From global warming to climate change - Climate change drivers - Challenges for the built environment - The future role for architects Essay: A Short History of Sustainable Development 2. Legislation and Regulations in Europe - The European legislative framework - Action at national level Essay: Natural Capital: The New Economics? Part II: Tools and Techniques 3. Measuring Success at the Building Scale - Life-cycle assessment - The importance of indicators - Generic environmental management schemes - Environmental assessment tools for specific building types Part III: Resources for Construction 4. Energy - The energy challenge - Future energy options - Relationship between fossil fuels and renewable energy - Main types of renewable energy - Other renewable energy sources - Renewable energy and taxation 5. Water - Water: poverty and health - Water use in the UK - Recycling of water - Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) - The need for integration of all resources 6. Materials and Waste - Choice based on embodied energy - Choice based on future availability - Designing for waste reduction - Which is greener: steel or concrete? - Waste Part IV: Design for Sustainability Essay: Nature as a Guide to Building Design 7. Design for a Changing Climate - Green design the 21st-century architectural paradigm - New design processes - Sustainability as a key quality indicator - A blueprint for green design 8. Sustainable Buildings are Healthy Buildings - Comfort - Being pollution-free - Responsive and stimulating environments - Promoting health through design 9. Sustainable Design in Practice - The importance of technology push to the architect - Offices - Green schools - Sustainable housing - Communities and cities Essay: Architectural Education for a Sustainable Future Epilogue: Sustainable Design at the Cutting Edge Selected bibliography Index

Reviews

'What makes this book so readable is it is very well written and well illustrated. The Rough Guide to Sustainability offers welcome clarity for the reader exhausted by overuse of the sustainability word. Edwards uses photos, sections, diagrams and sketches to great effect, conveying much information within restricted space. His pictures are sharp and well chosen, his tables do not overwhelm. He also uses pithy subtitles that grab the reader's attention ... This is clearly a labor of love' - Katherine Crewe, Journal of Planning Education and Research

'What makes this book so readable is it is very well written and well illustrated. The Rough Guide to Sustainability offers welcome clarity for the reader exhausted by overuse of the sustainability word. Edwards uses photos, sections, diagrams and sketches to great effect, conveying much information within restricted space. His pictures are sharp and well chosen, his tables do not overwhelm. He also uses pithy subtitles that grab the reader's attention ... This is clearly a labor of love' – Katherine Crewe, Journal of Planning Education and Research

Author Information

Brian Edwards is currently Professor of Sustainable Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts - School of Architecture. He is an internationally recognized expert on sustainable architecture and has held numerous positions of responsibility within this field, including sustainability advisor to the Royal Institute of British Architects, 2000-2002.

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