Environmentally-friendly architecture & design books

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Design Activism: Beautiful Strangeness for a Sustainable World

Design Activism: Beautiful Strangeness for a Sustainable...

Author: Alastair Fuad-Luke
ISBN: 9781282170780
Format: Electronic book text
$475.20

Design academics and practitioners are facing a multiplicity of challenges in a dynamic, complex, world moving faster...  Read More >>

Handbook of Sustainable Building Design and Engineering, A:  An Integrated Approach to Energy, Health and Operational Performance

Handbook of Sustainable Building Design and Engineering,...

Author: Dejan Mumovic ,  Dejan Mumovic
ISBN: 9781282170773
Format: Electronic book text
$422.40

The combined challenges of health, comfort, climate change and energy security cross the boundaries of traditional...  Read More >>

Fundamentals of Integrated Design for Sustainable Building

Fundamentals of Integrated Design for Sustainable Building...

Author: Marian Keeler ,  Bill Burke, (Jo
ISBN: 9781299648364
Format: Electronic book text
$224.40

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Innovation Development for Highly Energy-Efficient Housing: Opportunities and Challenges Related to the Adoption of Passive Houses

Innovation Development for Highly Energy-Efficient Housing:...

Author: E Mlecnik
ISBN: 9781299631632
Format: Undefined
$306.24

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Eat Up

Eat Up

Author: Lauren Mandel
ISBN: 9781322524887
Format: Electronic book text
$79.07

Soaring prices and concerns about chemical-laden fruits and vegetables increasingly drive us to grow our own healthy...  Read More >>

Integrated Sustainable Design

Integrated Sustainable Design

Author: Andy Van Den Dobbelsteen ,  Jón Kristinsson
ISBN: 9789052694085
Format: Paperback
$150.48

Jón Kristinsson (Reykjavik, 1936) is the godfather of sustainable building in the Netherlands and probably elsewhere...  Read More >>

Design and Construction of High-Performance Homes: Building Envelopes, Renewable Energies and Integrated Practice

Design and Construction of High-Performance Homes: Building...

Author: Franca Trubiano
ISBN: 9780415615280
Format: Paperback
$101.00

Both professionals and students are under increasing pressure to achieve high performance building design in the...  Read More >>

Skin of the Rainforest - Ecosystems in Campeche

Skin of the Rainforest - Ecosystems in Campeche

Author: Fernándo Bernés ,  Nurio Sanz
ISBN: 9788415427933
Format: Hardback
$158.40

Ranked as one of the world's most important ecosystems, the Campeche rainforest covers more than seven million acres...  Read More >>

Two Degrees: The Built Environment and Our Changing Climate

Two Degrees: The Built Environment and Our Changing...

Author: Alisdair McGregor (ARUP, USA) ,  Cole Roberts (ARUP, USA)
ISBN: 9780415692991
Format: Hardback
$378.00

Two Degrees reviews the current science and predictions for global warming and looks at what steps can be taken...  Read More >>

Two Degrees: The Built Environment and Our Changing Climate

Two Degrees: The Built Environment and Our Changing...

Author: Alisdair McGregor (ARUP, USA) ,  Cole Roberts (ARUP, USA)
ISBN: 9780415693004
Format: Paperback
$120.00

Two Degrees reviews the current science and predictions for global warming and looks at what steps can be taken...  Read More >>

Designing to Avoid Disaster: The Nature of Fracture-Critical Design

Designing to Avoid Disaster: The Nature of Fracture-Critical...

Author: Thomas Fisher
ISBN: 9781283862066
Format: Electronic book text
$475.20

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Made in Taiwan: Architecture and Urbanism in the Innovation Economy

Made in Taiwan: Architecture and Urbanism in the Innovation...

Author: Sabrina Puddu ,  Sabrina Puddu
ISBN: 9788895623658
Format: Paperback
$43.99

'Made in Taiwan' oscillates between the description of a specific place and a broader critical reflection regarding...  Read More >>

Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Buildings: Policy and Practice

Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Buildings: Policy and Practice...

Author: Rajat Gupta (University of Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham UK) ,  Fionn Stevenson (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
ISBN: 9781849713177
Format: Paperback
$88.99

This title sets out a theoretical approach to the field based on the authors combined experience of carrying out...  Read More >>

Becoming Human by Design

Becoming Human by Design

Author: Tony Fry (University of Tasmania, Australia)
ISBN: 9780857853547
Format: Hardback
$396.00

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Refract House

Refract House

Author: Ila Berman ,  Nataly Gattegno
ISBN: 9780982503324
Format: Paperback
$50.03

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Ecological Urban Architecture: Qualitative Approaches to Sustainability

Ecological Urban Architecture: Qualitative Approaches...

Author: Thomas Schröpfer ,  Limin Hee
ISBN: 9783034608008
Format: Hardback
$135.00

The goal of advancing eco cities often remains confined to political or technological issues. This book establishes...  Read More >>

Alternative Water Sources and Wastewater Management

Alternative Water Sources and Wastewater Management...

Author: E W Bob Boulware
ISBN: 9781283609845
Format: Electronic book text
$132.00

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Greening the Landscape: Strategies for Environmentally Sound Practice

Greening the Landscape: Strategies for Environmentally...

Author: Adam Regn Arvidson
ISBN: 9780393733532
Format: Paperback
$40.95

A guide to improving the environmental performance of any landscape through the use of green construction and maintenance....  Read More >>

Guide To Natural Ventilation in High Rise Office Buildings

Guide To Natural Ventilation in High Rise Office Buildings...

Author: Antony Wood ,  Ruba Salib
ISBN: 9780415509589
Format: Paperback
$143.00

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Designing To Avoid Disaster: The Nature of Fracture-Critical Design

Designing To Avoid Disaster: The Nature of Fracture-Critical...

Author: Thomas Fisher
ISBN: 9780415527361
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Author Thomas Fisher introduces the idea of fracture-critical design and provides many solutions for how we can...  Read More >>

Ecosystem Services Come To Town: Greening Cities by Working with Nature

Ecosystem Services Come To Town: Greening Cities by...

Author: Gary Grant
ISBN: 9781405195065
Format: Paperback
$132.95

This book demonstrates how to make urban environments greener. It starts by explaining how cities can become more...  Read More >>

Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery: A Review of the United States Disaster Assistance Framework

Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery: A Review of the...

Author: Gavin Smith
ISBN: 9781597269452
Format: Paperback
$155.76

Blends what we know about disaster recovery from the research literature with an analysis of existing practice to...  Read More >>

The Agile City: Building Well-being and Wealth in an Era of Climate Change

The Agile City: Building Well-being and Wealth in an...

Author: James S. Russell
ISBN: 9781597267250
Format: Paperback
$89.76

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Becoming a Green Building Professional: A Guide to Careers in Sustainable Architecture, Design, Engineering, Development, and Operations

Becoming a Green Building Professional: A Guide to Careers...

Author: Holley Henderson ,  Anthony D. Cortese
ISBN: 9780470951439
Format: Paperback
$80.95

Suitable for professionals in sustainable architecture, design, planning, development, and related consulting, this...  Read More >>

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