Environmentally-friendly architecture & design books

3729 books were found.

Working Toward Sustainability: Ethical Decision-Making in a Technological World

Working Toward Sustainability: Ethical Decision-Making...

Author: Charles J. Kibert (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL) ,  Martha C. Monroe (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL)
ISBN: 9780470539729
Format: Hardback
$135.95

Ethics of Sustainability develops a comprehensive ethical foundation for sustainability by bringing together nine...  Read More >>

Energy-Aware Systems and Networking for Sustainable Initiatives

Energy-Aware Systems and Networking for Sustainable...

Author: Naima Kaabouch (University of North Dakota, USA) ,  Wen-Chen Hu (University of North Dakota, USA)
ISBN: 9781280994319
Format: Electronic book text
$475.20

This book covers a great variety of topics such as materials, environment, electronics, and computing, offering...  Read More >>

Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys

Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys

Author: Kate Fletcher (Centre for Sustainable Fashion, London College of Fashion, UK)
ISBN: 9781281191038
Format: Electronic book text
$475.20

Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys brings together for the first time information about lifecycle...  Read More >>

Integrated Sustainable Design of Buildings

Integrated Sustainable Design of Buildings

Author: Paul Appleby (Consultant, UK)
ISBN: 9781283708951
Format: Electronic book text
$250.80

Integrated Sustainable Design of Buildings aims to provide a guide to members of design and masterplanning teams...  Read More >>

Computer Modelling for Sustainable Urban Design: Physical Principles, Methods and Applications

Computer Modelling for Sustainable Urban Design: Physical...

Author: Darren Robinson
ISBN: 9781283842884
Format: Electronic book text
$250.80

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Retrofitting Office Buildings to Be Green and Energy-Efficient: Optimizing Building Performance, Tenant Satisfaction, and Financial Return

Retrofitting Office Buildings to Be Green and Energy-Efficient:...

Author: Leanne Tobias
ISBN: 9781306016940
Format: Electronic book text
$237.57

Aimed at real estate industry professionals, developers, and investors, this guidebook fully explains the best practices...  Read More >>

Revitalizing and Renovating: Insulation

Revitalizing and Renovating: Insulation

Author: Simone Hubener ,  Klaus Siegele
ISBN: 9783034607650
Format: Paperback
$171.47

"The requirements for the energy-efficient design of new and existing buildings are being made more stringent all...  Read More >>

IDEA HOUSE: Future Tropical Living Today

IDEA HOUSE: Future Tropical Living Today

Author: Jason Pomeroy ,  Broadway Malyan
ISBN: 9781935935100
Format: Paperback
$92.40

The chronology of the creation of the first carbon zero house in Southeast Asia - known as the Idea House.  Read More >>

Net Zero Energy Buildings: International Comparison of Carbon-neutral Lifestyle

Net Zero Energy Buildings: International Comparison...

Author: Karsten Voss ,  Eike Musali
ISBN: 9783034607803
Format: Paperback
$184.67

"The objective of a panel of experts from an international energy agency related to a project entitled ""Toward...  Read More >>

The Very Hungry City: Urban Energy Efficiency and the Economic Fate of Cities

The Very Hungry City: Urban Energy Efficiency and the...

Author: Austin Troy
ISBN: 9786613382191
Format: Electronic book text
$88.70

Explains how a city with a high 'urban energy metabolism' - that is, a city that needs large amounts of energy in...  Read More >>

Very Hungry City

Very Hungry City

Author: Austin Troy
ISBN: 9781283382199
Format: Electronic book text
$73.92

As global demand for energy grows and prices rise, a city's energy consumption becomes increasingly tied to its...  Read More >>

Advances in Building Energy Research

Advances in Building Energy Research

Author: Mat Santamouris
ISBN: 9781281827227
Format: Electronic book text
$871.20

Offers information on the environmental science and performance of buildings, linking various technologies and methodologies...  Read More >>

Transforming Markets in the Built Environment: Adapting to Climate Change

Transforming Markets in the Built Environment: Adapting...

Author: Susan Roaf (Heriot Watt University, UK Heriot-Watt University, UK Heriot-Watt University, UK Heriot-Watt University, UK Heriot-Watt University, UK Heriot-Watt University, UK)
ISBN: 9781282617308
Format: Electronic book text
$396.00

There is an urgent need to build human capacity to make the often vulnerable and exposed buildings and communities...  Read More >>

Positive Development: From Vicious Circles to Virtuous Cycles Through Built Environment Design

Positive Development: From Vicious Circles to Virtuous...

Author: Janis Birkeland
ISBN: 9781281827302
Format: Electronic book text
$475.20

Presents the innovative new paradigm of 'Positive Development' in which the built environment provides greater life...  Read More >>

Green Vitruvius, A: Principles and Practice of Sustainable Architectural Design

Green Vitruvius, A: Principles and Practice of Sustainable...

Author: Vivienne Brophy ,  J Owen Lewis
ISBN: 9781280874130
Format: Electronic book text
$475.20

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Solar Home Design Manual for Cool Climates

Solar Home Design Manual for Cool Climates

Author: Shawna Henderson ,  Don Roscoe
ISBN: 9781283520980
Format: Electronic book text
$277.20

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Urban Microclimate: Designing the Spaces Between Buildings

Urban Microclimate: Designing the Spaces Between Buildings...

Author: Evyatar Erell ,  David Pearlmutter
ISBN: 9781280875861
Format: Electronic book text
$330.00

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Becoming a Green Building Professional

Becoming a Green Building Professional

Author: Holley Henderson
ISBN: 9781280881404
Format: Electronic book text
$118.67

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Low Impact Building: Housing Using Renewable Materials

Low Impact Building: Housing Using Renewable Materials...

Author: Tom Woolley (Professor and Architect, Rachel Bevan Architects)
ISBN: 9781299159235
Format: Electronic book text
$217.80

This guide to the designs, technologies and materials that really make green buildings work will help architects,...  Read More >>

Refined Earth: Building with Earth  -  Martin Rauch

Refined Earth: Building with Earth - Martin Rauch...

Author: Otto Kapfinger
ISBN: 9783034607117
Format: Undefined
$263.87

Clay construction has gained acceptance and attractiveness, becoming a worldwide alternative to conventional industrialized...  Read More >>

ReNew Town: Adaptive Urbanism and the Low Carbon Community

ReNew Town: Adaptive Urbanism and the Low Carbon Community...

Author: Andrew Scott (MIT, USA) ,  Eran Ben-Joseph (MIT, USA)
ISBN: 9780415678988
Format: Hardback
$409.20

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

The Nature of a House: Building a World that Works

The Nature of a House: Building a World that Works

Author: George M. Woodwell
ISBN: 9781610911641
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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Guide to the LEED AP Operations and Maintenance (O+M) Exam

Guide to the LEED AP Operations and Maintenance (O+M)...

Author: Michelle Cottrell
ISBN: 9780470608302
Format: Paperback
$198.00

Here is the ideal guide for understanding and preparing for the LEED® AP O+M exam.  Read More >>

Sustainable Environmental Design in Architecture: Impacts on Health

Sustainable Environmental Design in Architecture: Impacts...

Author: Stamatina Th. Rassia ,  Panos M. Pardalos
ISBN: 9781441907448
Format: Hardback
$393.36

This book examines sustainable architecture and engineering, environmental modeling, behavioral science and public...  Read More >>

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