Environmentally-friendly architecture & design books

3726 books were found.

Nocturnal Cooling Technology for Building Applications

Nocturnal Cooling Technology for Building Applications...

Author: Mardiana Idayu Ahmad ,  Hasila Jarimi
ISBN: 9789811358340
Format: Paperback
$145.17

This book discusses nocturnal cooling technologies for building applications.  Read More >>

Ken Yeang: A Life in Architecture: From the East to the West and Back

Ken Yeang: A Life in Architecture: From the East to...

Author: James Steele
ISBN: 9780998529868
Format: Paperback
$145.20

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Advancements in Smart City and Intelligent Building: Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart City and Intelligent Building (ICSCIB 2018)

Advancements in Smart City and Intelligent Building:...

Author: Qiansheng Fang ,  Quanmin Zhu
ISBN: 9789811367328
Format: Paperback
$336.35

The book entitled “Advancements in Smart City and Intelligent Building” is the Proceedings of the International...  Read More >>

Urban Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Countries: Policies, Projects, and Scenarios

Urban Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Countries:...

Author: Mohsen M. Aboulnaga ,  Amr F. Elwan
ISBN: 9783030054045
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This book describes the risks, impacts, measures, actions and adaptation policies that have developed globally as...  Read More >>

Integrative Approach to Comprehensive Building Renovations

Integrative Approach to Comprehensive Building Renovations...

Author: Vesna Žegarac Leskovar ,  Miroslav Premrov
ISBN: 9783030114756
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This book presents a new approach to building renovation, combining aspects of various professional disciplines,...  Read More >>

Blind Spots: How Unhealthy Corridors Harm Communities and How to Fix Them

Blind Spots: How Unhealthy Corridors Harm Communities...

Author: Heather Zaccaro
ISBN: 9780874204230
Format: Paperback
$34.19

Examines unhealthy corridors, including their prevalence and location, the conditions they share, and the impact...  Read More >>

Precedented Environmental Futures: Skin and Substance

Precedented Environmental Futures: Skin and Substance...

Author: Colin Porteous
ISBN: 9781527528161
Format: Hardback
$253.41

This book addresses the built environment through the lens of environmental architecture, and in a holistic manner....  Read More >>

Bio-based Building Skin

Bio-based Building Skin

Author: Anna Sandak ,  Jakub Sandak
ISBN: 9789811337468
Format: Hardback
$116.41

This book provides a compendium of material properties, demonstrates several successful examples of bio-based materials’...  Read More >>

Recyclable by Werner Sobek

Recyclable by Werner Sobek

Author: Frank Heinlein
ISBN: 9783899863048
Format: Hardback
$72.45

New and important insights into the use of recyclable materials in housing construction. Makes a case for creating...  Read More >>

Agrihoods: Cultivating Best Practices

Agrihoods: Cultivating Best Practices

Author: Matthew Norris
ISBN: 9780874204216
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Inspired by a growing body of evidence that developments centered on working farms can have a positive effect on...  Read More >>

Life Cycle Design: An Experimental Tool for Designers

Life Cycle Design: An Experimental Tool for Designers...

Author: Francesca Thiebat
ISBN: 9783030114961
Format: Hardback
$232.85

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Transformative Pedagogies and the Environment: Creative Agency through Contemporary Art and Design

Transformative Pedagogies and the Environment: Creative...

Author: Marie Sierra ,  Kit Wise
ISBN: 9781863350129
Format: Paperback
$132.00

Transformative Pedagogies and the Environment: Creative Agency Through Contemporary Art and Design demonstrates...  Read More >>

Spaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi

Spaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change, and...

Author: Gökçe Günel
ISBN: 9781478000914
Format: Paperback
$64.99

Gökçe Günel examines the development and construction of Masdar City, a zero-carbon city built by Abu Dhabi that...  Read More >>

Rescue and reuse: Communities, heritage and architecture

Rescue and reuse: Communities, heritage and architecture...

Author: Merlin Waterson ,  Ian Morrison
ISBN: 9781859467787
Format: Hardback
$92.99

This book explores how historic buildings across the UK have been brought back to life through the technical and...  Read More >>

Spaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi

Spaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change, and...

Author: Gökçe Günel
ISBN: 9781478000723
Format: Hardback
$271.79

Gökçe Günel examines the development and construction of Masdar City, a zero-carbon city built by Abu Dhabi that...  Read More >>

Digital Wood Design: Innovative Techniques of Representation in Architectural Design

Digital Wood Design: Innovative Techniques of Representation...

Author: Fabio Bianconi ,  Marco Filippucci
ISBN: 9783030036751
Format: Hardback
$1003.17

This book explores various digital representation strategies that could change the future of wooden architectures...  Read More >>

Green City Planning and Practices in Asian Cities: Sustainable Development and Smart Growth in Urban Environments

Green City Planning and Practices in Asian Cities: Sustainable...

Author: Zhenjiang Shen ,  Ling Huang
ISBN: 9783030099268
Format: Paperback
$284.60

Urban planners across the world are faced with sustainable development issues in their work, especially when they...  Read More >>

Wind Energy Exploitation in Urban Environment: TUrbWind 2017 Colloquium

Wind Energy Exploitation in Urban Environment: TUrbWind...

Author: Lorenzo Battisti ,  Mosè Ricci
ISBN: 9783030091118
Format: Paperback
$336.35

This book presents numerical and experimental research in the field of wind energy exploitation in urban environments....  Read More >>

Roof Cooling Techniques: A Design Handbook

Roof Cooling Techniques: A Design Handbook

Author: Evyatar Erell ,  Simos Yannas
ISBN: 9781138373877
Format: Hardback
$305.00

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

A Systems Approach to Modeling the Water-Energy-Land-Food Nexus, Volume II: System Dynamics Modeling and Dynamic Scenario Planning

A Systems Approach to Modeling the Water-Energy-Land-Food...

Author: Bernard Amadei
ISBN: 9781947083547
Format: Paperback
$101.20

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Energy Performance in the Australian Built Environment

Energy Performance in the Australian Built Environment...

Author: Priyadarsini Rajagopalan ,  Mary Myla Andamon
ISBN: 9789811340154
Format: Paperback
$284.60

This book examines energy efficiency in the Australian built environment and presents current developments with...  Read More >>

New Vision 2050: A Platinum Society

New Vision 2050: A Platinum Society

Author: Hiroshi Komiyama ,  Koichi Yamada
ISBN: 9784431568698
Format: Paperback
$116.41

This book presents the ""New Vision 2050,"" which adds the concept of the “platinum society” to the “Vision 2050”....  Read More >>

The Impact of Overbuilding on People and the Planet

The Impact of Overbuilding on People and the Planet...

Author: David A. Ness
ISBN: 9781527524026
Format: Hardback
$263.87

This book challenges the status quo where profligate building and urban development is described as ‘green’ and...  Read More >>

Industrial Safety Management: 21st Century Perspectives of Asia

Industrial Safety Management: 21st Century Perspectives...

Author: J Maiti ,  Pradip Kumar Ray
ISBN: 9789811348563
Format: Paperback
$232.85

This edited volume focuses on research conducted in the areas of industrial safety. The book addresses issues such...  Read More >>

Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places

Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places...

Author: Jeff Speck ,  Jeff Speck
ISBN: 9781978669253
Format: Audio
$39.57

“Cities are the future of the human race, and Jeff Speck knows how to make them work.” (David Owen, staff writer...  Read More >>

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