Environmentally-friendly architecture & design books

3726 books were found.

Sustainable Retrofits: Post War Residential Towers in Britain

Sustainable Retrofits: Post War Residential Towers in...

Author: Asterios Agkathidis (University of Liverpool, UK) ,  Rosa Urbano Gutiérrez (University of Liverpool, UK)
ISBN: 9781138689886
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Includes over 200 full colour plans, elevations, photographs, maps and illustrations which beautifully support the...  Read More >>

Marie Curie: Little Guides to Great Lives

Marie Curie: Little Guides to Great Lives

Author: Isabel Thomas ,  Anke Weckmann
ISBN: 9781786271525
Format: Hardback
$22.99

Marie Curie was a brilliant scientist who coined the term 'radioactivity', discovered polonium and radium, and helped...  Read More >>

Urbanization: Challenge and Opportunity for Soil Functions and Ecosystem Services: Proceedings of the 9th SUITMA Congress

Urbanization: Challenge and Opportunity for Soil Functions...

Author: Viacheslav Vasenev ,  Elvira Dovletyarova
ISBN: 9783319896014
Format: Hardback
$388.10

This proceedings volume focuses on different aspects of environmental assessment, monitoring, and management of...  Read More >>

Challenges and Solutions in the Russian Energy Sector

Challenges and Solutions in the Russian Energy Sector...

Author: Stavros Syngellakis ,  Carlos Brebbia
ISBN: 9783319757018
Format: Hardback
$290.37

The book provides a comprehensive overview of the most recent and advanced research findings on energy production...  Read More >>

Eco Living Japan: Sustainable Ideas for Living Green

Eco Living Japan: Sustainable Ideas for Living Green...

Author: Deanna MacDonald
ISBN: 9780804850391
Format: Hardback
$24.99

Japan is equally as well known for its ecologically-sensitive traditional homes as it is for cutting-edge, green...  Read More >>

Building Energy Modeling with OpenStudio: A Practical Guide for Students and Professionals

Building Energy Modeling with OpenStudio: A Practical...

Author: Larry Brackney ,  Andrew Parker
ISBN: 9783319778082
Format: Hardback
$181.10

This textbook teaches the fundamentals of building energy modeling and analysis using open source example applications...  Read More >>

Sustainable Nation: Urban Design Patterns for the Future

Sustainable Nation: Urban Design Patterns for the Future...

Author: Douglas Farr
ISBN: 9780470537176
Format: Hardback
$145.95

The bestselling guide to forward-looking urban planning and design Sustainable Urbanism explores and celebrates...  Read More >>

Routledge Handbook of Landscape Character Assessment: Current Approaches to Characterisation and Assessment

Routledge Handbook of Landscape Character Assessment:...

Author: Graham Fairclough (Newcastle University, UK) ,  Ingrid Sarlöv Herlin (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden)
ISBN: 9781138803886
Format: Hardback
$462.00

This multi-authored book by senior practioners and researchers provides the first international overview of landscape...  Read More >>

The Routledge Companion to Architecture and Social Engagement

The Routledge Companion to Architecture and Social Engagement...

Author: Farhan Karim (University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA) ,  Farhana Ferdous (University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA)
ISBN: 9781138889699
Format: Hardback
$462.00

The Routledge Handbook of Architecture and Social Enagagement examines architecture as it changes from being a market-driven...  Read More >>

Simulation-Based Analysis of Energy and Carbon Emissions in the Housing Sector: A System Dynamics Approach

Simulation-Based Analysis of Energy and Carbon Emissions...

Author: Michael Gbolagade Oladokun ,  Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa
ISBN: 9783319753454
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This book describes the development of a system dynamics-based model that can capture the future trajectories of...  Read More >>

Energy Optimization and Prediction in Office Buildings: A Case Study of Office Building Design in Chile

Energy Optimization and Prediction in Office Buildings:...

Author: Carlos Rubio-Bellido ,  Alexis Pérez-Fargallo
ISBN: 9783319901459
Format: Paperback
$116.41

This book explains how energy demand and energy consumption in new buildings can be predicted and how these aspects...  Read More >>

The Permaculture Student 2 The Workbook

The Permaculture Student 2 The Workbook

Author: Matt Powers
ISBN: 9780997704396
Format: Paperback
$79.20

This Companion to The Permaculture Student 2 The Textbook Provides Advanced Permaculture Recipes, How To's, Formulas,...  Read More >>

Essential Earthbag Construction: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide

Essential Earthbag Construction: The Complete Step-by-Step...

Author: Kelly Hart
ISBN: 9780865718647
Format: Paperback
$105.57

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Running Buildings on Natural Energy: Design Thinking for a Different Future

Running Buildings on Natural Energy: Design Thinking...

Author: Sue Roaf ,  Fergus Nicol
ISBN: 9780815396031
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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The House of El Shaddai: God's Dwelling Place Reconsidered

The House of El Shaddai: God's Dwelling Place Reconsidered...

Author: Andrew L Hoy
ISBN: 9780991116669
Format: Paperback
$118.77

""For thousands of years, the Bible has recorded plans to God's Tabernacle; yet the key to unlocking the tent's...  Read More >>

Building Urban Resilience through Change of Use

Building Urban Resilience through Change of Use

Author: Sara J. Wilkinson (University of Technology Sydney) ,  Hilde Remøy (Delft University of Technology)
ISBN: 9781119231424
Format: Hardback
$213.95

""Describes all aspects of sustainable conversion adaptation of existing buildings and provides solutions for making...  Read More >>

Architectural Science and the Sun: The poetics and pragmatics of solar design

Architectural Science and the Sun: The poetics and pragmatics...

Author: Dason Whitsett ,  Matt Fajkus
ISBN: 9781138899216
Format: Paperback
$118.00

Architectural Science and the Sun explains the fundamental principles of architectural science related to the sun...  Read More >>

Architectural Science and the Sun: The poetics and pragmatics of solar design

Architectural Science and the Sun: The poetics and pragmatics...

Author: Dason Whitsett ,  Matt Fajkus
ISBN: 9781138899209
Format: Hardback
$368.00

Architectural Science and the Sun explains the fundamental principles of architectural science related to the sun...  Read More >>

Andrea Polli - Hack the Grid

Andrea Polli - Hack the Grid

Author: Philip R S Johnson ,  Andrea Polli
ISBN: 9780880390613
Format: Paperback
$47.50

Hack the Grid documents a series of large-scale light installations produced in Pittsburgh by New Mexico–based environmental...  Read More >>

Modernism's Visible Hand: Architecture and Regulation in America

Modernism's Visible Hand: Architecture and Regulation...

Author: Michael Osman
ISBN: 9781517900984
Format: Paperback
$79.20

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Modernism's Visible Hand: Architecture and Regulation in America

Modernism's Visible Hand: Architecture and Regulation...

Author: Michael Osman
ISBN: 9781517900977
Format: Hardback
$180.00

A groundbreaking history of the confluence of regulatory thinking and building design in the United States What...  Read More >>

Building Governance and Climate Change: Regulation and Related Policies

Building Governance and Climate Change: Regulation and...

Author: Richard Lorch ,  Jacques Laubscher (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa)
ISBN: 9780815395201
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book investigates how building regulatory systems are addressing the current and future effects of climate...  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: 9783319700243
Format: Hardback
$413.97

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

Living Green: Your Questions Answered

Living Green: Your Questions Answered

Author: Amy Hackney Blackwell
ISBN: 9781440859823
Format: Hardback
$62.00

This book makes ""green living,"" as it relates to teens and young adults, an approachable subject. The information...  Read More >>

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