Environmentally-friendly architecture & design books

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Sustainability Assessments of Buildings

Sustainability Assessments of Buildings

Author: Umberto Berardi
ISBN: 9783038425984
Format: Paperback
$146.26

International research has confirmed that the built environment is the most promising sector for a rapid transition...  Read More >>

Building Integrated Renewable Energy: Technical and Aesthetic Performance of Renewable Energy Systems on Buildings

Building Integrated Renewable Energy: Technical and...

Author: Tim Sharpe
ISBN: 9781447164661
Format: Hardback
$232.88

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Reimagining Industrial Sites: Changing Histories and Landscapes

Reimagining Industrial Sites: Changing Histories and...

Author: Catherine Heatherington (Catherine Heatherington Designs, UK)
ISBN: 9781138228207
Format: Hardback
$315.00

The book draws together theory in the field and implications for practice in landscape architecture and concludes...  Read More >>

Impact of Occupants' Behaviour on Zero-Energy Buildings

Impact of Occupants' Behaviour on Zero-Energy Buildings...

Author: Francesca Stazi ,  Federica Naspi
ISBN: 9783319718668
Format: Paperback
$129.35

This book highlights the importance of human behaviour in the building design process, with a focus on the construction...  Read More >>

Essential Cordwood Building: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide

Essential Cordwood Building: The Complete Step-by-Step...

Author: Rob Roy
ISBN: 9780865718524
Format: Paperback
$72.99

Cordwood building log-ends set in insulated mortar is an economical, low-impact building method. Essential Cordwood...  Read More >>

The New Carbon Architecture: Building to Cool the Climate

The New Carbon Architecture: Building to Cool the Climate...

Author: Bruce King
ISBN: 9780865718685
Format: Paperback
$54.99

In The New Carbon Architecture, discover biomimicry-inspired innovations in construction from wooden cities to...  Read More >>

Imminent Commons: The Expanded City: Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017

Imminent Commons: The Expanded City: Seoul Biennale...

Author: Alejandro Zaera-Polo ,  Jeffrey S. Anderson
ISBN: 9781945150647
Format: Paperback
$79.99

As the second book of the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017, it presents contemporary urbanism thoughts...  Read More >>

Imminent Commons: Commoning Cities: Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017

Imminent Commons: Commoning Cities: Seoul Biennale of...

Author: Hyungmin Pai ,  Hejung Choi Helen
ISBN: 9781945150661
Format: Paperback
$54.99

The third book from the Seoul Biennale 2017 explores the value and meaning of cities as commons, which is embedded...  Read More >>

Sustainable Building Design: Principles and Practice

Sustainable Building Design: Principles and Practice...

Author: Miles Keeping (West Midlands IRIS; Oxford Brookes University) ,  David Shiers
ISBN: 9780470672358
Format: Paperback
$130.95

An inside view of how one of the world's leading architecture and engineering practice does business Sustainable...  Read More >>

Imminent Commons: Urban Questions for the Near Future: Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017

Imminent Commons: Urban Questions for the Near Future:...

Author: Hyungmin Pai ,  Alejandro Zaera-Polo
ISBN: 9781945150517
Format: Paperback
$79.99

The first publication of the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017, proposes a framework where set basic...  Read More >>

Revolution Sustainable: Transforming Our World

Revolution Sustainable: Transforming Our World

Author: Eric R Miller ,  Eric R Miller
ISBN: 9780692985526
Format: Paperback
$56.80

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One Green Deed Spawns Another: Tales of Inspiration on the Quest for Sustainability

One Green Deed Spawns Another: Tales of Inspiration...

Author: David C Mahood ,  Gina Poirier
ISBN: 9780999487693
Format: Paperback
$50.16

One individual's long path to a better understanding of the needs for environmental protection and sustainable living...  Read More >>

The Sustainable City

The Sustainable City

Author: Steven Cohen
ISBN: 9780231182058
Format: Paperback
$44.95

Steven Cohen presents an approachable and applicable guide to urban sustainability that highlights how new, greener...  Read More >>

The Sustainable City

The Sustainable City

Author: Steven Cohen
ISBN: 9780231182041
Format: Hardback
$165.95

Steven Cohen presents an approachable and applicable guide to urban sustainability that highlights how new, greener...  Read More >>

Midori Haus: Transformation from Old House to Green Future with Passive House

Midori Haus: Transformation from Old House to Green...

Author: Chie Kawahara
ISBN: 9781938015731
Format: Paperback
$50.03

Managing a major remodel of your home involves learning various aspects of a construction project: permitting; hiring...  Read More >>

Environmental Science in Building

Environmental Science in Building

Author: Randall McMullan
ISBN: 9781137605443
Format: Paperback
$133.99

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XXL-XS: New Directions in Ecological Design

XXL-XS: New Directions in Ecological Design

Author: Mitchell Joachim ,  Mike Silver
ISBN: 9781940291871
Format: Paperback
$62.99

Architecture must not only be functionally green, but its formal, conceptual and physical properties also need to...  Read More >>

Sustainable Architecture

Sustainable Architecture

Author: The Plan
ISBN: 9788416504206
Format: Hardback
$85.00

This book includes project which take into account the relationship between contemporary architecture and the environment...  Read More >>

WORKac: We'll Get There When We Cross That Bridge

WORKac: We'll Get There When We Cross That Bridge

Author: Amale Andraos ,  Dan Wood
ISBN: 9781580934992
Format: Hardback
$69.95

An engaging, playfully designed survey of the small- and large-scale projects that define WORKac as one of the most...  Read More >>

Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference

Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference

Author: David Thorpe ,  David Thorpe
ISBN: 9781138806283
Format: Paperback
$71.99

This handy pocket reference contains a wealth of information on a range of topics including the principles of passive...  Read More >>

Industrial Safety Management: 21st Century Perspectives of Asia

Industrial Safety Management: 21st Century Perspectives...

Author: J Maiti ,  Pradip Kumar Ray
ISBN: 9789811063275
Format: Hardback
$290.37

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

Sustainable Future for Human Security: Society, Cities and Governance

Sustainable Future for Human Security: Society, Cities...

Author: Benjamin McLellan
ISBN: 9789811054327
Format: Hardback
$336.35

Each of these elements is critical in considering the current and prospective development of societies towards a...  Read More >>

The ZEDbook: Solutions for a Shrinking World

The ZEDbook: Solutions for a Shrinking World

Author: Bill Dunster ,  Craig Simmons (Best Foot Forward, UK)
ISBN: 9781138471481
Format: Hardback
$399.00

Based on the experience gained from their involvement in the pioneering Beddington Zero Emission Development (or...  Read More >>

The Ecology of Building Materials

The Ecology of Building Materials

Author: Bjorn Berge
ISBN: 9781138471405
Format: Hardback
$399.00

Explores key questions surrounding sustainability of building materials. This work provides technical data to enable...  Read More >>

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