Sustainable Built Environments

This volume in the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Second Edition, describes the breadth of science and engineering knowledge critical to advancing sustainable built environments, from architecture and design, mechanical engineering, lighting, and materials to water and energy...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Loftness, Vivian (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2020, 2020
Edition:2nd ed. 2020
Series:Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Sustainable Built Environment
  • Bioclimatic Design
  • Daylighting Controls, Performance, and Global Impacts
  • Facades and Enclosures, Building for Sustainability
  • Geothermal Conditioning: Critical Sources for Sustainability
  • Indoor Environmental Quality and Health Improvement, Evidence-Based Design for
  • Natural Ventilation in Built Environment
  • Passive House (Passivhaus)
  • Passive Solar Heating in Built Environment
  • Rating Systems for Sustainability
  • Regenerative Development and Design
  • Resource Repletion, Role of Buildings
  • Sustainability Performance Simulation Tools for Building Design
  • Sustainable and Healthy Built Environment
  • Sustainable Built Environment, Introduction
  • Sustainable Design and Construction, Integrated Delivery Processes and Building Information Modeling
  • Sustainable Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
  • Part II: Sustainable Landscape Design, Urban Forestry and Green Roof Science and Technology
  • Biodiversity in Cities, Reconnecting Humans with Nature
  • Green Infrastructure and Climate Change
  • Green Roofs, Ecological Functions