Peter F Smith

Building for a Changing Climate

The Challenge for Construction, Planning and Energy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 255mm x 195mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 718g
• ISBN-13: 9781844077359
• ISBN-10: 1844077357
• Artikelnr.: 26524201

Autorenporträt

Peter F. Smith is Special Professor in Sustainable Energy, University of Nottingham, and former Vice President of the RIBA for Sustainable Development. He is the author of many books on architecture and the environment, including Sustainability at the Cutting Edge (Architectural Press/Elsevier 2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Prepare for Four degrees 2. Probable Future Impacts of
Climate Change 3. The UN Carbon Trading Mechanism 4. Setting the pace
towards climate-proof housing 5. Future-proof Housing 6.
Building-integrated solar electricity 7. Sun, Earth, Wind and Water 8.
Eco-towns: opportunity or oxymoron? 9. The Housing Inheritance 10.
Non-domestic buildings 11. Community Buildings 12. Conventional energy 13.
Coal: black gold or black hole? 14. Filling the gap; utility-scale
renewables 15. The Age Beyond Oil 16. The Thread of Hope