Construction Ecology (eBook, ePUB)

Nature as a Basis for Green Buildings
Redaktion: Kibert, Charles J.; Guy, G. Bradley; Sendzimir, Jan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Industrial ecology provides a sound means of systematising the various ideas which come under the banner of sustainable construction and provides a model for the design, operation and ultimate disposal of buildings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134508303
• Artikelnr.: 42641857

Autorenporträt

Charles J. Kibert, Director of the Rinker School of Building Construction, University of Florida, is one of the authors of the concept known as sustainable construction. Jan Sendzimir is a systems ecologist at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria and is fostering the large-scale application of adaptive management in Central Europe, especially Poland. Brad Guy, an architect, is a Research Associate in the Center for Construction and Environment at the University of Florida and is an internationally recognized expert on building deconstruction and materials reuse.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. 1. Defining an Ecology of
Construction. Part 1. The Ecologists. 2. Material Circulation, Energy
Hierarchy, and Building Construction. 3. On Complexity Theory, Exergy, and
Industrial Ecology, 4. Applying the Principles of Ecological Emergence to
Building Design and Construction. 5. Using Ecological Dynamics to Move
Towards an Adaptive Architecture. Part 2. The Industrial Ecologists. 6.
Minimizing Waste Emissions from the Built Environment. 7. Industrial
Ecology and the Built Environment. 8. Construction Ecology and Metabolism.
9. Construction Ecology. Part 3. The Architects. 10. Ecologic Analogues and
Architecture. 11. Natural Metabolism as the Basis for "Intelligent"
Architecture. 12. Green Architecture. Conclusions. Glossary Index.