Naomi Keena, Avi Friedman

Sustainable Housing in a Circular Economy (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book relates circular economy principles to housing design and construction and highlights how those principles can result in both monetary savings, positive environmental impact, and socio-ecological change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003851257
• Artikelnr.: 70075439

Autorenporträt

Naomi Keena is an Assistant Professor at McGill University's Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture. Keena's research aims to rethink our built environment as an untapped material resource in a continuous cycle of reuse.

Avi Friedman is a Full Professor at McGill's Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture where he directs the Affordable Homes Research Group. Friedman researches and develops innovative housing prototypes and is known for the Grow and Next Homes designs.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: HOUSING AND THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY 1. Contemporary Housing Challenges
and Sustainability 2. Circular Economy - Definition and Historical Overview
3. Circular Business Models and UN SGDs as Design Drivers in Residential
Developments PART II: APPLICATIONS OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRINCIPLES TO
HOUSING 4. Housing Passports 5. Cost Reduction Strategies and Material
Re-use 6. Design for Flexibility and Choice with Space as a Resource PART
III: DESIGNING LOW CARBON CIRCULAR HOUSING 7. Low Carbon Footprints and
Material Efficiency 8. Construction Practices for Circular Economy and
Digitalization 9. Clean Operational Energy PART IV: FOSTERING CIRCULARITY,
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AND TOOLS 10. Towards Circular Housing Knowledge
- Virtualizing the Housing Life Cycle 11. Stakeholder Engagement and
Building Capacities 12. Pathways Forward