Alisdair McGregor, Cole Roberts, Fiona Cousins

Two Degrees: The Built Environment and Our Changing Climate (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Two Degrees reviews the current science and predictions for global warming and looks at what steps can be taken to design the built environment to mitigate the extent of global warming and to adapt to inevitable changes in climate.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136182501
• Artikelnr.: 38254630

Autorenporträt

Alisdair McGregor, Cole Roberts, Fiona Cousins

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments Part 1: Fundamentals 1. The Science of
Climate Change 2. Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Built Environment 3.
Policies to Mitigate Climate Change 4. Sustainability and Climate Change
Chapter 5. Mitigation and Adaptation. Part 2: Mitigation Strategies 6.
Approaches to Zero Energy and Carbon 7. Low-Carbon and Zero-Carbon
Buildings 8. Low-Carbon and Climate-Positive Communities 9. Getting to Zero
for Existing Building Stock 10. Integrated Design 11. How We Choose:
Evaluating Strategies and Trade-offs 12. Can We Afford a Low-Carbon
Economy? 13. Corporate Leadership 14. The Walmart Story Part 3: Adaptation
Strategies 15. Introduction to Adaptation and Resilience 16. Planning for
Adaptation and Resilience 17. Designing for Warmer and Wetter Climates 18.
Designing for Hotter and Drier Climates 19. Designing for Coastal
Communities 20. Designing for Inland Communities Glossary. Author
Biographies.