Building for a Changing Climate: The Challenge for Construction, Planning and Energy

ISBN-13: 9781138965171 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 200 str.

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Spis treści

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

O autorze

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).