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

ISBN-13: 9781844077359 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 200 str.

Peter Smith

Opis

There is now a practically universal consensus that our climate is changing rapidly, and as a direct result of human activities. This guide explores how to make buildings that are ready for climate change. It focuses on how we can adapt to the inevitabilities of a changing climate such as increased flooding and drought.

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).