Green Buildings and the Law

ISBN-13: 9780367865498 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 288 str.

Julie Adshead

Opis

Legislation and regulation are driving green development and compliance in a wide variety of ways. This review of the law in key jurisdictions for the research community, lawyers, the construction industry and government examines some of the mechanisms in place – from the more traditional building regulation controls to green leases and the law rel

Spis treści

1. Planning and Policies for Sustainable Development in California and the San Diego Region  2. Potential Harmful Environmental Impacts as a Consequence of Material and System Specifications, Installation and Operations in Current US Green Building Practices  3. Covenants and Building Regulations: A Twin Track Approach to Improving the Energy Performance of Dutch Buildings  4. The Quest for Sustainable Buildings: Getting it Right at the Planning Stage  5. Green Buildings: A Critical Analysis of the Turkish Legislation  6. Surveying the Sustainable and Environmental Legal and Market Challenges for Real Estate  7. Sustainable Development and the South African Constitution: Implications for Built Environment Legislation  8. Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Building Control Regulations in South Africa  9. The Extended Australian Urban Dwelling: Key Issues Relating to Private Open Space in Expanding Residential Suburbia  10. China Building Control on Green Buildings  11. Green Buildings and the Law in Taiwan  12. Climate Change and the Construction Industry: Sustainability Challenges for Singapore

O autorze

Julie Adshead is Associate Dean (Enterprise) and Senior Lecturer at the University of Salford Law School, UK and co-ordinator of the CIB TG69 research group on 'Green Buildings and the Law'.