The Sustainable Built Environment: Technical, Managerial, Legal and Economic Aspects

ISBN-13: 9780230314443 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 176 str.

Begum Sertyesilisik

Opis

The text adopts an interdisciplinary approach to address the huge challenges in creating a sustainable built environment. In a broad survey of critical issues it assesses procurement, cost modelling and management, sustainable buildings, low and zero carbon technologies, sustainability in utilities, and the law.

Spis treści

1. Introduction to the Sustainable Built Environment 2. Sustainable Procurement 3. Cost Modelling for Sustainability 4. Sustainable Building Process 5. Sustainable Buildings 6. Low and Zero Carbon Technologies in Buildings 7. Sustainability in Utilities: Water Efficient Sustainable Buildings 8. Environmental Law for the Built Environment and Environmental Impact Assessment 9. Conclusion.

O autorze

Begum Sertyesilisik is Visiting Professor in the School of the Built Environment at Liverpool John Moores University, UK and Professor in the Department of Architecture at Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

Ahmed Al-Shamma'a is Dean of the Faculty of Technology and Environment at Liverpool John Moores University, UK and Scientific Officer for the European Union.