2008 | ISBN: 0750663944 | 408 pages | PDF | 52.54 Mb
It
has taken a very long time for sustainable development to be recognised
as a justified restraint on inappropriate development and a primary
driver of improving quality of life for all.
For
designers, clients and project managers this means we have to create
healthy buildings and places which support communities, enhance
biodiversity and contribute to reversing unsustainable trends in
pollution and resource consumption. It is a very positive agenda.
This
groundbreaking book will help all building design, management and cost
professionals to understand sustainable design and provide the technical
skills needed to implement the most up-to-date concepts. Based on a
hugely successful series of workshops for professionals in construction,
the book covers the history of ideas, materials, measurement - both
cost and benchmarking performance - environmental services, and the
building design and delivery process through to post-occupancy
evaluation. It covers individual buildings and the urban scale.
Sustainable Construction is a master-class in how to achieve practical, affordable, replicable, sustainable design.
It has something new and often surprising in it for everybody in the construction industry.
For
the Architect and Engineer it gives chapter and verse to the basic
design issues at all scales and through the whole of the plan of work
For Quantity Surveyors and cost professionals it challenges current conventions with researched case study evidence"
For
clients and project managers it outlines the drivers and the
justification for a sustainable approach and outlines the legislative
framework; and it gives guidance on procurement and project and site
management issues
For contractors and developers it contains a wealth of case study material, rooted in practical experience and economic reality.
For teachers and students it will bust myths, liberate thinking and inform design
*Best practice solutions and case studies
*Practical advice on implementation of sustainable construction techniques
*Prepared by industry experts for their peers
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