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Green Energy, Green Economy, Green Space: Pathways to Urban Sustainability – A critical review of presentations from the Caribbean Urban Forum 2017, Belize.
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7691″] The editors would, firstly, like to thank all the presenters at Caribbean Urban Forum (CUF) 2017, and in particularly, those authors whose papers comprise this collection. We produce this publication with the intention of capturing the experiences of urban professionals in the region
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_Environmental_Design An_Introduction for_Architects and_Engineers 2nd Ed
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7424″]You can look at the making of workplaces in two very different ways. The first is to make buildings that are air-conditioned, have the deepest possible (or bearable) plans and are sealed, smooth and roughly as long as they are wide. An elegant classic of this first kind is the Willis, Faber & Dumas…
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_Environmental_Design An_Introduction for_Architects and_Engineers 3rd Ed
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7420″] Written and edited by a team of specialists at Max Fordham LLP, one of the UK’s leading environmental and building services engineering consultancies, Environmental Design is the result of their extensive experience in designing environmentally-friendly buildings. The principles of their approach, which they have taught in numerous schools of architecture and engineering, are clearly presented…
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Building America Best Practices Series Volume 1
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7403″]This best practices guide is the first of a series produced by Building America. The guide book is a resource to help builders large and small build high-quality, energy-efficient homes that achieve 30% energy savings in space conditioning and water heating in the hot and humid climate. The savings are in comparison with the…
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_Bioclimatic_Housing_Innovative_Designs for_Warm_Climates
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7394″]In the search for sustainable architecture, there is growing interest in the relationship between nature and design. In this vital new book, the term �bioclimatic�, relating to the dynamic between climate and living organisms, is applied by the authors in focusing on countries where housing requires cooling for a significant part of the year.…
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_Architecture_Comfort and_Energy
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7390″]In this book we seek to approach the architecture-energy combination and its relationship to human comfort and the environment .There are chapters on thermal comfort, low energy architecture dealing with various criterion for comfort in different parts of the World. The book also seeks to understand how previous generations lived in harsh climates and…
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_Introduction to _Architectural_Science 2nd Ed
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7386″]Introducing the basics of architectural science, this book is an ideal reference, providing an understanding of the physical basis of architectural design. The knowledge gained from this book equips the reader with the tools to realize the full potential of the good intentions of sustainable, bioclimatic design. All sections have been revised and updated for…
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_Tropical_Sustainable_Architecture
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7377″]The tropical belt – where large areas of South East Asia, India, Africa and parts of both North and South America are located – forms the biggest landmass in the world and has one of the highest numbers of rapidly developing cities. Coincidentally, architecture in these regions shares common problems, the most easily identifiable…
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Climate Causes and Effects of Climate Change (Our Fragile Planet)
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6674″] In titles that use science to celebrate the wonders of the natural world, this series emphasizes how human activities can disrupt natural processes and outlines how communities, organizations, and individuals can contribute to a healthier planet for the future.
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The International Climate Change Regime A Guide to Rules, Institutions and Procedures
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6670″] This book presents a comprehensive, authoritative and independent account of the rules, institutions and procedures governing the international climate change regime. Its detailed yet user-friendly description and analysis covers the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and all decisions taken by the Conference of the Parties up to 2003, including…
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Governing Climate Change (Global Institutions)
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6666″] Governing Climate Change provides a short and accessible introduction to how climate change is governed by an increasingly diverse range of actors, from civil society and market actors to multilateral development banks, donors and cities. The issue of global climate change has risen to the top of the international political agenda. Despite ongoing contestation…
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Community -based Adaptation to Climate Change (paricipatory Learning and Action 60)
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6662″] Welcome to the new look 60th issue of Participatory Learning and Action! The focus of this special issue is communitybased adaptation to climate change. Its publication is timed to coincide with the forthcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) to be held in December, in Copenhagen, Denmark, and events surrounding it. The…
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Meeting the Climate Challenge Recommendations of the Climate Change Taskforce
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6658″] The Taskforce’s recommendations are to all governments and policymakers worldwide. They are published in the year when the UK holds the presidencies of the G8 and EU, during which the UK’s Prime Minister Tony Blair has pledged to make climate change an agenda priority as one of the most serious and far-reaching challenges…
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The-Green_Guide to_Housin_ Specification
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The Green Guide to Specification 3th Ed
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6059″] Like its predecessors, this edition of The Green Guide to Specification provides designers and specifiers with easy-to-use guidance on how to make the best environmental choices when selecting construction materials and components. It is more comprehensive than its predecessors; it contains more than 1200 specifications used in six types of building: • Commercial buildings, such…
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_Green_Roof_Systems _A Guide to the_Planning_Design and_Construction of_Building Over_Structure
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6055″] Green Roof Systems goes beyond the fashionable green roof movement and provides solid information on building accessible space, often as important public space, over structure. It offers brief coverage of the entire process, including planning and collaboration, and focuses on the technical aspects of these roof systems, their components, and their applications.
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_Building for_Life_Designing and_Understanding the_Human-Nature_Connection 2nd Ed
[ebook_store ebook_id=”6051″] Sustainable design has made great strides in recent years; unfortunately, it still falls short of fully integrating nature into our built environment. Through a groundbreaking new paradigm of “restorative environmental design,” award-winning author Stephen R. Kellert proposes a new architectural model of sustainability. In Building For Life, Kellert examines the fundamental interconnectedness of…
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_The_Green_House_New_Directions in_Sustainable_ Architecture
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