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Green Architecture (GreenSource Books) Hardcover - 2009 - 1st Edition

by Osman Attmann,

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  • Title Green Architecture (GreenSource Books)
  • Author Osman Attmann,
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Mcgraw Hill
  • Date 2009
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # DBS-9780071625012
  • ISBN 9780071625012 / 0071625011
  • Weight 1.75 lbs (0.79 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 7.4 x 1 in (23.37 x 18.80 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects Sustainable architecture, Sustainable construction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009041509
  • Dewey Decimal Code 720.47

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The Definitive Guide to Green Architecture

Written by an architect specializing in green materials and methods, this GreensSource book presents all of the information you need to design efficient, environmentally friendly, economical, and sustainable buildings.

Green Architecture surveys new developments, innovative techniques, and emerging technologies that support environmentally responsive architecture. Residential, commercial, and institutional high-performance buildings are discussed. This architectural resource includes details on green building rating systems, energy generation and retention, water and waste management, and green building materials. In-depth case studies highlight advanced green buildings; active and passive solar buildings; self-sufficient, off-the-grid modular and mobile systems; and solar-decathlon competition projects.

Green Architecture covers:

  • Definitions, operationalizations, and history of green architecture
  • Green building rating systems, including LEED and BREEM
  • Solar, geothermal, wind, hydro, fuel cell, and other green energy generation technologies
  • Green insulation, HVAC, water, and waste management technologies
  • Passive solar design methods
  • Green materials, including biomaterials, biopolymers, bioplastics, and composites
  • Thermo-, light-, and stimulus-responsive smart materials
  • Nanomaterials
  • More than 100 case studies

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Citations

  • Scitech Book News, 03/01/2010, Page 146

About the author

Osman Attmann is an architect and associate professor at the College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado.

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