Green building trends : Europe

Green building trends : Europe / Jerry Yudelson.

The "green building revolution" is a worldwide movement for energy-efficient, environmentally aware architecture and design. Europe has been in the forefront of green building technology, and Green Building Trends: Europe provides an indispensable overview of these cutting edge ideas and a...

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Main Author: Yudelson, Jerry
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Sustainable buildings > Europe > Design and construction.
Buildings > Energy conservation > Europe.
ARCHITECTURE > Sustainability & Green Design.
Buildings > Energy conservation
Sustainable buildings > Design and construction
Europe
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Table of Contents:
  • Architecture and the human condition / David Cook
  • European green buildings in context
  • Ch. 1. PassivHaus concept and European residential design
  • Ch. 2. European design innovators
  • Ch. 3. European green buildings today: what do they know that we don't?
  • Ch. 4. Green buildings in the United Kingdom
  • Ch. 5. Sustainable buildings in Germany
  • Ch. 6. Green engineering in Europe
  • Ch. 7. Eco-towns
  • Ch. 8. Green building in the retail sector
  • Ch. 9. Looking to the future
  • Ch. 10. The challenge and promise of green buildings: lessons from Europe
  • Design and development firms and projects.

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