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Green Architecture (Greensource Books): Advanced Technolgies and Materials

Green Architecture (Greensource Books): Advanced Technolgies and Materials

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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


Author: Osman Attmann
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Published: 12/01/2009
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.40w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780071625012

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 03/01/2010 pg. 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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