Adshead Green Buildings and the Law

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-135-23913-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

In countries such as the UK, the energy used in constructing, occupying and operating buildings represents approximately fifty percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Pressure to improve the environmental performance of buildings during both construction and occupancy, particularly to reduce carbon emissions from buildings, has become intense.

Understandably, legislation and regulation are driving green development and compliance. And this is happening in a wide variety of ways. This review of the law in key jurisdictions for the research community, lawyers, the construction industry and government examines some of the mechanisms in place – from the more traditional building regulation controls to green leases and the law relating to buildings and their natural environment. Members of the CIB TG69 research group on ‘Green Buildings and the Law’ review aspects of the law relating to green development in a range of jurisdictions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adshead, Julie

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Bauingenieurwesen
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Baukonstruktion, Baufachmaterialien
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Baurecht, Recht für Ingenieure und Architekten
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Privates Baurecht, Architektenrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Planning and policies for sustainable development in California and the San Diego region (Robert A. Leiter) 2. Potential harmful environmental impacts as a consequence of material and system specifications, installation and operations in current US green building practices (Tammy L. McCuen and Lee A. Fithian) 3. Covenants and building regulations: a twin track approach to improving the energy performance of Dutch buildings (Lorraine Murphy) 4. The quest for sustainable buildings: getting it right at the planning stage (Julie Adshead) 5. Green buildings: a critical analysis of the Turkish legislation (Deniz Ilter) 6. Surveying the sustainable and environmental legal and market challenges for real estate (Colleen Theron and Malcolm Dowden) 7. Sustainable development and the South African constitution: implications for built environment legislation (Jeremy Gibberd) 8. Energy efficiency in buildings and building control regulations in South Africa (Alfred Talukhaba, Joachim Wafula and Kennedy Aduda) 9. The extended Australian urban dwelling: key issues relating to private open space in expanding residential suburbia (Andrew H. Kelly and Stuart J. Little) 10. China building control on green buildings (Rui GUAN Michael) 11. Green buildings and the law in Taiwan (Chiung-yu Chiu) 12. Climate change and the construction industry: sustainability challenges for Singapore (Asanga Gunawansa)

Über Autor(innen)

Julie Adshead is Associate Dean (Enterprise) and Senior Lecturer at the University of Salford Law School, UK and co-ordinator of the CIB TG69 research group on 'Green Buildings and the Law'.