Graham Building Ecology

First Principles For A Sustainable Built Environment
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4051-4754-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten, E-Book

Buildings consume 40% of our planet's materials and 30% ofits energy. Their construction uses up to three million tonnes ofraw materials a year and generates 20% of the soild wastestream. If we want to survive our urban future, there is nooption but to build in ways which improve the health ofecosystems.
Understanding the concept of ecological sustainability andtranslating it into practice as sustainable development is a keychallenge for today's built environment professionals. Theskill and vision of those who shape our cities and homes is vitalto achieving sustainable solutions to the many environmental,economic and social problems we face on a local, national andglobal scale.
Peter Graham offers here a holistic view of ecologicallysustainable building by drawing on established areas of knowledge,demonstrating their relevance to the environmentally-consciousbuilding professional and putting the process, product and impactof building into context.
Case studies illustrate how sustainable principles have beenapplied successfully and discussion topics are offered to stimulatethought. Building Ecology will help planners, surveyors,designers and builders to incorporate sustainability into theireveryday practice by:
· showing which styles of building are ecologicallysustainable
· providing fundamental knowledge for making decisionsusing the principles of ecologically sustainable building
· explaining a complex subject in a clear, balancedway.
Building Ecology sets out the current scientific view ofhow nature works and how buildings link with and affect nature. Itprovides fundamental knowledge for building in harmony with natureand keeping Earth's life-supporting ecosystems healthy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Graham, Peter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements.
About this book.
Introduction;.
Part 1 Interdependency:how buildings affects nature;Life-cycle thinking:how BEEs think about inderdependency throughtime; Building Metabolism:how BEEs understands effects on the wholesystem; Impacts:the effects of current practice; Summary:what doBEEs know now?.
PART II Building Ecological Sustainability;Thermodynamics:underlying physical laws; Change:ecolologicalsustainability through time; Summary; what do BEEs know now?;.
Part III The beehive revealed; Natural laws andprinciples of ecoogical sustainability; Developing ecologicalsustainability in built environments; Case study; From knowlege tounderstanding; Glossaries; Index

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Graham is Lecturer in Sustainable Construction in the Department of Building & Construction Economics at RMIT University. He has developed undergraduate courses in environmental studies and management for building professionals and teaches both in Australia and in Singapore. Prior to this he worked in the commercial construction industry in Melbourne as a construction and quality manager and has also worked closely with the building industry in Australia, specializing in developing and implementing waste minimization programmes for companies and industry bodies. His international research includes work with the International Energy Agency, the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building Construction, and aid work in the Pacific.