Sustainable Built Environments

2013
ISBN: 978-1-4614-5841-8
Verlag: Springer

Medienkombination, Englisch, 746 Seiten, Book + Online Access, Format (B × H): 193 mm x 260 mm

Sustainable design is a collective process whereby the built environment achieves unprecedented levels of ecological balance through new and retrofit construction, with the goal of long-term viability and humanization of architecture. Focusing on the environmental context, sustainable design merges the natural, minimum resource conditioning solutions of the past (daylight, solar heat, and natural ventilation) with the innovative technologies of the present.  The desired result is an integrated “intelligent” system that supports individual control with expert negotiation for resource consciousness. International experts in the field address the fundamental questions of sustainable design and landscape management: How should the sustainability of landscapes and buildings be evaluated? Which targets have to be set and which thresholds should not be exceeded? What forms of planning and governance structures exist and to what extent do they further the goals of sustainability?  Gathering 30 peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Sustainable Built Environments provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary coverage of these issues and other aspects of sustainable building and landscape design.

Zielgruppe

Upper undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loftness, Vivian

Haase, Dagmar

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Landschaftsplanung, Ländliche Planung
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Ökologische Aspekte in der Architektur
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Bauökologie, Baubiologie, Bauphysik, Bauchemie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Sustainable Built EnvironmentBioclimatic DesignBiofuels and Sustainable BuildingsDaylight, Indoor Illumination, and Human BehaviorDaylighting Controls, Performance and Global ImpactsFacades and Enclosures, Building for SustainabilityGeothermal Conditioning: Critical Sources for SustainabilityIndoor Environmental Quality and Health Improvement, Evidence-Based Design forNatural Ventilation in Built EnvironmentPassive House (Passivhaus)Passive Solar Heating in Built EnvironmentRating Systems for SustainabilityRegenerative Development and DesignResource Repletion, Role of BuildingsSustainability Performance Simulation Tools for Building DesignSustainable and Healthy Built EnvironmentSustainable Built Environment, IntroductionSustainable Design and Construction, Integrated Delivery Processes and Building Information ModelingSustainable Heating Ventilation and Air ConditioningPart II: Sustainable Landscape Design and Green Roof Science and TechnologyBiodiversity in Cities, Reconnecting Humans with NatureGreen Infrastructure and Climate ChangeGreen Roof Infrastructures in Urban AreasGreen Roof Planning in Urban AreasGreen Roofs, Ecological FunctionsLandscape Planning for Minimizing Land ConsumptionLandscape Planning for Sustainable Water UsageLandscape Planning/Design of Shrinking LandscapesSustainable Landscape Design, Urban Forestry, and Green Roof Science and Technology, IntroductionSustainable LandscapesUrban Forest Function, Design and ManagementUrban Redevelopment and Quality of Open Spaces

Über Autor(innen)

Vivian Loftness, FAIA, is an internationally renowned researcher, author, andeducator focused on environmental design and sustainability, climate and regionalism in architecture, and the integration of advanced building systems for health and productivity.
At Carnegie Mellon University, Professor Loftness holds the Paul Mellon Distinguished Chair in Architecture, is one of 40 University Professors, and served a decade as Head of the School of Architecture. With over 30 years of industry and government research funding, she is a key member of Carnegie Mellon’s leadership in sustainability research and education and contributor to the ongoing development of the Intelligent Workplace – a living laboratory of commercial building innovations for performance.
Her collaborative research is captured in over 100 journal articles, book chapters, and books, as well in the 2013 and 2020 Springer Reference Encyclopedia of Sustainable Built Environments, for which she serves as Editor. Professor Loftness has served on over 25 Boards of Directors, including EPA’s NACEPT, DOE’s FEMAC, and the National USGBC, AIA, and ILFI Boards. She has served on 12 National Academy of Science panels as well as the Academy’s Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment and given four Congressional testimonies on sustainable design. Her work ha influenced national policy and building projects, including the Adaptable Workplace Lab at the U.S. General Services Administration and the Laboratory for Cognition at Electricity de France.
Professor Loftness has been recognized as a LEED Fellow; a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council, the New Buildings Institute, and the Scott Energy Institute; and one of 13 Stars of Building Science by the Building Research Establishment in the UK. She received Awards of Distinction from AIA Pennsylvania and NESEA, holds a National Educator Honor Award from the American Institute of Architecture Students, and a “Sacred Tree” Award from the US Green Building Council. Professor Loftness is a Bachelor of Science and Master of Architecture from MIT.