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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

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• Preface(p. ix)
• Acknowledgments(p. xiii)
• Chapter 1 Green Architecture: Overview(p. 1)
• Introduction: Ecosystems and Natural Environments(p. 1)
• Human Impact on the Natural Environment(p. 2)
• Architectural Impact on the Natural Environment(p. 11)
• Responsibility of Architecture(p. 23)
• Chapter 2 Definitions and Operationalizations of Green Architecture(p. 27)
• Sustainability(p. 27)
• Sustainable Architecture(p. 28)
• Ecology(p. 32)
• Ecological Architecture(p. 32)
• Performance(p. 36)
• Green(p. 39)
• Measurement of Green(p. 40)
• Chapter 3 Brief History of Green Architecture(p. 43)
• Early Beginnings(p. 43)
• Shelters and Early Technology(p. 44)
• Population Increase(p. 44)
• Ecological/Environmental Changes(p. 45)
• The Rise of Environmental Awareness(p. 46)
• Conservation Movement(p. 47)
• The Birth of Modern Environmentalism and Specialized Movements(p. 48)
• Chapter 4 Green Technologies: Energy Generation(p. 67)
• Energy Generation(p. 68)
• Bioenergy(p. 69)
• Solar Energy(p. 72)
• Geothermal Energy(p. 78)
• Wind Energy(p. 79)
• Hydro Energy(p. 81)
• Blue Energy(p. 82)
• Fuel Cell Energy(p. 83)
• Hybrid Systems(p. 84)
• Chapter 5 Green Technologies: Energy Retention(p. 85)
• Insulation Systems(p. 85)
• Heating/Cooling Systems(p. 89)
• Ventilation Systems(p. 91)
• Water and Waste Management Systems(p. 92)
• Chapter 6 Green Materials(p. 103)
• Biomaterials/Biotic Materials(p. 103)
• Composites(p. 115)
• Chapter 7 Smart Materials(p. 125)
• Thermo-Responsive Materials(p. 125)
• Light-Responsive Materials(p. 130)
• Stimulus (Force)-Responsive Materials(p. 131)
• Nanomaterials(p. 132)
• chapter 8 Case Studies(p. 135)
• Advanced Green Buildings(p. 135)
• Active Solar Buildings(p. 207)
• Passive Solar Buildings(p. 223)
• Modular and Mobile Systems(p. 243)
• Solar Decathlon Projects(p. 265)
• Solar Decathlon 2002(p. 266)
• Solar Decathlon 2005(p. 283)
• Solar Decathlon 2007(p. 304)
• Bibliography(p. 329)
• Index(p. 341)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Osman Attmann is an architect and associate professorat the College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado.