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In a world increasingly concerned about the impact of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere on global climate, the A Carbon Primer for the Built Environment will provide an understanding of the science and the public policy and regulation intended to tackle climate change. It will spell out the essential information needed for navigating through the growing regulatory maze with confidence.

The book will:

Provide an explanation of climate change, why carbon has been targeted as the main culprit and how this will impact the working lives of architects Explain key concepts such as: carbon footprinting, contraction & convergence, concentration based targets, the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, decarbonising supply and reducing energy demand as well as the relevance of relevant government targets and international agreements Suggest an overall framework for achieving the carbon reduction targets and the requirements that will place on building designers Outline requirements and common standards and codes - providing guidance on compliance mechanisms Suggest and examine likely models for future practice

The book will be essential reading for anyone wanting to familiarise themselves with the new landscape of carbon reduction in the built environment, with a particular focus on building design. It will also provide an accessible reference volume for information on particular policies, terms and initiatives as well as key data and numbers that will assist initial carbon calculations.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• 1 Background(p. 1)
• Principles of climate change(p. 2)
• Recordings and commitments(p. 3)
• Overall sustainability(p. 6)
• Future scenarios(p. 7)
• Metrics and quantities(p. 9)
• 2 Climate and carbon(p. 10)
• Historical understanding(p. 10)
• The greenhouse effect(p. 10)
• Hie greenhouse gases(p. 12)
• Tlie role of the atmosphere(p. 16)
• Models and projections(p. 17)
• Impact of temperature rise(p. 20)
• Climate sensitivity(p. 23)
• 3 Carbon sources and sinks(p. 26)
• Geological storage(p. 26)
• Other carbon resetvoirs(p. 26)
• Global carbon budget(p. 27)
• Sources of emissions(p. 28)
• Mitigation: decarbonising supply(p. 34)
• 4 Carbon emissions(p. 37)
• Demand(p. 37)
• Supply and consumption(p. 38)
• UK energy consumption(p. 39)
• Demand from construction and property sectors(p. 42)
• Embodied/operational carbon(p. 46)
• Embodied emissions(p. 46)
• Operational emissions(p. 49)
• Carbon footprinting(p. 49)
• Carbon benchmarks(p. 50)
• Mitigation: reducing demand(p. 52)
• 5 Policy response(p. 53)
• International(p. 54)
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(p. 54)
• Rio de Janeiro(p. 55)
• Kyoto(p. 58)
• Europe(p. 61)
• Monitoring and reporting(p. 62)
• Emissions trading(p. 63)
• Low-carbon technologies(p. 63)
• Energy Performance of Buildings Directive(p. 64)
• Roadmap 2050(p. 66)
• UK policy: climate change(p. 66)
• UK energy policy(p. 70)
• Local authorities(p. 71)
• Low-carbon buildings and construction policy(p. 76)
• The definition of zero carbon(p. 79)
• 6 Regulations and compliance(p. 81)
• The law(p. 81)
• Capping carbon(p. 83)
• Incentives(p. 105)
• Pricing carbon(p. 108)
• Voluntary and non-statutory means of assessing energy performance(p. 109)
• Detailing guidance(p. 115)
• 7 Strategies and solutions 1: Reducing demand(p. 117)
• Demand(p. 117)
• Life-cycle assessments(p. 124)
• Post-occupancy evaluation(p. 125)
• 8 Strategies and solutions 2: Improving efficiency(p. 128)
• Measurement, benchmarking and self-reporting(p. 128)
• Outputs: more for less(p. 134)
• 9 Strategies and solutions 3: Decarbonising supply(p. 144)
• Renewables(p. 145)
• Low-carbon non-renewable technologies(p. 150)
• Summary(p. 155)
• 10 Looking forward(p. 157)
• Global(p. 157)
• Europe(p. 160)
• UK(p. 163)
• Alternative futures(p. 172)
• 11 Making it happen(p. 176)
• Sectors(p. 176)
• Design strategies(p. 186)
• Handover, commissioning and monitoring(p. 192)
• Renewable and low-carbon energy generation(p. 192)
• 12 Adaptation(p. 202)
• UK climate predictions(p. 202)
• Extreme weather(p. 203)
• Urban climate(p. 206)
• Demography(p. 208)
• Risk assessment(p. 208)
• Design measures for a changing climate: project level(p. 209)
• 13 Practice(p. 215)
• Taking the measure(p. 215)
• Environmental policy(p. 216)
• Environmental management system(p. 216)
• Target setting(p. 218)
• Actions(p. 218)
• Carbon reduction plan(p. 219)
• 14 Facts and figures(p. 221)
• Energy units(p. 221)
• Carbon dioxide emissions(p. 221)
• Energy-saving measures: costs and payback periods(p. 221)
• Energy conversion factors(p. 222)
• Benchmarks(p. 224)
• Proposed domestic fabric energy efficiency standard and carbon compliance limits(p. 224)
• Glossary, including metrics and measurements(p. 225)
• Bibliography, including websites(p. 309)
• Index(p. 321)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Simon Foxell is the principal of The Architects Practice, author of a number of books, including Mapping London and the RIBA Best Practice Guide to Starting a Practice and the editor of 'The professionals' choice', a study of the future of practice. He is a member of the government's Green Construction Board Route-map group and was a member of the RIBA's Combating Climate Change advisory group. He is a senior member of the cross-industry think tank the Edge, which has made much of the running in developing thinking and policy on carbon reduction in the built environment.