Sustainable design : the science of sustainability and green engineering / Daniel Vallero and Chris Brasier.
Publication details: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons Inc., c2008.Description: xi, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780470130629 (cloth)
- 0470130628 (cloth)
- 720.47 22 VAL
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Content
Chapter 1. The evolution of design process
Process ; Linear and cyclical design
Building design process
Program or problem statement
Skeletal form or schematic etc.
Chapter 2. First principles
The cascade of science
Physics
Thermodynamics
Systems
Motion etc.
Chapter 3.Transitions
Brief history
How to clean is clean ?
Donora, Pennsylvania
Love canal, New York
The Bhopal incident
Control etc.
Chapter 4. Place and time
Thermodynamics of time and space
Soil: The foundation of sustainable sites
Green architecture and the sense of place
Pruitt Igoe: Lessons from the land ethics in 21st- century design etc
Chapter 5: Sustainable design and social responsibility
Revisiting the harm principle: managing risks
Justice: The key to sustainable design
Evolution of responsible conduct
Concurrent design
Benchmarking
Notes and references
Chapter 6. The sustainability imperative
Green practice and the case for sustainable design
Social responsibility: The ethical and social dimensions of
Sustainable design
The green categorical imperative etc.
Chapter 7. The carbon quandary: Essential and detrimental
Carbon and rain
Global warming
Carbon sequestration
The good, the bad and the misunderstanding
Notes and references
Chapter 8. We have met the future and it is green
Predictions for the future
science
The professions
The government
Education
Energy etc.
Includes references . _ Index : p. 327 - 332
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