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Sustainable Construction, 2nd Edition

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Sustainable Construction, 2nd Edition

Sustainable Construction 2nd Edition by Sandy Halliday
November 22, 2018 | ISBN: 1138200255, 113820028X | English | 478 pages | PDF | 445 MB

The second edition of Sustainable Construction provides a masterclass on the principles and techniques involved in the design and delivery of practical, affordable, high quality sustainable buildings and places. It presents precedents, theory, concepts and principles alongside 120 wide ranging case studies that highlight current best practice and encourage implementation. Topics in the book include:

• the history of ideas in sustainable construction
• policy
• materials
• cost issues
• appraisal techniques
• environmental design
• energy
• water
• construction processes
• and urban ecology.

The book is heavily illustrated in full colour and is an ideal, contemporary, accessible primer to courses in Architecture, Construction, Building Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Project Management, Landscape, Urbanism and Development.