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SUSTAINABILITY AT THE CUTTING EDGE
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR LOW ENERGY BUILDINGS |
| By: |
Peter Smith |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£34.99 |
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£31.49 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0750683007 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780750683005 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
19 February, 2007 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Pages: |
196 |
| Description: |
Describes how buildings can be made to significantly reduce their reliance on fossil-based energy by the use of solar and geothermal resources. This book also describes a range of renewable energy generating technologies. |
| Synopsis: |
"Sustainability at the Cutting Edge" is an essential guide to understanding the future direction of sustainable technology. This fully updated new edition deals not only with current best practice and state of the art case studies, but with the very latest emerging technologies which will transform the relationship between buildings and energy. Professor Smith describes how buildings can be made to significantly reduce their reliance on fossil-based energy by the use of solar and geothermal resources. He also describes a range of renewable energy generating technologies. As sustainable building becomes increasingly essential with the advance of climate change, government legislation and international treaties, this is valuable knowledge for every architect, engineer and designer.This immensely practical book is packed with useful diagrams, charts and colour photographs to illustrate a variety of the most recent case studies, including the education building, the Core, at the Eden Project in Cornwall.As well as exploring cutting edge developments in photovoltaics (PV) this revised edition also includes the latest data from the 2006 Carbon Trust report on wave and tide, and new material on the latest advances in bioenergy and marine technologies. Buildings are currently a major part of the carbon emissions problem. This book indicates how they may become part of the solution. This book introduces the very latest in practical sustainability techniques. It serves as a first point of reference for all architects and engineers who want their designs to be both responsive and cutting edge. It also contains useful diagrams, graphs and photographs to illustrate the diverse technologies being developed to create optimum eco-efficiency in our built environment. |
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Approx. 120 illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Architectural Press |
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Returnable |
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