Integrating Sustainable Technology into Built Form

NOTE EDITORE

This book will provide urban and landscape designers, and other development related professions, with metrics, rules-of-thumb, and other necessary design guidance to integrate renewable energy technologies and decentralized utility infrastructure into master-planned developments. The urban planning profession is founded on designing for the future and should include safeguarding access to energy and resources. This book will be an indispensible professional tool and will enable designers to embed sustainability and resiliency within their plans for the built environment. Highly illustrated and accessible, the book will create a methodology based on the tools within an urban planner’s professional repertoire.

SOMMARIO

Part 1: IntroductionPart 2: Novel Design MethodologyPart 3: Planning Metrics and Design Guidelines 1. Sun 2. Air 3. Earth 4.Water

AUTORE

Ashley has over ten years of experience as a sustainable designer and has spent her career integrating environmental science into urban and landscape design, and planning. A LEED® Accredited Professional, Ashley has a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from McGill University and a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Toronto.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780415859356
• Dimensioni: 9.75 x 6.75 in
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: 60 color images and 20 tables
• Pagine Arabe: 288