| Description |
1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- Author background -- 1 Why -- introduction -- 1.1 Sustainability and construction -- Sustainable development and the precautionary principle -- UN sustainability goals and the construction sector -- 1.2 The climate factors -- The Hothouse Earth -- Carbon Law -- Energy sector -- Buildings -- Industry sector -- 1.3 Population growth and construction demand -- The demand for new buildings -- 1.4 The construction process and sustainability |
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Sustainability in construction -- 1.5 Zero carbon and regenerative building -- Net zero -- Regenerative development -- Regenerative sustainability -- Regenerative community development -- Regenerative buildings -- 1.6 The big challenge of existing buildings -- Actions critical to achieving a sustainable building stock -- Building renovation passport -- Minimum energy performance standards -- Roadmap to a decarbonised building stock -- Case 1: Lessons learned from a regenerative renovation, Spain -- 2 The end? -- circularity and deconstruction -- 2.1 Circular economy |
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2.2 Circular economy in the built environment -- Regenerate -- Share -- Optimise -- Loop -- Virtualise -- Exchange -- The seven layers -- 2.3 Recourse use and material characteristics -- The transition to circularity -- Policymakers -- Investors -- The client -- Circular building design -- Materials passports -- Tools of material selection -- 2.4 Reduce -- reuse -- restore -- regenerate -- Case 2: Reusable timber structures -- 2.5 Regenerative approach to circular economy in the built environment -- 3 Who -- the client and the stakeholders -- 3.1 The client -- The client and sustainability |
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The client and the regenerative process -- Aspects of a regenerative approach -- The core team -- 3.2 Management systems -- Environmental management systems -- ISO14001: terms, definitions, and the process -- Ethical considerations -- 3.3 The stakeholders -- Engagement with stakeholders -- Key actions of stakeholders -- Capacity building, a knowledge transfer -- Finance -- 4 Where -- the location -- 4.1 The location -- Environmental aspects -- Economic aspects -- Social and cultural aspects -- 4.2 Urban ecosystem services -- Urban provisioning ecosystem services |
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Urban regulating ecosystem services -- Urban cultural ecosystem services -- Urban habitat ecosystem services -- Urban ecosystem disservices -- 4.3 Ecosystem services analysis process -- 5 When -- the project organisation -- 5.1 Project management -- The project -- The project manager -- The project organisation -- 5.2 Project toolkit or knowledge areas -- The classic project tools -- BIM in construction projects -- Sustainability and regenerative aspects -- 6 How -- the project performance -- 6.1 The design process -- key factors -- A roadmap for key actions in the design of new buildings |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Benefits of designing buildings from a sustainability point of view |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000807745 |
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1000807746 |
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