Green
Architecture
Advanced
Technologies and Materials
Osman Attmann
The Definitive Guide
to Green Architecture
Written by an architect specializing in green
materials and methods, this GreensSource book presents all of
the information you need to design efficient, environmentally
friendly, economical, and sustainable buildings.
Green Architecture surveys new
developments, innovative techniques, and emerging technologies that
support environmentally responsive architecture. Residential,
commercial, and institutional high-performance buildings are
discussed.
This architectural resource includes details
on green building rating systems, energy generation and retention,
water and waste management, and green building materials.
In-depth case studies highlight advanced green
buildings; active and passive solar buildings; self-sufficient,
off-the-grid modular and mobile systems; and solar-decathlon
competition projects.
Green Architecture
covers:
- Definitions, operationalizations, and history of
green architecture
- Green building rating systems, including LEED and
BREEM
- Solar, geothermal, wind, hydro, fuel cell, and other
green energy generation technologies
- Green insulation, HVAC, water, and waste management
technologies
- Passive solar design methods
- Green materials, including biomaterials, biopolymers,
bioplastics, and composites
- Thermo-, light-, and stimulus-responsive smart
materials
- Nanomaterials
- More than 100 case studies
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Contents:
Chapter 1. Green Architecture: An Overview;
Chapter 2. Definitions and
Operationalizations of Green Architecture;
Chapter 3. Brief History of Green
Architecture;
Chapter 4. Green Technologies: Energy
Generation;
Chapter 5. Green Technologies: Energy
Retention;
Chapter 6. Green Materials;
Chapter 7. Smart Materials;
Chapter 8. Case Studies;
Bibliography
Index
About the Author:
Osman Attmann is an architect and associate professor at
the College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado.
Hardcover
368 Pages -
7-3/4 x 9-1/2 in.
Copyright 2010
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