Sustainaspeak
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Sustainaspeak

A Guide to Sustainable Design Terms

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eBook - ePub

Sustainaspeak

A Guide to Sustainable Design Terms

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About This Book

Architecture 2030; BUG; Biophilic Design; BIPV; Circular Economy; LEED; Passive Design; Solar Chimney; Systems Thinking; WELL; Xeriscaping.

What does it all mean?

The complex and evolving language used in the sustainable design community can be very challenging, particularly to those new to environmentally friendly and resource-efficient design strategies that are needed today.



  • Definitions of over two hundred terms with further sources.


  • Clearly cross-referenced with Sustainaspeak, Theoryspeak, and Archispeak terms.


  • Illustrated throughout with sustainable award-winning buildings by e.g. Behnisch, Brooks + Scarpa, EHDD, KieranTimberlake, Lake|Flato, Leddy Mahtum Stacy, SmithGroup, Perkins+Will, ZGF, VMDO, and McDonough + Partners.

Sustainaspeak: A Guide to Sustainable Design Terms provides a current guide to the sustainable design strategies, terms, and practices needed for the next generation of designers, architects, students, and community leaders to design a carbon-neutral world for future generations.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2018
ISBN
9781351981729

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Illustrations
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Preface
  10. Introduction
  11. List of Terms
  12. Acronyms for Further Sources
  13. Sustainaspeak
  14. Further Reading
  15. Index