
The Environmental Design Pocketbook
Sofie Pelsmakers(Author)
RIBA Enterprises (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 20. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
196 pages
978-1-85946-374-1 (ISBN)
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Description
The Environmental Design Pocketbook places the information you need for sustainable, low-energy building design at your fingertips.
Packed with diagrams, tools, and tips, it cuts through the complex mass of technical data and legislation that faces the designer, and distils all the key guidance into a single reference that is quick and easy to use. Pointing to the facts, figures, and performance data that are most important, it includes:
Succinct guidance on all core sustainability topics
Concise explanations and reference to the latest legislation and codes
Invaluable checklists
Handy tools that allow you to quickly estimate the values relevant to your design
Design guidance, technology, building science, and best practice.
Twelve sections guide the designer from the fundamentals through to the building details themselves. From future-proofing for a changing climate to rainwater harvesting, retrofit, and zero-carbon technologies - the Pocketbook has got it covered.
Written for architects, as well as engineers, planners, clients and developers, this handy new pocketbook will help the professional designer to meet and exceed sustainable standards.
Packed with diagrams, tools, and tips, it cuts through the complex mass of technical data and legislation that faces the designer, and distils all the key guidance into a single reference that is quick and easy to use. Pointing to the facts, figures, and performance data that are most important, it includes:
Succinct guidance on all core sustainability topics
Concise explanations and reference to the latest legislation and codes
Invaluable checklists
Handy tools that allow you to quickly estimate the values relevant to your design
Design guidance, technology, building science, and best practice.
Twelve sections guide the designer from the fundamentals through to the building details themselves. From future-proofing for a changing climate to rainwater harvesting, retrofit, and zero-carbon technologies - the Pocketbook has got it covered.
Written for architects, as well as engineers, planners, clients and developers, this handy new pocketbook will help the professional designer to meet and exceed sustainable standards.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
RIBA Publishing
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Weight
586 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85946-374-1 (9781859463741)
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Sofie Pelsmakers is a chartered architect and environmental designer with more than a decade of hands-on experience designing, building and teaching sustainable architecture. She taught sustainability and environmental design and led a masters programme in sustainable design at the University of East London. She is currently a doctoral researcher in building energy demand reduction at the UCL Energy Institute and co-founder of the not-for-profit Architecture for Change.