Global Warming and the Built Environment

PREFACE INTRODUCTION: Uncertainty and Insurance Paul R. EHRLICH, Bing Professor of Population Studies, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA. Chapter 1: Environmental Accountability: Users, Buildings and Energy Robert SAMUELS: Ph.D, Senior Research Fellow, The National Solar Architecture Research Unit (SOLARCH); and Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture. University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Chapter 2: Environmental Auditing and the Built Environment Gerald VINTEN: Whitbread Professor of Business Policy, Luton University College of Higher Education, Luton, U.K. Chapter 3: The Vital Contribution of the Human Use of Renewable Energy to the Improvement of the Global Environment in the Post Bruntland Era. John PAGE: Emeritus Professor, Former Director, Cambridge Interdisciplinary Environmental Centre, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, U.K. Chapter 4: The Greenhouse Effect and Future Urban Development Ian LOWE: Associate Professor and Director, Science Policy Research Centre, Department of Science and Technology, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. Chapter 5: Urban Design, Transportation and Greenhouse Peter NEWMAN: Associate Professor and Director, Institute for Science and Technology Policy, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. Chapter 6: Sustainable Development, Energy Policy issues and Greenhouse: Built Environment Strategies for the Greenhouse Era Allan RODGER: Professor of Architecture, Department of Architecture and Building, University of Melbourne, Australia. Chapter 7: Energy and Architectural Form Patrick O'SULLIVAN: OBE, Professor and Head of Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College London, U.K. Chapter 8: Environmentally Benign Architecture: Beyond Passive Jeffrey COOK: Regents Professor, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Arizona State University, USA. Chapter 9: Energy Efficiency and the Non-Residential Building Sector Deo PRASAD: Ph.D, Director, Solarch and Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of New South Wales, Australia. Chapter 10: Principles of Energy Efficient Residential Design John BALLINGER: Professor and Head of School of Architecture, University of New South Wales, Australia; and Deborah CASSELL, Architect and Research Associate, SOLARCH. Chapter 11: Environmental Design and Technological Options Jorgen NORGARD: Ph.D., Physics Laboratory 111, The Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark. Chapter 12: Materials Selection and Energy Efficiency George BAIRD: Ph.D, Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.