The Sustainable Built Environment
eBook - ePub

The Sustainable Built Environment

Technical, managerial, legal and economic aspects

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Sustainable Built Environment

Technical, managerial, legal and economic aspects

About this book

The text adopts an interdisciplinary approach to address the huge challenges in creating a sustainable built environment. In a broad survey of critical issues it assesses procurement, cost modelling and management, sustainable buildings, low and zero carbon technologies, sustainability in utilities, and the law.

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Yes, you can access The Sustainable Built Environment by Begum Sertyesilisik,Ahmed Al Shamma'a in PDF and/or ePUB format. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. List of Figures
  5. List of Tables
  6. Notes on the Editors
  7. Notes on the Contributors
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. 1 Introduction to the Sustainable Built Environment
  10. 2 Sustainable Procurement
  11. 3 Cost Modelling for Sustainability
  12. 4 The Sustainable Building Process
  13. 5 Sustainable Buildings
  14. 6 Low- and Zero-Carbon Technologies in Buildings
  15. 7 Sustainability in Utilities: Water Efficient Sustainable Buildings
  16. 8 Environmental Law for the Built Environment and Environmental Impact Assessment
  17. 9 Conclusion
  18. Index
  19. eCopyright