Sustainable buildings in practice what the users think [electronic resource]
Language: English Publication details: Routledge Ltd 2010Description: eBookISBN:- 9780203865453
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Part 1 Buildings in Cold?Temperate Climates -- 2 NRG Systems Facility, Hinesburg, Vermont, USA -- 2 Computer Science and Engineering (CS&E) Building, York University, Ontario, Canada -- 4 Military Families Resource Centre (MFRC), Toronto, Ontario, Canada -- 5 Sciencepark, Gelsenkirchen, Germany -- 6 National Works Yards, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada -- 7 Liu Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada -- Part 2 Buildings in Medium?Temperate Climates -- 8 Gifford Studios, Southampton, England -- 9 Arup Campus, Solihull, England -- 10 ZICER Building, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England -- 11 Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Building, Kings Langley, England -- 12 City Hall, London, England -- 13 The Foundation Building, Eden Project, St Austell, Cornwall, England -- 14 The Mathematics and Statistics and Computer Science (MSCS) Building, Canterbury University Christchurch New Zealand -- 15 St Mary's Credit Union, Navan, Ireland -- 16 Scottsdale Forest Ecocentre, Tasmania, Australia -- 17 Tokyo Gas, Kohoku New Town, Yokohama, Japan -- 18 Nikken Sekkei Building, Tokyo, Japan -- Part 3 Buildings in Warm?Temperate Climates -- 19 The Landcare Research Laboratory, Auckland, New Zealand -- 20 The Campus Reception and Administration Building, Auckland University of Technology (AUT Akoranga), Auckland, New Zealand -- 60 Leicester Street, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia -- 40 Albert Road, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia -- 23 The Red Centre Building, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia -- 24 Institute of Languages, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia -- 25 General Purpose Building, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia -- 26 Student Services Centre, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia -- 27 Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Santa Monica, California, USA -- Part 4 Buildings in Hot?Humid Climates -- 28 Institute of Technical Education, Bishan, Singapore -- 29 Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications (MEWC) Building, Putrajaya, Malaysia -- 30 Menara UMNO, Penang, Malaysia -- 31 Torrent Research Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Presents 30 sustainable buildings from around the globe and examines how they work in practice, from the point of view of the people who use them. This book considers common issues and the lessons that can be learnt for future sustainable building design.