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Construction ecology : nature as the basis for green buildings

Title
Construction ecology : nature as the basis for green buildings / edited by Charles J. Kibert, Jan Sendzimir, and G. Bradley Guy.
Publication
New York : Spon Press, 2002.
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Additional Authors
  • Sendzimir, Jan.
  • Guy, G. Bradley.
Description
xxiv, 305 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Building
  • Building materials > Environmental aspects
  • Sustainable buildings > Design and construction
  • Architecture and society
  • Construction industry > Appropriate technology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Defining an ecology of construction / Charles J. Kibert, Jan Sendzimir and G. Bradley Guy -- Material circulation, energy hierarchy, and building construction / Howard T. Odum -- On complexity theory, exergy, and industrial ecology / James J. Kay -- Applying the principles of ecological emergence to building design and construction / Timothy F.H. Allen -- Using ecological dynamics to move toward an adaptive architecture / Garry Peterson -- Minimizing waste emissions from the built environment / Robert U. Ayres -- Industrial ecology and the built environment / Iddo K. Wernick --Construction ecology and metabolism / Stefan Bringezu -- Construction ecology / Fritz Balkau -- Ecologic analogues and architecture / Sim van der Ryn and Rob Peña -- Natural metabolism as the basis for "intelligent" architecture / Jürgen Bisch -- Green architecture / Malcolm Wells.
Call Number
JSF 06-731
ISBN
0415260922 (pbk.)
LCCN
2001034698
OCLC
46975175
Title
Construction ecology : nature as the basis for green buildings / edited by Charles J. Kibert, Jan Sendzimir, and G. Bradley Guy.
Imprint
New York : Spon Press, 2002.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Sendzimir, Jan.
Guy, G. Bradley.
Research Call Number
JSF 06-731
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