Construction ecology : nature as the basis for green buildings /

• Other Authors: Sendzimir, Jan, Guy, G. Bradley
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Spon Press, 2002.
• Subjects: Building.; Building materials > Environmental aspects.; Sustainable buildings > Design and construction.; Architecture and society.; Construction industry > Appropriate technology.; ARCHITECTURE > Sustainability & Green Design.; Electronic books.

Table of 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 Pe�na
• Natural metabolism as the basis for "intelligent" architecture / J�urgen Bisch
• Green architecture / Malcolm Wells.