Sustainable Built Environments

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Loftness, Vivian (Editor), Haase, Dagmar (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Energy efficiency.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Landscape architecture.; Landscape ecology.; Buildings > Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Sustainable development.; Building Construction.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings).; Landscape Architecture.; Landscape Ecology.; Sustainable Development.

Sustainable design is a collective process whereby the built environment achieves unprecedented levels of ecological balance through new and retrofit construction, with the goal of long-term viability and humanization of architecture. Focusing on the environmental context, sustainable design merges...