Stewardship of the Built Environment Sustainability, Preservation, and Reuse /

• Main Author: Young, Robert A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2012.
• Series: Metropolitan Planning + Design
• Subjects: Environment.; Energy efficiency.; Buildings.; Architecture.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Cities, Countries, Regions.; Building Types and Functions.; Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings).; Urbanism.

When we think of green building, we tend to picture new construction. But Robert A. Young argues that the greenest building is often the one that has already been built. In Stewardship of the Built Environment, he shows how rehabilitating and reusing existing structures holds untapped potential for...