Life Cycle Design An Experimental Tool for Designers /

• Main Author: Thiebat, Francesca (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: PoliTO Springer Series,
• Subjects: Sustainable architecture.; Buildings-Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings.; Building Construction and Design.; Sustainable Development.

This book proposes an economic and environmental assessment tool to help private and public building designers and owners determine the global sustainability value of green buildings from a life cycle perspective. As it demonstrates, sustainable life cycle tools for building design and construction...

Table of Contents:

• Life cycle and sustainability: concepts and keywords
• International models and theories based on the life cycle approach
• Life cycle methodologies
• Definition of an innovative design method based on life cycle approach
• Case studies
• Conclusions and outlooks.