Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design

Architects, development practitioners and designers are working in a global environment and issues such as environmental and cultural sustainability matter more than ever.

Architects, development practitioners and designers are working in a global environment and issues such as environmental and cultural sustainability matter more than ever.

Today architecture and other fields in the built environment face the steep task of answering complex questions pertaining to sustainability, performance, and adaptability.

Today architecture and other fields in the built environment face the steep task of answering complex questions pertaining to sustainability, performance, and adaptability.

Efficient maintenance of a property requires a reliable assessment for defects or inadequacies and a systematic method for dealing with them.

Efficient maintenance of a property requires a reliable assessment for defects or inadequacies and a systematic method for dealing with them.

From the bestselling author of Ecohouse, this fully revised edition of Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change provides unique insights into how we can protect our buildings, cities, infra-structures and lifestyles against risks associated with extreme weather and related social, economic and energy events.

From the bestselling author of Ecohouse, this fully revised edition of Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change provides unique insights into how we can protect our buildings, cities, infra-structures and lifestyles against risks associated with extreme weather and related social, economic and energy events.

Eco-Resorts is a design guide for low impact, environmentally friendly tourist resorts in the tropics.

Eco-Resorts is a design guide for low impact, environmentally friendly tourist resorts in the tropics.

Now in this fourth edition, the Facilities Management Handbook has been fully updated from the acclaimed previous editions, continuing its status as an invaluable resource to those working in facilities management, whether just starting out or as seasoned campaigners and practitioners.

Now in this fourth edition, the Facilities Management Handbook has been fully updated from the acclaimed previous editions, continuing its status as an invaluable resource to those working in facilities management, whether just starting out or as seasoned campaigners and practitioners.

Sustainable design requires that design practitioners respond to a particular set of social, cultural and environmental conditions.

Sustainable design requires that design practitioners respond to a particular set of social, cultural and environmental conditions.

Architectural Design and Ethics offers both professional architects and architecture students a theoretical base and numerous suggestions as to how we might rethink our responsibilities to the natural world and design a more sustainable future for ourselves.

Architectural Design and Ethics offers both professional architects and architecture students a theoretical base and numerous suggestions as to how we might rethink our responsibilities to the natural world and design a more sustainable future for ourselves.

Revised to incorporate and reflect changes and advances since it was first published the new edition of Architecture in a Climate of Change provides the latest basic principals of sustainability and the future of sustainable technology.

Revised to incorporate and reflect changes and advances since it was first published the new edition of Architecture in a Climate of Change provides the latest basic principals of sustainability and the future of sustainable technology.

Daylighting, Architecture and Health examines the relationship between natural light in buildings and human health, considering both psychological and physiological issues and bringing together a range of research in the field.

Daylighting, Architecture and Health examines the relationship between natural light in buildings and human health, considering both psychological and physiological issues and bringing together a range of research in the field.

This clear and accessible guide provides a comprehensive outline on how to convert your house into a more 'green' home.

This clear and accessible guide provides a comprehensive outline on how to convert your house into a more 'green' home.

The New Eco-Architecture builds a historical bridge between architectural science and design.

The New Eco-Architecture builds a historical bridge between architectural science and design.

Concentrating on the planning and design of cities, the three sections take a logical route through the discussion from the broad considerations at regional and city scale, to the larger city at high and lower densities through to design considerations on the smaller block scale.

Concentrating on the planning and design of cities, the three sections take a logical route through the discussion from the broad considerations at regional and city scale, to the larger city at high and lower densities through to design considerations on the smaller block scale.

This clear and concise guide is the ideal introduction to contemporary housing design for students and professionals of architecture, urban design and planning.

This clear and concise guide is the ideal introduction to contemporary housing design for students and professionals of architecture, urban design and planning.

Laboratory Design Guide 3rd edition is a complete guide to the complex process of laboratory design and construction.

Laboratory Design Guide 3rd edition is a complete guide to the complex process of laboratory design and construction.

Managing Facilities provides a clear introduction to the concepts, development and application of managing facilities in hotels.

Managing Facilities provides a clear introduction to the concepts, development and application of managing facilities in hotels.

Stuck for ideas, inspiration or just want to work differently?

Stuck for ideas, inspiration or just want to work differently?

Covering the full life span of the project, from siting issues through specific design features to maintenance of the property and equipment, this is a comprehensive guide to designing, planning and building a solar house.

Covering the full life span of the project, from siting issues through specific design features to maintenance of the property and equipment, this is a comprehensive guide to designing, planning and building a solar house.

Built environment surrounds us for 90% of our lives but only now are we realising its influence on the environment, our health, and how we think, feel and behave both individually and socially.

Built environment surrounds us for 90% of our lives but only now are we realising its influence on the environment, our health, and how we think, feel and behave both individually and socially.

Incorporating a diversity of practices, cultural and organization change, and new building forms, this book provides ideas, inspiration and analysis of the multitude of ways in which an office space can be designed and utilized.

Incorporating a diversity of practices, cultural and organization change, and new building forms, this book provides ideas, inspiration and analysis of the multitude of ways in which an office space can be designed and utilized.

Sustainability at the Cutting Edge is an essential guide to understanding the future direction of sustainable technology.

Sustainability at the Cutting Edge is an essential guide to understanding the future direction of sustainable technology.

In Green Dimensions, Cliff Moughtin relates sustainable development and green design to the realm of urban design and development.

In Green Dimensions, Cliff Moughtin relates sustainable development and green design to the realm of urban design and development.

The tropical belt - where large areas of South East Asia, India, Africa and parts of both North and South America are located - forms the biggest landmass in the world and has one of the highest numbers of rapidly developing cities.

The tropical belt - where large areas of South East Asia, India, Africa and parts of both North and South America are located - forms the biggest landmass in the world and has one of the highest numbers of rapidly developing cities.

This book provides comprehensive coverage of issues that facility managers in the property industry need to understand and apply in the pursuit of value for money over the life span of built facilities.

This book provides comprehensive coverage of issues that facility managers in the property industry need to understand and apply in the pursuit of value for money over the life span of built facilities.

This is a manual investigating the subject of urban ecology and systemic development from the perspective of architectural design.

This is a manual investigating the subject of urban ecology and systemic development from the perspective of architectural design.