About the Book
Impending climatic change represents a challenge to professionals and practitioners involved with design and management of the built environment. This book discusses the interaction between the built and natural environments, and charts the developments in social responsibility and environmental accountability, environmental and energy auditing, ecologically sustainable design and energy standards and labelling.
Table of Contents:
PREFACE INTRODUCTION: Uncertainty and Insurance Paul R. EHRLICH, Bing Professor of Population Studies, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA. Chapter 1: Environmental Accountability: Users, Buildings and Energy Robert SAMUELS: Ph.D, Senior Research Fellow, The National Solar Architecture Research Unit (SOLARCH); and Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture. University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Chapter 2: Environmental Auditing and the Built Environment Gerald VINTEN: Whitbread Professor of Business Policy, Luton University College of Higher Education, Luton, U.K. Chapter 3: The Vital Contribution of the Human Use of Renewable Energy to the Improvement of the Global Environment in the Post Bruntland Era. John PAGE: Emeritus Professor, Former Director, Cambridge Interdisciplinary Environmental Centre, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, U.K. Chapter 4: The Greenhouse Effect and Future Urban Development Ian LOWE: Associate Professor and Director, Science Policy Research Centre, Department of Science and Technology, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. Chapter 5: Urban Design, Transportation and Greenhouse Peter NEWMAN: Associate Professor and Director, Institute for Science and Technology Policy, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. Chapter 6: Sustainable Development, Energy Policy issues and Greenhouse: Built Environment Strategies for the Greenhouse Era Allan RODGER: Professor of Architecture, Department of Architecture and Building, University of Melbourne, Australia. Chapter 7: Energy and Architectural Form Patrick O'SULLIVAN: OBE, Professor and Head of Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College London, U.K. Chapter 8: Environmentally Benign Architecture: Beyond Passive Jeffrey COOK: Regents Professor, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Arizona State University, USA. Chapter 9: Energy Efficiency and the Non-Residential Building Sector Deo PRASAD: Ph.D, Director, Solarch and Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of New South Wales, Australia. Chapter 10: Principles of Energy Efficient Residential Design John BALLINGER: Professor and Head of School of Architecture, University of New South Wales, Australia; and Deborah CASSELL, Architect and Research Associate, SOLARCH. Chapter 11: Environmental Design and Technological Options Jorgen NORGARD: Ph.D., Physics Laboratory 111, The Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark. Chapter 12: Materials Selection and Energy Efficiency George BAIRD: Ph.D, Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
