This book examines the state-of-the-art on plants and fibres as building materials for low cost construction, emphasizing their use, properties, fabri..
A thorough examination of the use of earth as an eco-friendly building material, with full details on the properties of earth as a building material, ..
As the construction industry faces up to its environmental responsibilities, this book explores its rich and ancient tradition to provide tried and tr..
This book brings together current developments in the field of climate change science, building design, technologies and materials sciences, and energ..
This volume provides a management concept for sustainable innovation management in commercial and governmental organizations. It provides answers to t..
Green Building Handbook provides a detailed reference for environmentally concerned purchasers of building products, with at-a-glance tables for buyer..
This new handbook provides a detailed reference for environmentally concerned purchasers of building products. Invaluable for the specifier, this hand..
Sustainability is a key issue and its impact on the construction industry, as one of the major users of the Earth's resources, is starting to take hol..
Achieving a sustainable building is not just a matter of design and construction: what happens once the building is occupied is absolutely critical. T..
Industrial ecology provides a sound means of systematising the various ideas which come under the banner of sustainable construction and provides a mo..
It has taken a very long time for sustainable development to be recognised as a justified restraint on inappropriate development. This book covers the..
With the deadline for achieving the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) less than a decade away, the uneven progress is raising important questio..