Sustainable Building Design – Principles and Practice Shiers Paperback

Sustainable Building DesignPrinciples and Practice\nAuthor(s): Miles Keeping, David Shiers\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9780470672358, 978-0470672358\nSynopsis\nAn inside view of how one of the world's leading architecture and engineering practice does business\n\n Sustainable Built Environments: Principles and Practice offers detailed, environmentally sound design solutions to a wide range of building engineering challenges. The text uses case examples and project data provided by engineers and designers at Arup Associates. It covers a broad range of relevant issues, with focused commentaries and explanations presented in an accessible format for use by students, busy practitioners and informed clients.\n\n Whilst this book stresses the importance of a unified approach to design, the text is divided into six principal chapters, each addressing an important aspect of sustainable architecture and engineering.