Sustainability

The book features current sustainability and material research and design for innovative strategies centered around ecology, sustainability, and the rise of future tourism models on the resort island of Gili Meno, Indonesia. It focuses on sustainability of materials, climate issues, and development in fragile island areas where exploitation of resources are being monitored for future development.

An ideal resource for self-study, Leading Green: LEED Green Associate Exam v4 Study Guide will benefit readers from all built environment professions in which LEED credentials are an asset.

Focusing on office buildings, this explores how green building development can be managed to achieve successful project outcomes, allowing project decision-makers such as clients and project team members to consider identified success conditions. Findings can inform future research for more efficient development of green building projects.

Essential Cob Construction presents both hands-on and rigorous technical information on how to build code compliant, low-embodied carbon, and fire- and earthquake-resistant buildings from cob - a mix of clay, sand and straw. The definitive cob guide for engineers, architects, designers, contractors, and owner-builders.

This book deals with the employment of biotechnological aspects for waste treatment including the basic concepts, biochemical processes and various technologies for pollutant reduction and production of value-added products for a cleaner environment.