Sustainability

Zero emission during operation - this has to be the target for buildings in the near future. This book approaches this goal with the application of the thermodynamic concept of exergy to the built environment, allowing new design and technology concepts that go beyond mere 'energy saving'.

The Green Studio Handbook remains an essential resource for design studios and professional practice. This extensive, user-friendly tool presents practical guidelines for the application of green strategies during the schematic design of buildings.

This considerably expanded Second Edition includes new advanced topics on multi-objective optimisation; reverse modelling; reduction of the simulation performance gap; predictive control; nature-inspired emergent simulation leading to sketches that become 'alive'; and on an alternative economics for achieving the sustainability paradigm.

The second edition of Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure continues to provide students with an introduction to the principles and practices of sustainability as they apply to the construction sector, including both buildings and infrastructure systems.

Thermal Comfort in Hot-Dry Climates identifies the main cooling systems and methods in traditional houses in central Iran, and examines how architectural elements such as central courtyards, distinct seasonal rooms, loggias, basements, and wind-catchers can contribute to the provision of thermal comfort in vernacular houses.

Demolition offers a supply of aggregate which must otherwise be transported and dumped. This book on all aspects of concrete reuse, draws on the Recybeton project, which lasted more than 5 years and gathered about 50 partners from both academia and industry.

Whole life costing is now integral to building procurement both for new buildings and major refurbishments. The reader will be shown how to incorporate this method of whole life valuation into standard cost models allowing for a more robust decision making process.

Focusing on post-occupancy data to "close the loop" between predicted and actual energy performance, this book presents 18 in-depth case studies of net zero energy buildings from a range of project types and climates.