Charles KilbertTaylor & Fancis |2001 | PDF | 336 pages | 8 Mb
DESCRIPTION
As designers of built environments focus increasingly on green and sustainable construction they will be able to learn much from the field of industrial ecology. Industrial ecology provides a sound means of systemizing the various ideas which come under the banner of os sustainable construction.
LIST OF CONTENT
1 Defining an ecology of construction 7
2 Material circulation, energy hierarchy, and building construction 37
3 On complexity theory, exergy, and industrial ecology 72
4 Applying the principles of ecological emergence to building design and construction 108
5 Using ecological dynamics to move toward an adaptive architecture 127
6 Minimizing waste emissions from the built environment 159
7 Industrial ecology and the built environment 177
8 Construction ecology and metabolism 196
9 Construction ecology 220
10 Ecologic analogues and architecture 231
11 Natural metabolism as the basis for “intelligent” architecture 248
12 Green architecture 269
EDITORIAL REVIEW
This volume contains a stimulating discussion on an interesting new aspect of building science, and the contributions are by no means uniformly pro- 'green'. - Architectural Science Review
This volume contains a stimulating discussion on an interesting new aspect of building science, and the contributions are by no means uniformly pro-green. - Architectural Science Review
