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Industrial ecology provides a sound means of systematising the various ideas which come under the banner of sustainable construction and provides a model for the design, operation and ultimate disposal of buildings.
| ISBN | 0415260922 | | Pages | 336 | | ISBN13 | 9780415260923
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 680 | | Imprint | Taylor & Francis Ltd | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 246 | | Publication date | 15 Nov 2001 | | Width (mm) | 174 | | Library of Congress | TH146.K53, TH146.K53 | | Spine width (mm) | 15 | | DEWEY | 720.47 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | List of figures | | | | | | List of tables | | | | | | List of boxes | | | | | | List of contributors | | | | | | Preface | | | | | | Foreword | | | | | | Introduction by Charles J. Kibert | | 1 | | 1 | | Defining an ecology of construction by Charles J. Kibert and Jan Sendzimir and G. Bradley Guy | | 7 | | Pt. 1 | | The ecologists | | 29 | | 2 | | Material circulation, energy hierarchy, and building construction by Howard T. Odum | | 37 | | 3 | | On complexity theory, exergy, and industrial ecology by James J. Kay | | 72 | | 4 | | Applying the principles of ecological emergence to building design and construction by Timothy F. H. Allen | | 108 | | 5 | | Using ecological dynamics to move toward an adaptive architecture by Garry Peterson | | 127 | | Pt. 2 | | The industrial ecologists | | 151 | | 6 | | Minimizing waste emissions from the built environment by Robert V. Ayres | | 159 | | 7 | | Industrial ecology and the built environment by Iddo K. Wernick | | 177 | | 8 | | Construction ecology and metabolism by Stefan Bringezu | | 196 | | 9 | | Construction ecology by Fritz Balkau | | 220 | | Pt. 3 | | The architects | | 227 | | 10 | | Ecologic analogues and architecture by Sim Van Der Ryn and Rob Pena | | 231 | | 11 | | Natural metabolism as the basis for "intelligent" architecture by Jurgen Bisch | | 248 | | 12 | | Green architecture by Malcolm Wells | | 269 | | | | Conclusions by Charles J. Kibert | | 284 | | | | Glossary | | 291 | | | | Index | | 297 |
'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  Be the first to write a customer review
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