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" The whole building handbook : "
Varis Bokalders and Maria Block.
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BL
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977449
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b731819
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Byggekologi
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| Main Entry
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Bokalders, Varis,1944-
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The whole building handbook : : how to design healthy, efficient and sustainable buildings /\ Varis Bokalders and Maria Block.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;Sterling, VA :: Earthscan,, 2010.
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1 online resource (xii, 689 pages) :: illustrations (some color), maps, plans
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1136543287
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: 1849774838
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: 6612617292
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: 9781136543289
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: 9781849774833
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: 9786612617294
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1844075230
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1844078337
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9781844075232
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9781844078332
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Healthy buildings -- Materials and construction methods -- Services -- Construction -- Implementation -- Conservation -- Heating and cooling -- Efficient use of electricity -- Clean water -- Waste -- Ecocycles -- Renewable heat -- Renewable electricity -- Sewage -- Vegetation and cultivation -- Place -- Adaptation to natural surroundings -- The social fabric -- Existing buildings -- People.
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"The Whole Building Handbook is a compendium of all the issues and strategies that architects need to understand to design and construct sustainable buildings for a sustainable society. The authors move beyond the current definition of sustainability in architecture, which tends to focus on energy-efficiency, to include guidance for architecture that promotes social cohesion, personal health, renewable energy sources, water and waste recycling systems, permaculture, energy conservation - and crucially, buildings in relation to their place. The authors offer a holistic approach to sustainable architecture and authoritative technical advice, on: How to design and construct healthy buildings, through choosing suitable materials, healthy service systems, and designing a healthy and comfortable indoor climate, including solutions for avoiding problems with moisture, radon and noise as well as how to facilitate cleaning and maintenance ; How to design and construct buildings that use resources efficiently, where heating and cooling needs and electricity use is minimized and water-saving technologies and garbage recycling technologies are used ; How to 'close' organic waste, sewage, heat and energy cycles. For example, how to design a sewage system that recycles nutrients ; Includes a section on adaptation of buildings to local conditions, looking at how a site must be studied with respect to nature, climate and community structure as well as human activities. The result is a comprehensive, thoroughly illustrated and carefully structured textbook and reference."
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Sustainable architecture.
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Sustainable buildings-- Design and construction.
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ARCHITECTURE-- Sustainability Green Design.
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Sustainable architecture.
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Sustainable buildings-- Design and construction.
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720/.47
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NA2542.36.B6513 2010eb
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Block, Maria.
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