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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149368103321

Titolo

Eco-design of buildings and infrastructure / / editors, Bruno Peuportier, MINES ParisTech, Fabien Leurent, Ecole des ponts ParisTech, Jean Roger-Estrade, AgroParisTech

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton  : , : CRC Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-315-34955-8

1-315-37509-5

1-4987-8060-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (398 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Balkema Book

Sustainable Cities Research Series, , 2472-2510 ; ; Volume 1

Disciplina

711/.4

Soggetti

Ecological houses

Urban transportation

Sustainable urban development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A Balkema book.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

part 1. Methodological bases -- part 2. Practicing eco-design -- part 3. Application to a case study, Cite Descartes.

Sommario/riassunto

The Chair on Ecodesign for buildings and infrastructures was created by ParisTech in partnership with VINCI with the aim of developing evaluation and simulation tools that integrate all ecodesign aspects (e.g. greenhouse gas emissions, impact on biodiversity, depletion of resources, etc.) and provide genuine decision-aid instruments, based on a scientific approach, to all those involved in the urban environment (i.e. designers, builders and users). The present book takes stock of five years of research under the Chair. It starts by presenting some methodological bases of ecodesign, life cycle assessments, impact studies, and methods for planning and transport. Several specific subjects are then covered, i.e. public transport, parking, road traffic, the environmental profile of building materials, building retrofits, energy management, and biodiversity. The last part of the book sets



out how the knowledge and tools developed under the Chair were applied to a case study: Cité Descartes in Marne la Vallée (Ile de France). This work is aimed at urban planners, local authorities, contracting clients, architects, engineering firms, contractors, building managers, research lecturers, and anyone interested in the environmental quality of the places we live in.