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Green buildings and the law / / edited by Julie Adshead



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Titolo: Green buildings and the law / / edited by Julie Adshead Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Spon Press, , 2011
Edizione: First edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
Disciplina: 343/.07872047
Soggetto topico: Sustainable buildings - Law and legislation
Sustainable buildings - Design and construction
Classificazione: LAW019000TEC005000TEC009020
Altri autori: AdsheadJulie  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Planning and policies for sustainable development in California and the San Diego region -- Potential harmful environmental impacts as a consequence of material and system specifications, installation and operations in current U.S. green building practices -- Covenants and building regulations : a twin track approach to improving the energy performance of Dutch buildings -- The quest for sustainable buildings : getting it right at the planning stage -- Green buildings : a critical analysis of the Turkish legislation -- Surveying the sustainable and environmental legal and market challenges for real estate -- Sustainable development and the South African constitution : implications for built environment legislation -- Energy efficiency in buildings and building control regulations in South Africa -- The extended Australian urban dwelling : key issues relating to private open space in expanding residential surburbia -- China building control on green buildings -- Green buildings and the law in Taiwan -- Climate change and the construction industry : sustainability challenges for Singapore.
Sommario/riassunto: "In countries such as the UK, the energy used in constructing, occupying and operating buildings represents approximately 50% of greenhouse gas emissions. Pressure to improve the environmental performance of buildings during both construction and occupancy, particularly to reduce carbon emissions from buildings, has become intense.Understandably, legislation and regulation are driving green development and compliance. And this is happening in a wide variety of ways. This review of the law in key jurisdictions for the research community, lawyers, the construction industry and government examines some of the mechanisms in place from the more traditional building regulation controls to green leases and the law relating to buildings and their natural environment. Members of the CIB TG69 research group on green uildings and the Law review aspects of the law relating to green development in a range of jurisdictions"--
Titolo autorizzato: Green buildings and the law  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-135-23913-4
1-283-12680-X
1-135-23914-2
9786613126801
0-203-86680-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910789996003321
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