Making better buildings : a comparative guide to sustainable construction for homeowners and contractors / / Chris Magwood
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| Autore: |
Magwood Chris
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| Titolo: |
Making better buildings : a comparative guide to sustainable construction for homeowners and contractors / / Chris Magwood
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| Pubblicazione: | Gabriola Island, British Columbia : , : New Society Publishers, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (466 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 720/.47 |
| Soggetto topico: | Sustainable construction |
| Sustainable buildings - Design and construction | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: Thinking about sustainable building -- How this book works -- 1 Foundations -- 2 Walls -- 3 Floor and roof structure -- 4 Sheathing and cladding materials -- 5 Roof sheathing -- 6 Flooring -- 7 Surface finishing materials -- 8 Windows -- |
| Mechanical systems -- 9 Water systems -- 10 Wastewater systems -- 11 Heating and cooling systems -- 12 Electrical generation -- Conclusion -- Appendix. | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Sustainable building from the ground up -- the pros and cons of the latest green and natural materials and technologies. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Making better buildings |
| ISBN: | 1-55092-515-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822011603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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