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Green building illustrated / / Francis D. K. Ching, Ian M. Shapiro
| Green building illustrated / / Francis D. K. Ching, Ian M. Shapiro |
| Autore | Ching Frank <1943-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 720/.47 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ShapiroIan M |
| Soggetto topico | Sustainable buildings - Design and construction |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-118-87861-2
1-118-86649-5 |
| Classificazione | ARC018000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Green Building Illustrated; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; Facing Environmental Challenges; New Information, New Risks, New Opportunities; What Is a Green Building?; Green Building Goals; Approaches to Green Building; 2 First Principles; Relative and Absolute Green; Loads and Layers; Continuity; Holistic Design; Integrated Design; Affordability; Energy Modeling; 3 Codes, Standards, and Guidelines; Codes; Standards; Guidelines; The 2030 Challenge; 4 Community and Site; Community and Site Selection; Protection of Sensitive Sites; Preservation and Restoration
Protection of Natural Features Heat Island Reduction; Site Waste Management; Transportation Issues; Minimizing Light Pollution; Site Strategies and Energy Use; Site Water Conservation, Management, and Quality Enhancement; Quantity of Storm Water Runoff; Quality of Storm Water Runoff; Transported Water; Impact of Outdoor Water on Indoor Environmental Quality; Other Site Issues; Site and Renewable Energy; 5 Building Shape; Floor Area; Surface Area; Orientation; Green Building Standards and Building Shape; Core Spaces versus Perimeter Spaces; 6 Near-Building Features; Overhangs and Awnings Solar Panels Balconies; The Building Facade; Rainwater Harvesting; Use of the Roof; 7 Outer Envelope; Inner and Outer Envelopes; Infiltration; Thermal Bridging; Continuity and Discontinuities; Walls; Masonry Walls; Poured Concrete Walls; Wood-Frame Walls; Metal-Frame Walls; Curtain Walls; Choosing Between Wall Systems; Ensuring Continuity; Windows; High-Performance Windows; Daylighting; Views; Window Losses; Reducing Window Losses; Doors; Roofs; Pitched Roofs; Floors; 8 Unconditioned Spaces; Basements; Attics; Crawlspaces; Garages; Unrecognized Unconditioned Spaces Corridors, Stairwells, and Other Spaces Further Removing Conditioning from Rooms; Locating Storage; Controlling Temperatures in Unconditioned Spaces; Unconditioned Spaces-Summary; 9 Inner Envelope; Vulnerabilities; Solutions; Thermal Mass; Finishes; Thermal and Radiant Properties of Finishes; Lighting Reflectance; 10 Thermal Zoning and Compartmentalization; Thermal Zoning; Compartmentalization; 11 Lighting and Other Electric Loads; Lighting; Space Design to Minimize the Need for Lighting; Optimized Lighting Design; Efficient Lamps and Fixtures; Exterior Lighting; Controls; Decorative Lighting Other Lighting Issues Plug Loads; Large Electric Loads; 12 Hot and Cold Water; Reducing Use; Hot Water; New Water and Heat Sources; Water and Heat Recycling; Condensate Recovery; Rainwater Harvesting; Solar Energy; Cost of Water Improvements; Water Summary; 13 Indoor Environmental Quality; Indoor Air Quality; Ventilation Challenges; Indoor Air Quality Solutions; Community; Site; Building Shape; Near-Building; Outer Envelope; Unconditioned Spaces; Inner Envelope; Internal Gains; Ventilation; Indoor Air Quality during Construction and Preceding Occupancy; Thermal Comfort; Background Measuring Comfort |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453960503321 |
Ching Frank <1943->
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| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sustainable healthcare architecture [[electronic resource] /] / Robin Guenther, Gail Vittori
| Sustainable healthcare architecture [[electronic resource] /] / Robin Guenther, Gail Vittori |
| Autore | Guenther Robin |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (482 p.) |
| Disciplina | 725/.51 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VittoriGail |
| Collana | Wiley Series in Sustainable Design |
| Soggetto topico |
Hospital architecture - Environmental aspects
Health facilities - Design and construction - Environmental aspects Sustainable architecture |
| ISBN |
1-118-41611-2
1-118-41865-4 |
| Classificazione | ARC018000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Context -- pt. 2. Actualizing the vision -- pt. 3. Sustainable healthcare today -- pt. 4. Visioning the future. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792296203321 |
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Guenther Robin
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| Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013 | ||
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Sustainable healthcare architecture / / Robin Guenther, Gail Vittori
| Sustainable healthcare architecture / / Robin Guenther, Gail Vittori |
| Autore | Guenther Robin |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (482 p.) |
| Disciplina | 725/.51 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VittoriGail |
| Collana | Wiley Series in Sustainable Design |
| Soggetto topico |
Hospital architecture - Environmental aspects
Health facilities - Design and construction - Environmental aspects Sustainable architecture |
| ISBN |
9781118416112
1118416112 9781118418659 1118418654 |
| Classificazione | ARC018000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Context -- pt. 2. Actualizing the vision -- pt. 3. Sustainable healthcare today -- pt. 4. Visioning the future. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910969330303321 |
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Guenther Robin
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| Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sustainable use of wood in construction / / Jim Coulson
| Sustainable use of wood in construction / / Jim Coulson |
| Autore | Coulson Jim (James C.) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (214 pages) |
| Disciplina | 691/.10286 |
| Soggetto topico |
Building, Wooden
Sustainable construction Construction industry - Waste minimization |
| ISBN |
1-118-53964-8
1-118-53961-3 1-118-53965-6 |
| Classificazione | ARC018000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Preface Acknowledgements 1 Some Things You Should Know About Wood, Trees and Forests 1.1 Some basic information on how trees grow 1.2 Basic tree types - softwoods and hardwoods 1.3 The properties of timbers 1.4 Different forests and tree types 1.5 Rate of growth 1.6 Natural forests 1.7 Managed forests: Conifers 1.8 Managed forests: Broadleaves 2 The Concept of Being 'Sustainable' 2.1 Being sustainable: A definition and a target 2.2 What can we do to help? 2.3 Using the forest resource: The economic argument 2.4 Legal harvesting 2.5 The Timber Trade Federation: Introducing its responsible purchasing policy 3 Voluntary Timber Certification Schemes 3.1 Some further details on the RPP 3.2 Checking legality - I: The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 3.3 Checking legality - II: FLEGT 3.4 Going beyond FLEGT: MYTLAS 3.5 Checking legality - III: Other 'legality' certification schemes 3.6 Checking sustainability: Chain of Custody Certification 3.7 FSC and PEFC as Chain of Custody Certifiers 3.8 Other Chain of Custody Certification bodies 3.9 UKWAS 3.10 Third-party assurance 3.11 How Chain of Custody schemes operate 4 The UK Government and European Regulations: Legally Trading in World Timbers 4.1 Checking up on the checkers: The role of CPET 4.2 CPET's help with legality and sustainability requirements 4.3 Legality and sustainability: The UK government's definitions 4.4 Legal timber sources - the UK government's definition 4.5 Sustainable timber sources - the UK government's definition 4.6 Category A and Category B - 'Proof of Compliance' 4.7 Current and future supplies of certified timber 4.8 The EUTR: Europe's new and compulsory 'timber legality scheme' 4.9 The meaning of 'due diligence' 4.10 Satisfying the EUTR 4.11 Who actually needs to obey the EUTR? 4.12 The 'first placer on the market' 4.13 CE marking and the CPR 4.14 CITES: What exactly is it? 5 Specifying Sustainable Timber for any Project: Some Important Dos and Don'ts; With a Bit More About Wood 5.1 Using wood in a sustainable way 5.2 The government's Timber Procurement Policy (TPP): A brief reminder 5.3 Certificates 5.4 What if I can't get the timber I want? 5.5 The use of recycled timber 5.6 Insisting on a particular Chain of Custody 'brand' for your certified timber 5.7 Deciding which wood to use 5.8 Some of wood's other characteristics 6 Some Principal Softwoods Used in Construction in the UK: With Their Main Properties and Sustainability Credentials 7 A Selection of Hardwoods Used in the UK: With Their Main Properties and Sustainability Credentials 8 Re-use of Timber and Wood Products: The Carbon Cycle, End of Life Disposal and Biomass 8.1 The true 'carbon cycle' 8.2 End of life disposal of timber and wood-based products 8.3 Recycled timber 8.4 Disposal of timber in landfill 8.5 Burning wood: Fossil fuels versus biomass 8.6 Biomass 9 Energy Considerations and Construction Materials 9.1 Embodied energy 9.2 Cradle to grave analysis 9.3 Cradle to cradle 9.4 BREEAM Appendix 1 Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in this Book Appendix 2 Timber and Wood Products: Some Helpful Organisations Index . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139138003321 |
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Coulson Jim (James C.)
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| Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sustainable use of wood in construction / / Jim Coulson
| Sustainable use of wood in construction / / Jim Coulson |
| Autore | Coulson Jim (James C.) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (214 pages) |
| Disciplina | 691/.10286 |
| Soggetto topico |
Building, Wooden
Sustainable construction Construction industry - Waste minimization |
| ISBN |
1-118-53964-8
1-118-53961-3 1-118-53965-6 |
| Classificazione | ARC018000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Preface Acknowledgements 1 Some Things You Should Know About Wood, Trees and Forests 1.1 Some basic information on how trees grow 1.2 Basic tree types - softwoods and hardwoods 1.3 The properties of timbers 1.4 Different forests and tree types 1.5 Rate of growth 1.6 Natural forests 1.7 Managed forests: Conifers 1.8 Managed forests: Broadleaves 2 The Concept of Being 'Sustainable' 2.1 Being sustainable: A definition and a target 2.2 What can we do to help? 2.3 Using the forest resource: The economic argument 2.4 Legal harvesting 2.5 The Timber Trade Federation: Introducing its responsible purchasing policy 3 Voluntary Timber Certification Schemes 3.1 Some further details on the RPP 3.2 Checking legality - I: The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 3.3 Checking legality - II: FLEGT 3.4 Going beyond FLEGT: MYTLAS 3.5 Checking legality - III: Other 'legality' certification schemes 3.6 Checking sustainability: Chain of Custody Certification 3.7 FSC and PEFC as Chain of Custody Certifiers 3.8 Other Chain of Custody Certification bodies 3.9 UKWAS 3.10 Third-party assurance 3.11 How Chain of Custody schemes operate 4 The UK Government and European Regulations: Legally Trading in World Timbers 4.1 Checking up on the checkers: The role of CPET 4.2 CPET's help with legality and sustainability requirements 4.3 Legality and sustainability: The UK government's definitions 4.4 Legal timber sources - the UK government's definition 4.5 Sustainable timber sources - the UK government's definition 4.6 Category A and Category B - 'Proof of Compliance' 4.7 Current and future supplies of certified timber 4.8 The EUTR: Europe's new and compulsory 'timber legality scheme' 4.9 The meaning of 'due diligence' 4.10 Satisfying the EUTR 4.11 Who actually needs to obey the EUTR? 4.12 The 'first placer on the market' 4.13 CE marking and the CPR 4.14 CITES: What exactly is it? 5 Specifying Sustainable Timber for any Project: Some Important Dos and Don'ts; With a Bit More About Wood 5.1 Using wood in a sustainable way 5.2 The government's Timber Procurement Policy (TPP): A brief reminder 5.3 Certificates 5.4 What if I can't get the timber I want? 5.5 The use of recycled timber 5.6 Insisting on a particular Chain of Custody 'brand' for your certified timber 5.7 Deciding which wood to use 5.8 Some of wood's other characteristics 6 Some Principal Softwoods Used in Construction in the UK: With Their Main Properties and Sustainability Credentials 7 A Selection of Hardwoods Used in the UK: With Their Main Properties and Sustainability Credentials 8 Re-use of Timber and Wood Products: The Carbon Cycle, End of Life Disposal and Biomass 8.1 The true 'carbon cycle' 8.2 End of life disposal of timber and wood-based products 8.3 Recycled timber 8.4 Disposal of timber in landfill 8.5 Burning wood: Fossil fuels versus biomass 8.6 Biomass 9 Energy Considerations and Construction Materials 9.1 Embodied energy 9.2 Cradle to grave analysis 9.3 Cradle to cradle 9.4 BREEAM Appendix 1 Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in this Book Appendix 2 Timber and Wood Products: Some Helpful Organisations Index . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822219603321 |
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Coulson Jim (James C.)
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| Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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