Sustainable Design Ecology, Architecture, and Planning

, by Williams, Daniel E.; Orr, David W.; Watson, Donald

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ISBN: 9780471709534 | 0471709530
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 5/1/2007

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Written by an architect who is an expert in sustainable design and is a former chair of the AIA's Committee on the Environment (COTE), this book will be a primer on green and sustainable design. It will define issues of sustainable design, illustrate conceptual ideas and case studies, and provide an information base for continued learning for architects.

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Foreword
Foreword
FAIA
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction

The Ecological Model
Ecology
Ecology as a Model
Waste Debts
The Value of Land
Paradigm Shift
Thinking as a System: Connectivity, Not Fragmentation
Sustainable Design
Where Do We Want to Go?
Design Matters
Why Architects?
Green Design versus Sustainable Design
Why Now?
Approaching Sustainability
Place-Based Energy and Resources
Principles for Designing Sustainably
Where to Start?
Regional Design
Evolving from Nonrenewables
Another Weak Link: The Power Grid
The Regional Design
Water: A Common Denominator
Make No Small Plans
The Regional Design Process
Regional Case Studies
Cache Valley, Utah
Farmington, Minnesota: Building within the Community Watershed
Smart Growth: Southeast Florida Coastal Communities
Sustainable Urban and Community Design
A Matter of Place
Principles for Sustainable Communities
Regional Ecology and Biourbanism
Sustainable Urban and Community Case Studies
Lessons from Belle Glade: Can We Save the Everglades and Sustain Agriculture?
Rio Nuevo Master Plan
Growing the Great River Park
Architectural Design
The Site: Challenges and Opportunities
Site Design and Environmental Analysis
Sustainable Infrastructure
The Skin
Evolving a Sustainable Design Practice
Sustainable Design and Existing Buildings
Sustainable Interior Architecture

The AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects Program
1997 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects
1998 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects
1999 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects
2000 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects
2001 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects
2002 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects
2003 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects
2004 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects
2005 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects
2006 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects
Afterword
Sustainability Terms
Bibliography
Index
Photo Credits
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