Environmentally Friendly Cities

The 15th Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) conference considered the issues of sustainability and environmental friendliness at the city scale. Some 150 papers address the many and varied questions faced by architects and planners in reducing the impact on the environment of cities and their buildings. Topics include: * urban planning * solar architecture * retrofitting * daylighting * passive cooling and natural ventilation * energy and environmental impact of building materials * design tools and analysis techniques * regulations, solar access and certification * education