Industrial ecology provides a sound means of systematising the various ideas which come under the banner of sustainable construction and provides a model for the design, operation and ultimate disposal of buildings.
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'This volume contains a stimulating discussion on an interesting new aspect of building science, and the contributions are by no means uniformly pro-green.' - Architectural Science Review
About the Author
Charles J. Kibert, Director of the Rinker School of Building Construction, University of Florida, is one of the authors of the concept known as sustainable construction. Jan Sendzimir is a systems ecologist at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria and is fostering the large-scale application of adaptive management in Central Europe, especially Poland. Brad Guy, an architect, is a Research Associate in the Center for Construction and Environment at the University of Florida and is an internationally recognized expert on building deconstruction and materials reuse.
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By George Walter Tedder III "retired-chef" (Gainesville, Florida United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
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Dr. Kibert presents a number of topics and authors to give a perspective to modern construction ecology. This is a complex standard by which student can get a good rounded approach to the topic and introduced to many knowledgable authors.
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The construction and operation of the built environment has disproportionate impacts on the natural environment relative to its role in the economy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
material intensity analysis, ceiling activation, construction ecology, mass emergy, emergy per mass, exergy degradation, second energy law, energy hierarchy, ecological rucksack, green building movement, industrial ecologists, appropriate biotechnology, ecologic design, adaptive cycle, industrial ecology, industrial symbiosis, sustainable construction, natural metabolism, industrial metabolism, ecological resilience, ecosystem organization, industrial ecosystems, ecological design, concentrating materials, integrated resource management Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Copyright Wuppertal Institute, United Nations, University of Florida, John Wiley, United States Bureau of Mines, University of Waterloo, Island Press, Malcolm Wells, United States Department of Commerce, United States Geological Survey, Cambridge University Press, Industrial Revolution, Jan Sendzimir, Oxford University Press, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Columbia University Press, National Academy Press, Office of Technology Assessment, San Francisco, United States Bureau of the Census, Worldwatch Institute, After Allen, Franklin Associates, Green Building Council New!
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The construction and operation of the built environment has disproportionate impacts on the natural environment relative to its role in the economy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
material intensity analysis, ceiling activation, construction ecology, mass emergy, emergy per mass, exergy degradation, second energy law, energy hierarchy, ecological rucksack, green building movement, industrial ecologists, appropriate biotechnology, ecologic design, adaptive cycle, industrial ecology, industrial symbiosis, sustainable construction, natural metabolism, industrial metabolism, ecological resilience, ecosystem organization, industrial ecosystems, ecological design, concentrating materials, integrated resource management Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Copyright Wuppertal Institute, United Nations, University of Florida, John Wiley, United States Bureau of Mines, University of Waterloo, Island Press, Malcolm Wells, United States Department of Commerce, United States Geological Survey, Cambridge University Press, Industrial Revolution, Jan Sendzimir, Oxford University Press, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Columbia University Press, National Academy Press, Office of Technology Assessment, San Francisco, United States Bureau of the Census, Worldwatch Institute, After Allen, Franklin Associates, Green Building Council New!
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- Gentle Architecture by Malcolm Wells on 4 pages
- Industrial Ecology (2nd Edition) by Thomas E. Graedel on 4 pages
- Sustainable Development of the Biosphere by William C. Clark on page 27, page 126, and page 149
- Hierarchy: Perspectives for Ecological Complexity by T. F. H. Allen in Front Matter, and page 103
- Ecological Design by Sim Van der Ryn in Front Matter, and page 247
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