Planning and design strategies for sustainability and profit
Pitts, Adrian
Planning and design strategies for sustainability and profit pragmatic sustainable design on building and urban scales - Oxford Architectural Press 2003 - xi, 244p. 25cm
A practical guide which demonstrates how sustainability has been developed to provide tangible benefits, as an economically viable and profitable option, not only to the environment but also to users and designers. Explains how to create profit from sustainable design and planning of the built environment. Advises on how theories of sustainability, with examples of good practice and guidelines for future developments, can be applied in actual projects, drawing on case studies from Europe, north America and Australia. Identifies the problems which demand that a holistic approach to sustainability be taken and provides a range of solutions and techniques that can be applied.
0750654643
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
PLANNING POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS
PROFITABILITY
URBAN DESIGN
URBAN PLANNING
711.1
Planning and design strategies for sustainability and profit pragmatic sustainable design on building and urban scales - Oxford Architectural Press 2003 - xi, 244p. 25cm
A practical guide which demonstrates how sustainability has been developed to provide tangible benefits, as an economically viable and profitable option, not only to the environment but also to users and designers. Explains how to create profit from sustainable design and planning of the built environment. Advises on how theories of sustainability, with examples of good practice and guidelines for future developments, can be applied in actual projects, drawing on case studies from Europe, north America and Australia. Identifies the problems which demand that a holistic approach to sustainability be taken and provides a range of solutions and techniques that can be applied.
0750654643
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
PLANNING POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS
PROFITABILITY
URBAN DESIGN
URBAN PLANNING
711.1