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“david cheshire”

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  • Regenerative by Design

    Creating living buildings and cities

    by David Cheshire ...
    How do we design cities and buildings that metabolise, use living materials and are net positive - that give back more to the planet than they take?Our cities and buildings are a drain on the planet, requiring huge amounts of resources and tracts of land to support their needs, and destroying biodiversity in the process. The idea of living, regenerative buildings is gaining ground - buildings that ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Building Revolutions

    Applying the Circular Economy to the Built Environment

    by David Cheshire ...
    The construction industry operates within a linear economy of make, use, dispose. Buildings are stripped out and torn down with astonishing regularity while new buildings are constructed from hard-won virgin materials. But raw materials are becoming scarce, and the demands for them are exploiting fragile ecosystems, even as the global demand for resources continues to rise.Policy makers and ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • The Handbook to Building a Circular Economy

    by David Cheshire ...
    This book is a call to arms to all architects, designers and built environment professionals. To avoid a climate catastrophe and achieve a regenerative built environment, the use of new materials and any excess waste in resources need to be cut out from the very beginning of the design process. This requires far-reaching change in established industry processes. How might this begin? What are the ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

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    Greening Existing Buildings

    by Jean Carroon ...
    Sustainable Preservation takes a nuanced look at the hundreds of choices that adaptive reuse requires architects to make—from ingenious ways to redeploy existing structural elements to time-honored techniques for natural ventilation to creation of wetlands that restore a site's natural biological functions. In addition, Sustainable Preservation presents 50 case studies of projects—schools, houses, ... Read more

    $79.00 USD

  • Sustainable Infrastructure

    The Guide to Green Engineering and Design

    by S. Bry Sarte ...
    As more factors, perspectives, and metrics are incorporated into the planning and building process, the roles of engineers and designers are increasingly being fused together. Sustainable Infrastructure explores this trend with in-depth look at sustainable engineering practices in an urban design as it involves watershed master-planning, green building, optimizing water reuse, reclaiming urban ... Read more

    $89.00 USD

  • Sustainable Landscape Construction, Third Edition

    A Guide to Green Building Outdoors

    by Kim Sorvig, J. William Thompson ...
    Since the publication of the first edition in 2000, Sustainable Landscape Construction has helped to spur a movement towards resilient outdoor environments, in the U.S. and throughout the world. The third edition has been updated to include important recent developments in this landscape revolution. It remains essential reading for everyone with an interest in "green" design of outdoor spaces and ... Read more

    $79.19 USD

  • Sustainability in Interior Design

    by Siân Moxon, Sian Moxon ...
    Series series Portfolio Skills
    The environmental impact of interior architecture and design practice is immense. This book highlights the need for designers to adapt the way they work and relearn lessons that have been lost.Contrary to many preconceptions, sustainable design can be sophisticated and stylish. And by its nature, a sustainable approach means considering the whole life cycle of a project and therefore improving the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Re-Use Atlas

    A Designer's Guide Towards the Circular Economy

    by Duncan Baker-Brown ...
    This book is a highly illustrated “map,” using photos, infographics and statistics, showing designers how they can successfully navigate the emerging field of resource management and the circular economy. Using the Brighton Waste House Project as a basis for this, the book will look at key moments and landmark decisions made during its design and construction, as well as the people and projects ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Eco Hero Handbook

    Simple Solutions to Tackle Eco-Anxiety

    by Tessa Wardley ...
    As we face a global environmental crisis, The Eco Hero Handbook addresses all your eco-anxieties and dilemmas to empower you to become part of the solution.Looking behind the slogans and exploring the myths, this handy guide offers a clear and balanced exploration of the major eco-debates, enabling you to make decisions based on facts. Featuring practical steps for positive action in all areas of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Environmental Management for Hotels

    by David Kirk ...
    Environmental Management for Hotels is a textbook for hospitality students that covers the relatively new field of environmental management. The reader is guided in how to make decisions which allow hotels to obtain optimum benefits for the environment whilst not threatening their own financial viability. Students are given an understanding of both the concepts and practical implications of ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Cradle to Cradle

    Remaking the Way We Make Things

    by William McDonough, Michael Braungart ...
    A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism"Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. But as this provocative, visionary book argues, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave" manufacturing model that dates to the Industrial Revolution and casts off as much as 90 ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Off The Grid Homes

    by Lori Ryker ...
    An in-depth look at the strategies employed in sustainable home design. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus