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Green Building Technology Guide: Residential
- 1st Edition - January 1, 2029
- Editor: Fred Andreas
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 0 8 1 0 4 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 0 7 9 4 9 - 6
These Green Building Technology Guides provide you with a comprehensive set of tools to understand, evaluate, design, and execute green building strategies in your projects!… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThese Green Building Technology Guides provide you with a comprehensive set of tools to understand, evaluate, design, and execute green building strategies in your projects! Expert authors share clear and concise steps to achieve high-performance building solutions at multiple levels, from basic LEED projects to advanced Zero Net Energy Buildings (ZNEB), exploring all aspects of green building design. Materials, equipment, systems, methods, and resources are all broken down by CSI format, and aligned with USGBC LEED categories, as well as Enterprise Green Communities criteria.
This Green Building Technology Guide focuses on residential applications. It discusses materials from masonry and wood to furniture; building systems such as passive heating and cooling, and sustainable lighting; and energy systems, like wind, photovoltaic, and smart grid technology.
The green and sustainable technologies presented in these three volumes showcase newly available and soon-to-be released prototype products and systems. You will be able to incorporate these cutting-edge concepts into your designs and projects with confidence, as the technologies are fully and clearly explained. From design professional to student, and from builder to owner, these resources offer a clear and detailed guide to the greenest, newest and highest tech green products and systems available.
- Innovate with cutting-edge materials and efficient energy systems
- Cut costs and compare product attributes with checklists and online real-time pricing tool
- Benefit from the successes and lessons of experienced professionals
- Reduce energy use and maintenance needs, while improving environmental performance
Energy, Civil and Environmental Engineers and Students; Architects; Building Professionals including Developers, Contractors, Program Planners, Project Planners, Industrial Designers, Project Managers and Construction Managers, Facades Designers and Envelope Engineers; Building Science Educators and Researchers; Interior Designers and Building Specifications’ Experts
Volume 1 - Residential
Section 1 Materials1.01 Masonry1.02 Finishes1.03 High Performance Wall Systems1.04 Agriboard 1.05 Wood1.06 Windows1.07 Bamboo Flooring 1.08 Furniture 1.09 Natural Building - Earth Bag1.10 Natural Building - Straw Bale Section 2 Building Systems2.01 Passive Heating and Cooling2.02 Building Automated Systems 2.03 Sustainable Lighting
Section 3 Energy Systems3.01 Building Utilized Wind Technology3.02 Building Integrated Photovoltaics 3.03 Micro Grid & Smart Grid Technology 3.04 Wireless Power
- No. of pages: 256
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 2029
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124081048
- eBook ISBN: 9780124079496
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Fred Andreas
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Dept of Architecture, CAP, Assistant Research Professor, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, and Principal Architect, UNiT design studio, p.c.