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Elements of Architecture Principles of Environmental Performance in Buildings

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ISBN-10: 1844077179

ISBN-13: 9781844077175

Edition: 2009

Authors: Scott Drake, Stefan G�ssling, Paul Upham

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The Elements of Architecture is a clear and well structured introduction to sustainable architecture, which concentrates on general principles to make an accessible and comprehensive primer for undergraduate students. The author takes a fresh and logical approach, focusing on the way aspects of the built environment are experienced by the occupants and how that experience is interpreted in architectural design. He works through basic elements and senses (sun; heat; light; sound; air; water and fire) to explain and frame effective environmental architectural design ¿ not only arguing that the buildings we inhabit should be viewed as extensions of our bodies that interact with and protect us…    
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Book details

List price: $57.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/28/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.17" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Introduction
Climate Change
The History and Theory of Emissions Trading: A New Tool for Environmental Management
The Kyoto Protocol
The EU Emission Trading Scheme
The Emission Trading System proposals in the USA
The Emission Trading System proposals in Canada
The New-Zealand Emission Trading Scheme
The Emission Trading Systems in Australia
The Emission Trading System proposals in South-Africa
The Voluntary Emission Trading Scheme in Japan
Voluntary offsetting markets
Conclusion (including the impact of the credit crunch on carbon finance)