Sustainable practices in the built environment / edited by Craig A. Langston and Grace K.C. Ding.

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Sustainability is a key issue and its impact on the construction industry, as one of the major users of the Earth's resources, is starting to take hold. This book deals with sustainability as it affects the construction industry, looking at the techniques and issues which designers, engineers, planners and construction managers will have to deal with in their day-to-day activities. It covers methods of analysis such as environmental impact assessment and cost-benefit analysis as well as topics on design and energy regulation and conservation. The book is an important introduction to the subject for senior undergraduate and postgraduate students. Given the importance and novelty of the subject, professionals in the construction industry will also find the book valuable.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• List of Contributors
• Foreword to the first edition
• Foreword to the second edition
• Introduction
• Part 1 Environmental Quality: The planet in crisis
• Sustainable development
• Accounting for the environment
• Part 2 Development Controls
• Environmental law
• Environmental impact assessment
• Environmental policies and strategies
• Analytical Tools: Environmental economics
• Cost-benefit analysis
• Estimating social costs and benefits
• Part 4 Project Feasibility
• Project selection criteria
• Intergenerational equity
• The measurement of sustainablity
• Part 5 Design Considerations: Environmental impact of buildings
• low energy design
• embodied energy and recycling
• Part 6 Energy Conservation: Energy quality
• Renewable energy
• Energy regulation and policy
• Part 7 Life-cost Studies: Life-cost planning and analysis
• Determination of the discount rate
• Occupancy costs
• Part 8 Asset Management: Post-occupancy evaluation
• Environmental auditing
• Facility Management

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