Closing the loop : benchmarks for sustainable buildings / Susan Roaf, with Andrew Horsley and Rajat Gupta.

By:

Roaf, Susan

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : RIBA, c2004.Description: 531 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

1859461182
9781859461181

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

690 ROA

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	690 ROA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100353482

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Closing the Loop: Benchmarks for Sustainable Buildings is an authoritative guide to the issues and techniques behind benchmarking sustainable construction. It describes how to measure and achieve sustainability in construction. It contains a palette of issues, indicators and benchmarks, techniques, methods and tools - assembled from practice in the UK and around the world - that will give designers, developers and occupants an overview and understanding of the complex challenges they face to deliver truly 'sustainable' buildings. The book describes the range of sustainable design options and the various tools and techniques that can be used to investigate their success, all with the aim of enabling a more holistic approach to what currently is a fragmented development system.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Sue Roaf is Professor of Architecture at Oxford Brookes University and is engaged in research and teaching on subjects as diverse as photovoltaics in buildings to eco-tourism in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan and the technologies of the ancient world. Sue has written a number of books on energy efficient buildings including Ecohouse 2: A Design Guide and Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change.