Halliday S. Sustainable construction

Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008. — 395 p. — ISBN10: 0750663944; ISBN13: 9780750663946.This groundbreaking book will help all building design, management and cost professionals to understand sustainable design and provide the technical skills needed to implement the most up-to-date concepts. Based on a hugely successful series of workshops for professionals in construction, the book covers the history of ideas, materials, measurement - both cost and benchmarking performance - environmental services, and the building design and delivery process through to post-occupancy evaluation. It covers individual buildings and the urban scale.About the author
AcknowledgementsSustainability drivers
Policy and legislation
Cost issues
Appraisal tools and techniques
Materials selection
Low-impact construction
Heating
Electrical installations
Lighting and daylighting
Ventilation and cooling strategies
Renewable technology
Water and sewage management
Construction processes
Urban ecology