Sustainability at teh Cutting Edge is your first point of reference in understanding the future direction of sustainable technology. The book deals, not only with current best practice and state of the art case studies, but also with emergent technologies which will transform the relationship between buildings and energy.
Professo Smith describes how buildings can be made to signficantly reduce their reliance on fossil-based energy by the use of solar and geothermal resources. He also describes a range of renewable energy generating technologies. As sustainable building becomes increasingly essential – with the advance of climate change, government legislation and international treaties – this is valuable knowledge for every architect, engineer and design who wishes their design to be both responsive and cutting edge.
Buildings are currently a major part of the carbon emissions problem. This book indicates how they may become part of the solution.
About the Author
Peter Smith is the Chairman of the RIBA Sustainable Futures Committee. He is also a Professor of Architecture at Sheffield Hallam University and an Emeritus Professor of Architecture at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.
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