Sustainability

Summarizes smart technologies like IoT, edge computing, and AI used in different aspects of waste material management, mitigation, and recycling for a sustainable environment. A collection of practical case studies, this book provides comprehensive knowledge in smart waste management to readers in universities, research centers, and industries.

This book reviews technologies, evaluation methods, and applications of self-healing cementitious materials and examines concrete structures based on various materials with self-repair capability and their implications for the future use in sustainable projects.

A major overview of Singapore’s most exciting architecture practice, documenting the complete corpus of WOHA’s pioneering sustainable and built work.

Illustrated showcase of recent house designs which exemplify green architecture and how such houses provide sustainable living environments.

Renewable Energy Systems for Building Designers presents a comprehensive introduction to the latest resources and technologies used in high performance and net zero energy buildings, with a practical focus on the design and integration of these systems.

"Sustainable design integrates consideration of resource and energy efficiency, healthy buildings and materials, ecologically and socially sensitive land-use, and an aesthetic sensitivity that inspires, affirms, and ennobles..." The construction process affects the environment and surrounding ecosystem.

How ecological design emerged in Scandinavia during the 1960s and 1970s, building on both Scandinavia’s design culture and its environmental movement.

A practical guide for architects and planners showing how we can do even better than net-zero energy.