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Building for a changing climate : the challenge for construction, planning and energy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Peter F. (Peter Frederick), 1930-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2010.
Subjects:
City planning > Environmental aspects.
Housing > Environmental aspects.
Climatic changes.
Sustainable urban development.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Prepare for four degrees
  • 2. Probable future impacts of climate change
  • 3. The UN carbon trading mechanism
  • 4. Setting the pace towards climate-proof housing
  • 5. Future-proof housing
  • 6. Building-integrated solar electricity
  • 7. Sun, earth, wind and water
  • 8. Eco-towns : opportunity or oxymoron?
  • 9. The housing inheritance
  • 10. On-domestic buildings
  • 11. Community buildings
  • 12. Conventional energy
  • 13. Coal : black gold or black hole?
  • 14. Filling the gap; utility-scale renewables
  • 15. The age beyond oil
  • 16. The thread of hope.