Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change

A 21st century survival guide

Sue Roaf, David Crichton, Fergus Nicol - Collection Architecture

362 pages, parution le 28/12/2004

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'A timely and fascinating book on the crucial issue of energy use in building which accounts for half of our total energy use.'STEPHEN TINDALE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GREENPEACE UK

Providing an insight into the real changes that are necessary to give our modern day built environment both 'sustainability' and 'survivability' this book is:

A unique text that reassesses the fundamentals of sustainable design
A discussion and design guide providing you with the full picture of true sustainability
Includes case studies supporting the argument that challenges orthodox architectural design

From Sue Roaf, the author of the best seller Ecohouse, with the internationally renowned co-authors and academics David Crichton and Fergus Nicol, this provocative and exciting book is based on the premise that climate change is happening around us today and its impacts on our lives will be far worse than commonly acknowledged. It argues that many modern buildings are not only 'unsustainable' but are also having a catastrophic effect on the global climate. In a uniquely frank argument, the book illustrates that the only way we can hope to survive the following century, with our societies intact, is if we begin to radically reduce CO2 emissions from our buildings, to stop building climatically disastrous 'modern' buildings and to develop a new generation of 'resilient', regionally appropriate, low-impact buildings, powered by clean, renewable energy, in which we can survive comfortably, in a warming world and in the dark cities of the future.

L'auteur - Sue Roaf

Sue Roaf is a professor at the School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, UK. She is the author of a number of books including Ecohouse also published by Architectural Press.

L'auteur - David Crichton

David Crichton is a visiting professor at University College London and Middlesex University. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute and has advised insurance companies in four continents on strategic climate change issues.

L'auteur - Fergus Nicol

Fergus Nicol is an internationally respected expert in the field of thermal comfort and building physics, and has a particular interest in the interactions between buildings and their occupants. He is a lecturer and professor at both Oxford Brookes and London Metropolitan Universities.

Sommaire

Preface
Acknowledgements
Climate change: the battles begins
The evolution of buildings
Risk, scenarios and climate change
How hot will it get?
Thermal comfort
How wet will it get?
Wind storms
Sea level rises
Vulnerability, exposure and migration
Air-conditioning ? the ultimate solution?
Tall buildings
The fossil fuel crisis
Fuel security: when will the lights go out?
The players
Resilient buildings
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Elsevier
Auteur(s)	Sue Roaf, David Crichton, Fergus Nicol
Collection	Architecture
Parution	28/12/2004
Nb. de pages	362
Format	19 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1071g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780750659116
ISBN13	978-0-7506-5911-6