Construction Ecology: Nature as a Basis for Green Buildings

by Charles J. Kibert (Editor), Jan Sendzimir (Editor), G. Bradley Guy (Editor)

Overview

Industrial ecology provides a sound means of systematising the various ideas which come under the banner of sustainable construction and provides a model for the design, operation and ultimate disposal of buildings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134508303
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	08/27/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Charles J. Kibert, Director of the Rinker School of Building Construction, University of Florida, is one of the authors of the concept known as sustainable construction. Jan Sendzimir is a systems ecologist at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria and is fostering the large-scale application of adaptive management in Central Europe, especially Poland. Brad Guy, an architect, is a Research Associate in the Center for Construction and Environment at the University of Florida and is an internationally recognized expert on building deconstruction and materials reuse.

Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. 1. Defining an Ecology of Construction. Part 1. The Ecologists. 2. Material Circulation, Energy Hierarchy, and Building Construction. 3. On Complexity Theory, Exergy, and Industrial Ecology, 4. Applying the Principles of Ecological Emergence to Building Design and Construction. 5. Using Ecological Dynamics to Move Towards an Adaptive Architecture. Part 2. The Industrial Ecologists. 6. Minimizing Waste Emissions from the Built Environment. 7. Industrial Ecology and the Built Environment. 8. Construction Ecology and Metabolism. 9. Construction Ecology. Part 3. The Architects. 10. Ecologic Analogues and Architecture. 11. Natural Metabolism as the Basis for "Intelligent" Architecture. 12. Green Architecture. Conclusions. Glossary Index.

Editorial Reviews

Contributors to this work, including ecologists, industrial ecologists, architects, and materials manufacturers, have collaborated to survey the evolution of concepts of construction ecology since 1994. They define construction ecology as a subset of industrial ecology focusing on the built environment, and examine areas such as complexity theory and industrial ecology, minimizing waste emissions from the built environment, and green architecture. Kibert directs the Rinker School of Building Construction at the University of Florida. He is known as one of the pioneers of the concept of sustainable construction. The book is distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

'This volume contains a stimulating discussion on an interesting new aspect of building science, and the contributions are by no means uniformly pro-green.' - Architectural Science Review

This volume contains a stimulating discussion on an interesting new aspect of building science, and the contributions are by no means uniformly pro- 'green'. - Architectural Science Review

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