Sustainable communities design handbook : green engineering, architecture, and technology /: green engineering, architecture, and technology. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Woodrow W. Clark, II.
• Other Names: Clark, Woodrow W
• Contents: Chapter 1: The Tools for Sustainable Development -- Chapter 2: Global Warming and Climate Change: The Mechanisms for Community Cases Toward Solutions -- Part One: Architectural Design and Building in Communities -- Chapter 3: Public Policy: Leadership at the local, state, national and international levels -- Chapter 4: Government: The Case of Sustainable College Communities -- Chapter 5: Green Buildings: standards and codes that provide environmentally sound technologies and returns on investments -- Part Two: Agile Sustainable Infrastructure Systems -- Chapter 6: Smart Communities: the public and private sectors integration of infrastructures, technologies and buildings -- Chapter 7: Technologies, Engineering and Science -- Chapter 8: The Environment, Land Use, Natural Resources Today and the Future -- Part Three: Economic, Legal and Accounting Mechanisms -- Chapter 9: Economics and Accounting: Life Cycle Analysis, Externalities, Markets and ROI (return on investment) -- Chapter 10: Legal contracts and Power Purchase Agreements -- Chapter 11: Corporate Governance and Responsibility -- Model Sustainable Communities, Regions and Nation States -- Chapter 12: Global Cases of Sustainable Communities -- Chapter 13: Conclusions: the next generation, life styles and beyond -- APPENDIX A: Sustainable Development -- APPENDIX B: Greenhouse Gas Analysis -- APPENDIX C: Demand Side Management -- APPENDICE E: Case of Legal Mechanism: The Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) -- APPENDIC F: References and Web Site Data Sources.
• Publisher Details: Burlington, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 322 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 333.79; Environmental policy; Sustainable development; Green technology; Sustainable architecture; Sustainable engineering; Environmental Studies; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources -- General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Energy; SCIENCE -- Energy; Environmental policy; Green technology; Sustainable architecture; Sustainable development; Sustainable engineering; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080963365; 0080963366
• Related ISBNs: 9781856178044; 1856178048
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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