Sustainable high rise buildings in urban zones : advantages, challenges, and global case studies /: advantages, challenges, and global case studies. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ali Sayigh, editor.
• Editors: Sayigh, A. A. M, 1939-
• Contents: Kuala Lumpur City Centre Integrated Urban Development Zone: A New Art of Urban Living -- Sustainable High-Rise Buildings in the Netherlands -- Analysis of Architectural Design Sustainability Issues of Office Towers in Hot Climates: UAE Case -- Indoor Environment and Assessment -- The Increasing Demand on High-Rise Buildings and Their History -- The Sustainable High-Rise Building Renewables and Public Perceptions -- Environmentally Performative Design for High-Rise Buildings in North America -- Assessing the Myths on Energy Efficiency When Retrofitting Multifamily Buildings in a Northern Region -- High-Rise Buildings in Context of Sustainability; Urban Metaphors of Greater Cairo, Egypt: A Case Study on Sustainability and Strategic Environmental Assessment -- High-Rise Buildings in Mediterranean Climate: "Illa de la Llum" Case Study in Barcelona.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 720/.47; 621.042; Energy; Sustainable buildings; Tall buildings; City planning; ARCHITECTURE -- Sustainability & Green Design; ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning; City planning; Sustainable buildings; Tall buildings; Technology & Engineering -- Civil -- General; Science -- Environmental Science; Civil engineering, surveying & building; Sustainability; Civil engineering; Sustainable development; Technology & Engineering -- Power Resources -- General; Energy technology & engineering; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319177564; 3319177567
• Related ISBNs: 9783319177557
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 16, 2017).
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