environmental design

The first volume of the Wiley series, Environmentally Conscious Mechanical Design focuses on the foundations of environmental design - both understanding it and implementing it.  Coverage includes the important technical and analytical techniques and best practices of designing industrial, business, and consumer products that are environmentally friendly and meet environmental regulations.  Topics covered include, Optiizing Designs; Design for Environment (DFE) practices, guidelines, methods and tools; Life Cycle Assessment and Design; Reverse Engineering; ISO 14000 and Environmental

• analytical techniques
• best practices
• conscious
• consumer products
• designing industrial
• dfe
• ems standards
• environmental design
• environmental management systems
• environmentally friendly
• focuses
• foundations
• industrial business
• iso 14000
• life cycle assessment
• mechanical design
• practices guidelines
• reverse engineering
• wiley series

Focusing on green building as it applies to larger commercial, institutional buildings, Sustainable Construction provides a complete introduction to the design and construction of high-performance green buildings. By providing a thorough grounding on the subject, this insightful guide encourages you to realize the ecological and economic benefits of green building. Author Charles Kibert uses the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) suite of standards to explain the best practices in building procurement and delivery systems.

• author charles
• best practices
• delivery systems
• design and construction
• economic benefits
• environmental design
• green building council
• high performance
• industry professional
• insightful guide
• institutional buildings
• leed
• materials selection
• myriad decisions
• procurement
• real estate developer
• s green
• sustainable construction
• theory history
• wastewater

The built environment is responsible for an estimated 45% of all green house gas emissions. It is during the design process where decisions are made and which can have the greatest influence on the reduction of the impact of the built environment. The architectural brief is seen by architects as the most crucial part of the entire design process in terms of achieving high quality buildings. Environmental design strategies are often considered as being of lesser importance.

• achieving
• architects
• building design
• built environment
• continual improvement
• crucial
• decisions
• design process
• design strategies
• environmental design
• environmental performance
• gas emissions
• green house
• high quality
• international case studies
• quality buildings
• sustainability
• theoretical issues