Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change: A 21st Century Survival Guide

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Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change

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Fergus Nicol, Sue Roaf and David Crichton

Format: Book
Pages: 400
Publisher: Architectural Press
Date Published: Sep 2009
Stock Code: 70601
ISBN: 9781856177207
Binding: Paperback

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From the bestselling author of Ecohouse, this fully revised edition of Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change provides unique insights into how we can protect our buildings, cities, infra-structures and lifestyles against risks associated with extreme weather and related social, economic and energy events. Three new chapters present evidence of escalating rates of environmental change. The authors explore the growing urgency for mitigation and adaptation responses that deal with the resulting challenges. Theoretical information sits alongside practical design guidelines, so architects, designers and planners can not only see clearly what problems they face, but also find the solutions they need, in order to respond to power and water supply needs. This work considers use of materials, structures, site issues and planning in order to provide design solutions. It examines recent climate events in the US and UK and looks at how architecture was successful or not in preventing building damage. Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change is an essential source, not just for architects, engineers and planners facing the challenges of designing our building for a changing climate, but also for everyone involved in their production and use. Features include: fully revised new edition gives practical design suggestions for combating climate change through architecture; no nonsense approach from the bestselling author of Ecohouse; and, full colour throughout to best illustrate design in practice.

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Sue Roaf

Sue Roaf is Professor of Architectural Engineering at Heriot Watt University and Visiting Professor at the Open University. She publishes widely on traditional; technologies, sustainable buildings, ecohouse design and adapting buildings and cities for climate change. She designed and lives in the Oxford Ecohouse, the first UK building with a photovoltaic roof and does much to promote resilient low impact buildings through the conferences she organises on Solar Cities, Carbon Counting, Architectural Education, Thermal Comfort and Post Occupancy Evaluation. She is currently co-chairing the Westminster and Scottish Carbon Accounting Groups with Colin Challen MP and Sarah Boyak MSP.