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Sustainable Housing:: Principles and Practice

Brian Edwards and David Turrent

  • Format: Book

  • Pages: 152

  • Publisher: E & FN Spon

  • Date Published: Jun 2000

  • Stock Code: 20123

  • Binding: Paperback

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Written by experts using case studies of latest practice, Sustainable Housing: Principles and Practice presents new perspectives on residential sustainability.

This fully illustrated book is based on the 'Housing and Sustainability' conference at the RIBA in October 1998. It is intended to guide action into this century, setting down key principles, providing important new technical information, and setting UK practice in a European context covering various topics over three main parts including:
Part 1. The Green Context
Part 2. Case Studies
Part 3. The Future

This book is not about the autonomous house but how to achieve self-sustaining communities. It looks at recent built projects(such as Hulme in Manchester, ambitious schemes on the drawing board(the Greenwich Millennium Village) to looking at how the design of Residential areas has a key role to play in addressing global warming.

An in depth and informative look into the future of urban development and conservation.

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About the Author

Brian Edwards

Dr Brian Edwards is Associate Professor of Sustainable Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen. He is an internationally recognised expert on sustainable architecture and a highly respected author of many books, six of which have been specifically on green issues. Brian has held numerous positions of responsibility within the field of architecture, including that of sustainability advisor to the Royal Institute of British Architects, 2000-2002.

David Turrent

David Turrent studied at Manchester University and qualified as an Architect in 1974. He worked for Dominic Michaelis Associates, the South London Consortium and Stephen George and Partners before setting up ECD (Energy Conscious Design) in 1980.

He has extensive experience in low energy, sustainable design across a range of sectors including; housing, education, commercial and arts/leisure. Past award winning projects include the Wetlands Conservation Centre, Slimbridge, the International Building, Royal Holloway College, Egham, and Coopers Road housing for Peabody Trust in Southwark.

David is a member of the RIBA Sustainable Futures Committee and co-editor of Housing and Sustainability; Principles and Practice. He is currently a Director of ECD Architects Ltd and also a member of the CABE Enabling Panel.

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