TY - GEN AU - Vallero, Daniel A. AU - Brasier, Chris TI - Sustainable design : the science of sustainability and green engineering U1 - 720.47 PY - 2008/// CY - New Jersey PB - John Wiley & Sons, Inc. KW - KW - Buildings--Energy conservation KW - Architecture--Decision making KW - Buildings--Performance KW - Environmental engineering N1 - Preface ix Chapter 1. The evolution of design process 1 Process: Linear and Cyclical Design 3 Building Design Process 6 Program or Problem Statement 7 Skeletal Form or Schematic 7 Systems Development 7 Technical Detailing and Documentation/Implementation 8 A Transitional Model 8 The Synthovation/Regenerative Model 14 The Necessity for Synthesis-Integrated Innovation in Sustainable Design 22 Models from Nature of lntegrated Systems Design 24 Principles of Biomimicry 25 Emerging Tools for Collaboration, Synthesis, and Innovation in Design 26 Open-Source Software 27 Think Cycle 27 BIM Tools 28 Integration and Collaboration 30 Notes and References 30 Chapter 2. First principles 33 The Cascade of Science 33 Physics 36 Thermodynamics 36 Systems 37 Motion 41 Green Mechanics 42 Environmental Determinate Statics 43 Applications of Physics in Green Engineering 4 7 Mass and Work 48 Power and Efficiency 55 More about Forces 57 Environmental Dynamics 60 Fluids 61 Bioenergetics 74 Systematic Design and the Status Quo 74 N ates and References 80 Chapter 3. Transitions 83 A Brief History 83 How Clean Is Clean? 84 Donora, Pennsylvania 92 Love Canal, New York 100 The Bhopal Incident 109 Control 115 Ad Hoc and Post Hoc Life-Cycle Perspectives 122 Intervention at the Source of Contamination 122 Intervention at the Point of Release 124 Intervention as a Contaminant Is Transported in the Environment 124 Intervention to Control the Exposure 125 Intervention at the Point of Response 125 Thermodynamics and Stoichiometry 126 Applying Thermal Processes for Treatment 127 Thermal Destruction Systems 130 Calculating Destruction Removal 135 Formation of Unintended By-products 136 Processes Other Than Incineration 139 Pyrolysis 141 Emerging Thermal Technologies 141 Indirect Pollution 142 Biology Is the Green Engineer's Friend 144 Pollution Prevention 146 Notes and References 153 Chapter 4. Place and time 157 Thermodynamics of Time and Space 158 Soil: The Foundation of Sustainable Sites 164 Green Architecture and the Sense of Place 168 Pruitt Igoe: Lessons from the Land Ethic in 21st-Century Design 169 Sustainability 174 The Tragedy of the Commons 176 Ethics of Place 177 Implementing Sustainable Designs 179 What's Next? 184 Notes and References 186 Chapter 5. Sustainable design and social responsibility 191 Revisiting the Harm Principle: Managing Risks 192 Justice: The Key to Sustainable Design 207 Evolution of Responsible Conduct 208 Concurrent Design 210 Benchmarking 213 Notes and References 220 Chapter 6. The sustainability imperative 221 Green Practice and the Case for Sustainable Design 222 Social Responsibility: The Ethical and Social Dimensions of Sustainable Design 224 The Green Categorical Imperative 225 Environmental Justice 233 Environmental Impact Statements and the Complaint Paradigm 238 The Role of the Design Professions 251 Professional Competence 255 Green Design: Both Integrated and Specialized 255 Notes and References 256 Chapter 7. The carbon quandary: essential and detrimental 259 Carbon and Rain 269 Global Warming 272 Carbon Sequestration 281 The Good, the Bad, and the Misunderstood 297 Notes and References 298 Chapter 8. We have met the future and it is green 301 Predictions for the Future 304 Science304 The Professions 304 The Government 304 Education 305 Energy 306 Economics 306 From Sustainable to Regenerative Design 307 Mass Production to Mass Customization 307 Lessons from the First-Years 309 Studio I: Survey of the Literature 310 Studio II: Application of Sustainability Principles and Concepts 310 Studio III: Innovation 311 Low-Tech Design Based on Outside-the-Box Thinking 312 Integrated Life-Cycle Thinking 319 Human Factors and Sustainability 322 Seeing the Future through Green-Colored Glasses 325 Notes and References 326 Index 327 ER -