000			02069nam a2200145Ia 4500
020			_a0415283523
082			_a720.47 _bWIL
100			_aWilliamson, Terry & Others
245			_aUnderstanding sustainable architecture
260			_aLondon _bSpon Press _c2004
300			_axii,160p.
500			_aCONTENT : Preface ix Acknowledgements xi 1 Sustainability1 ESD (?) 3 A global framework 4 A cultural/philosophical framework 7 The manageable (but fragile) earth 9 Towards a basis for action 12 2 Images 19 Fields of significance 19 World citizens and pluralism 22 The international culture of architecture 24 Architectural expression 26 The natural image 27 The cultural image 29 The technical image 31 Overlapping images 33 3 Ethics 42 Questions about value 44 The moral class 47 Rights and duties 48 The consequentialist approach 51 Intergenerational equity 51 Environmental ethics 53 Discourse ethics 59 Beautiful acts 60 4 Objectives 64 Stakeholders 65 Knowledge 67 Design advice 70 The globalization of standards and regulations 75 Local contexts 77 5 Systems 81 A systems view 82 Buildings as systems 84 The environment 86 Social and cultural relevance 89 The occupants 91 Economic performance 91 The building 92 The life cycle of a building 93 Life cycle sustainability assessment 97 Environment assessment 98 Economic assessment 99 The environmental assessment of building 100 Iterative multiple criteria decision-making 101 Recognizing assumptions 104 6 Green houses 107 Climate and architecture 107 The science of global warming 111 The international politics 114 Global warming and building design 119 Building design and climate change 120 The appropriate objectives 125 7 Cohesion o 127 Responsive cohesion 128 Place, people and stuff 128 Reflective practice and reasoned argument 130 Credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability 131 Public policy and the status quo 132 The future 133 Appendix: A partial checklist for sustainable architecture 138 Bibliography 145 Index 155
890			_aUnited Kingdom
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