Title:
Build beyond zero : new ideas for carbon-smart architecture
Author:
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Publication Date:
2022
Publication Information:
Washington D.C. : Island Press, [2022]
Physical Description:
xx, 255 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN:
9781642832112
Abstract:
"Net Zero" has been an effective rallying cry for the green building movement, signaling a goal of having every building generate at least as much energy as it uses. Enormous strides have been made in improving the performance of every type of new building, and even more importantly, renovating the vast and energy-inefficient collection of existing buildings in every country. If we can get every building to net-zero energy use in the next few decades, it will be a huge success, but it will not be enough.
Contents:
Front Cover -- About Island Press -- Subscribe -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Definitions -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Story of Carbon: The Birth of the Universe, of Carbon, and of Life -- Chapter 2: A Brief History of Green Building: Waking Up to Climate Emergency -- Box 2.1: The Existing Building Solution -- Chapter 3: Life Cycle Analysis: Tracking Carbon's Stocks and Flows -- Chapter 4: Metals and Minerals: Steeling Ourselves -- Chapter 5: Concrete: Many Ways to Make a Rock -- Box 5.4: The Case for Modern Earthen Building
Box 5.5: More than a Floor -- Box 5.6: Entering the North American Market as an Earth Block Producer -- Box 5.7: Can We Grow Carbon-Storing Buildings? -- Chapter 6: Biological Architecture: Wood and Mass Timber, Agricultural Byproducts, Purpose-Grown Crops, Waste Stream Fibers, and Lab-Grown Materials -- Box 6.2: Landscape Architecture: Connecting to the Carbon Conversation -- Chapter 7: Witches' Brew: Plastics, Chemistry, and Carbon -- Chapter 8: Construction: On Site and Under Zero -- Chapter 9: Education: We All Need Schooling to Make This Possible
Language:
English
