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Sustainable Design Basics by Jaffe, Sharon B., Fleming, Rob, Karlen, Mark, Roberts, Saglinda H. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Sustainable Design Basics about?
An accessible, climate-diverse guide that transforms readers from sustainable design novices to whole-solution problem solvers. Sustainable Design Basics is a student-friendly introduction to a holistic and integral view of sustainable design. Comprehensive in scope, this textbook presents basic technical information, sustainability strategies, and a practical, step-by-step approach for sustainable building projects. Clear and relatable chapters illustrate how to identify the factors that reduce energy use, solve specific sustainable design problems, develop holistic design solutions, and address the social and cultural aspects of sustainable design. Requiring no prior knowledge of the subject, the text’s easy-to-follow methodology leads readers through the fundamental sustainable design principles for the built environment. Sustainably-constructed and maintained buildings protect the health and improve the productivity of their occupants, as well as help to restore the global ecosystem. The authors, leading practitioners and educators in sustainable design, have created a resource that provides a solid introduction to broad level sustainability thinking that students can take forw
Who reads Sustainable Design Basics?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jaffe, Sharon B., Fleming, Rob, Karlen, Mark, Roberts, Saglinda H.
- Publisher
- Wiley & Sons, Limited, John
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781119443735
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Art, Arts
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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