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Zedlife : how to build a low-carbon society today / Bill Dunster.
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Title:Zedlife : how to build a low-carbon society today / Bill Dunster.
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Author/Creator:Dunster, Bill, author.
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Published/Created:London : RIBA publishing, [2018]
©2018
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Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: NA2542.36 .D86 2018
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Library of Congress Subjects:Sustainable architecture.
Buildings--Environmental engineering.
Architecture--Environmental aspects.
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Description:vii, 208 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 25 cm
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Summary:The argument for low-cost, zero-energy, zero-waste architecture has never been timelier, while the mainstream has largely abandoned or neglected this agenda: in the UK the recent mandatory zero-carbon performance targets for new homes have been postponed or forgotten at a time when thousands of new homes will be built, and there is already a shortage of electric generating capacity. This book offers a forceful challenge to the current addiction to overconsumption of natural capital and energy, and provides workable, sustainable solutions for zero-carbon, zero-waste design.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:185946999X paperback
9781859469996 paperback
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Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I INTRODUCTION
1. Beginner's Guide to ZEDlife
2. ZEDlife: A call to engage
pt. II ZEDLIFE TOOLS
3. Tool 1 The ZEDroof
4. Tool 2 Solar-charged exchangeable batteries
5. Tool 3 Low-carbon transport: The ZEDbike, electric vehicles and the filling stations of the future
6. Tool 4 Building-level energy systems: Air-sourced head pumps and solar-assisted heating and cooling
7. Tool 5 District-level energy systems and food production
8. Tool 6 Retrofit adaptation of existing buildings
9. Tool 7 Rainwater harvesting and water re-use
10. Tool 8 Tool combinations
pt. III CASE STUDIES: APPLYING THE TOOLS
11. Case Study 1 The Zero Bills Home
12. Case Study 2 ZEDpods
13. Case Study 3 Rehousing Somalia's IDPs: From emergency housing to a long-term urban solution
14. Case Study 4 Shoreham Cement Works: Mixed-use regeneration
15. Case Study 5 AfricaZED
16. Case Study 6 Shanghai Expo ZEDpavilion
17. Case Study 7 Higher-density strategies: Living under a park
18. Case Study 8 One Planet Business Centre
19. Case Study 9 Jingdezhen Ceramic Centre and the urban solar farm
20. Case Study 10 BedZED 15 years on
21. Conclusion.