Building Sustainable Futures Design and the Built Environment
· Explains key topics related to sustainable development and futures· Clarifies the impact of emerging technologies on sustainable development · &nb
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Mohammad Dastbaz • Ian Strange Stephen Selkowitz Editors
Building Sustainable Futures Design and the Built Environment
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Editors Mohammad Dastbaz Faculty of Arts, Enviro & Tech Leeds Beckett University Leeds United Kingdom Ian Strange Centre for Urban Dev & Environmental Mgt Leeds Beckett University Leeds United Kingdom
Stephen Selkowitz Building Technology and Urban Systems Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley California USA
ISBN 978-3-319-19347-2 ISBN 978-3-319-19348-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-19348-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015947255 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank all the contributing authors for their tireless efforts in providing us with their valuable research that has made this book possible. We also would like to thank Tiffany Gasbarrini and the Springer team for working closely with us and providing advice and support when needed. Special thanks to Carole Smith for her constant and valuable administrative support, for being patient, sending numerous e-mails, as deadlines loomed, and for gathering all the information and material required getting the book to the production stage. We would like to thank all the colleagues at Leeds Sustainability Institute (LSI) at Leeds Beckett University, who provided us with their support and research material and helped shape the structure of the book. Mohammad Dastbaz Ian Strange Stephen Selkowitz
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Contents
Part I Sustainable Construction and Measurement 1 Building Sustainable Futures: An Ever Changing Policy Agenda������ 3 Mohammad Dastbaz and Ian Strange 2 Surveying and Measuring the Thermal Properties of Buildings��������� 15 Christopher Gorse, Melanie Smith, David Glew, Felix
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