Overview
- Shows how sustainable design is a collective process whereby the built environment achieves unprecedented levels of ecological balance through new and retrofit construction, with the goal of long-term viability and humanization of architecture and the inclusion of green and blue elements
- Covers the basic principles of sustainable landscape ecological management, from resource conservation, green infrastructure, built development, and environmental quality to social equity, human health and political participation
- Presents the design of flexible systems, integrated for comprehensive performance delivery
- Describes processes and patterns of both urban growth and shrinkage as a new and intertwined topic of urban systems research
Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology Series (ESSTS)
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Table of contents (26 entries)
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Front Matter
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Models of Sustainable Built Environments
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Building Design for Sustainability
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Professor Loftness has served on over 25 Boards of Directors, including EPA’s NACEPT, DOE’s FEMAC, and the National USGBC, AIA, and ILFI Boards. She has served on 12 National Academy of Science panels as well as the Academy’s Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment and given four Congressional testimonies on sustainable design. Her work has influenced national policy and building projects, including the Adaptable Workplace Lab at the U.S. General Services Administration and the Laboratory for Cognition at Electricity de France.
Professor Loftness has been recognized as a LEED Fellow; a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council, the New Buildings Institute, and the Scott Energy Institute; and one of 13 Stars of Building Science by the Building Research Establishment in the UK. She received Awards of Distinction from AIA Pennsylvania and NESEA, holds a National Educator Honor Award from the American Institute of Architecture Students,and a “Sacred Tree” Award from the US Green Building Council. Professor Loftness is a Bachelor of Science and Master of Architecture from MIT.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable Built Environments
Editors: Vivian Loftness
Series Title: Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0684-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, Reference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-0716-0683-4Published: 23 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-1-0716-0684-1Published: 22 September 2020
Series ISSN: 2629-2378
Series E-ISSN: 2629-2386
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXI, 713
Number of Illustrations: 78 b/w illustrations, 310 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Studies/Sociology, Building Construction and Design, Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings, Geography, general, Landscape Ecology, Environmental Policy