Williamson T., Radford A., Bennetts H. Understanding Sustainable Architecture

Taylor & Francis Group, 2004. — 173 p. — ISBN: 0-203-21729-2Acknowledgements
Sustainability
ESD (?)
A global framework
A cultural/philosophical framework
The manageable (but fragile) earth
Towards a basis for action
Images
Fields of significance
World citizens and pluralism
The international culture of architecture
Architectural expression
The natural image
The cultural image
The technical image
Overlapping images
Ethics
Questions about value
The moral class
Rights and duties
The consequentialist approach
Intergenerational equity
Environmental ethics
Discourse ethics
Beautiful acts
Objectives
Stakeholders
Knowledge
Design advice
The globalization of standards and regulations
Local contexts
Systems
A systems view
Buildings as systeme
The environment
Social and cultural relevance
The occupants
Economic performance
The building
The life cycle of a building
Life cycle sustainability assessment
Environment assessment
Economic assessment
The environmental assessment of building
Iterative multiple criteria decision-making
Recognizing assumptions
Green houses
Climate and architecture
The science of global warming
The international politics
Global warming and building design
Building design and climate change
The appropriate objectives
Cohesion
Responsive cohesion
Place, people and stuff
Reflective practice and reasoned argument
Credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability
Public policy and the status quo
The future
Appendix: A partial checklist for sustainable architecture
Bibliography
Index