Global Warming Built Environm Cl

Impending climatic change represents a challenge to professionals and practitioners involved with the design and management of the built environment. With contributions from authors of international reputation, this book discusses the interaction between the built and natural environments, and charts the developments in social responsibility and environmental accountability, environmental and energy auditing, ecologically sustainable design and energy standards and labelling.
The authors offer practical insights and techniques regarding design and management of buildings and urban settlements based on their own experiences and expertise. As well as discussing the issues and problems, they offer solutions which can be used by all those concerned with the effect of the built environment on global warming.