Sustainable Building Design Manual : Volume 1 & 2

Sustainable Building Design Manual : Volume 1 & 2

This book has been divided into two volumes. Volume 1 makes an approach on policy strands with regulatory controls. The significant features of this book are : International case-studies with experiences faced in Spain and UK, Issues and barriers to the implementation of policy, Market mechanisms that moves to the development, policy tools, pricing policy packages, energy services, etc. Volume 2 of this book focusses on a ready approach towards building dsign. The features of this book are : Sustainable site planning, water and waste management, solar passive building design, building materials used along with the recent technologies, effecient energy systems and a design checklist.