| | |  | Sustainable Housing | Home » » The Green Studio Handbook: Environmental Strategies for Schematic Design | | | | | | | Description: | | With more and more clients and architecture schools demanding 'green' design, both student and professional architects need to get up to speed quickly with the vast range of techniques in this fast moving area.
This extensive and user-friendly handbook presents practical guidelines for applying environmental strategies during the schematic design of green buildings. For each strategy, the book provides: brief descriptions of principles and concepts, step-by-step approaches for integrating technologies into the early stages of design, annotated tables and charts to assist with preliminary design sizing, key issues to be aware of when implementing a given strategy, and references to the most recent international standards and rating systems, guidelines, and internet resources.
The text is reinforced with conceptual sketches and photos in full color, illustrating each strategy. A discussion of the green design process and case studies of several green building projects puts the strategies presented in context.
* Provides information required to implement green design ideas with confidence and accuracy.
* Practical information provided in an easy-to-use format.
* Full colour images throughout. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Alison Kwok | | Paperback:
| 392 pages | | Publisher:
| Architectural Press | | Publication Date:
| December 26, 2006 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0750680229 | | Product Length:
| 10.66 inches | | Product Width:
| 8.44 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.94 inches | | Product Weight:
| 3.08 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.7 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.6 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 3.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 8 reviews |
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16 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 Green Studio HandbookOct 17, 2007
By L. Whitehead
This is a great book for anyone interested in designing sustainable buildings. There are 7 sections - envelope, lighting, heating, cooling, energy production, water and waste and case studies- with different strategies in each. The sections are very clear and explain what each strategy is, how it's achieved, the problems and design considerations for each. Also there are lots of diagrams, charts and real-world examples. I would highly recommend this book it is very easy to read and it makes what may seem like complicated sustainable systems, easy to implement into your own designs.
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Excellent Resource, A Must HaveSep 21, 2007
By Z. A. Pennell
As an architecture student, I have found this to be an ideal source for helping me incorporate green design strategies into studio projects. Time is always valuable during the design process and having all this data under one cover is sure to save you bundles of it. Filled with top-notch photos, written descriptions, and evocative sketches and illustrations, I can't recommend this book enough.
9 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Every Architect Needs this one!Jul 07, 2007
By E. Dameron
This is a great book, thats easy to use, clear and consise and even looks great on the coffee table (colour photos). This book is a helpful resource for those who are practitioners as well as those who need a guide to more informatively converse in green design strategy with their contractors/architects.
10 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 Decent overview, but thin on detailsApr 21, 2008
By D. Beideck
The book does a decent job of listing many of the green approaches to building. However, I found it lacking more of the details that would have made it more useful from my perspective. I am not an architect. Maybe those details are less necessary for someone with that background. As a future owner of what I hope to be a green home, this is a decent book. However, "Your Green Home" by Alex Wilson is probably a better introduction to the field.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
very easy to readApr 09, 2008
By Michelle
"modern swinger"
I love this book, it is very detailed and easy to read. It is organized very well and is really helpful. It covers a lot of the basics of sustainable design. I do wish that it went more in-depth with a few things, but it is more of an overview type book.
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