Books of Interest
"Built Environment" section excerpted in part from the research guide "Sustainability" authored by Shannon Kealey:
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Alternative construction: contemporary natural building methods
Design of straw bale buildings: the state of the art
Designing the city: towards a more sustainable urban form
Engineering guide to LEED-new construction: sustainable construction
Evaluating sustainable development in the built environment
Fundamentals of integrated design for sustainable building
Future cities: dynamics and sustainability
Green BIM: successful sustainable design with building information modeling
Green building fundamentals: a practical guide
Green building handbook: a guide to building products and their impact on the environment
Green city: sustainable homes, sustainable suburbs
Green development: integrating ecology and real estate
Growing greener cities: urban sustainability in the twenty-first century
Hazards and the built environment: attaining built-in resilience
Indoor environment handbook: how to make buildings healthy and comfortable
LEED practices, certification, and accreditation handbook
Reinventing cities for people and the planet
Reshaping the built environment: ecology, ethics, and economics
Sustainable commercial interiors
Sustainable construction and design
Sustainable construction: green building design and delivery
Sustainable construction materials
Sustainable landscape construction: a guide to green building outdoors
Urban design: green dimensions
CLIMATE CONTROL
Energy-efficient building systems: green strategies for operation and maintenance
Handbook of heating, ventilation and air conditioning
Heating and cooling of buildings: design for efficiency
Passive building design : a handbook of natural climatic control
Solar water heating: a comprehensive guide to solar water and space heating
PHOTOVOLTAICS
Designing indoor solar products : photovoltaic technologies for AES
WATER SYSTEMS
Create an oasis with greywater: choosing, building and using greywater systems, including branched drains
