Sustainable infrastructure : the guide to green engineering and design /
S. Bry Sarté.
- Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010.
- xix, 363 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. The process and systems of sustainable design : The process of sustainable engineering design : Creating a new paradigm for design ; The sustainable design team: an engineer's perspective ; Design drivers for sustainable infrastructure systems ; Implementing the process -- Sustainable infrastructure frameworks : Establishing a framework ; Using sustainable infrastructure frameworks -- Part II. Sustainable resource systems : Water conservation and supply : Water management plan ; Achieving water balance ; Analyzing water sources ; Water supply strategies -- Integrated water management : Water a resource, not waste product ; Integrated stormwater management ; Urban stormwater treatment strategies ; Extensive stormwater treatment systems ; Addressing constraints and barriers to implementation ; Graywater treatment and reuse ; Integrating graywater into a water resources master plan ; Blackwater management approaches -- Energy and greenhouse gases : Reducing demand through design ; Designing sustainable power supplies ; Addressing climate change and reducing carbon footprint ; Policy measures for increasing energy security and efficiency ; Design guidelines and performance standards -- Sustainable site planning, built systems, and material flows : Sustainable site planning ; Green streets and transportation networks ; Green streets ; Working with the land ; Material and waste flows -- Part III. Design applications : City-scale approaches : Guangzhou: city-scale transformation in China ; Tianjin eco-city master plan ; PlaNYC: an integrated stormwater approach ; San Francisco city greening initiatives ; The expressive potential of infrastructure -- Applications for sustainable communities : Achieving a perfect balance: Pearl Island, Panama ; Going beyond engineering: sharing standards for sustainability ; Integrating stormwater strategies into the transect at the community scale: Cattle Creek, Colorado ; Stitching together lost connections with green infrastructure -- Building-scale sustainable infrastructure : The California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco ; Creating the new academy ; Chartwell School: design teaches children to celebrate water and energy ; Pearl Island, Panama: designing buildings for energy savings ; Sustainable sites initiative ; Brisbane City Hall: green site design ; Stanford University green dorm: a living laboratory ; Pearl River Tower, Guangzhou, China.
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