Green Studio Handbook

<p>Making the complexities of green architecture accessible to the design studio <i>The Green Studio Handbook</i> remains a must-read for current and future architects. </p><p>The heart of this book provides 43 comprehensive design strategies covering the building envelope lighting heating cooling energy and electricity and water and waste – each with a description key architectural issues implementation considerations and a step-by-step design procedure for integration early in the design process. Each design strategy has been thoroughly reviewed and updated to reflect the latest evidence-based guidance best practices and standards in consideration of all climatic zones.</p><p>In addition to more than 80 building examples provided throughout ten in-depth case studies illustrate successful integration of numerous strategies.</p><p>All case studies are brand-new to this fourth edition and include a wide range of building types from the USA Colombia Rwanda Malaysia Denmark Bhutan Canada and Australia.</p><p>Envelope design strategies have been significantly revised and expanded to include new strategies on:</p><ul> <li>Foundation systems for the reduction of embodied carbon</li> <li>Framing systems using mass-timber bamboo and other natural material-based systems</li> <li>Low-complexity wall systems using natural elements such as earth lime straw and hemp</li> <li>High-complexity wall systems for enhanced thermal performance and strength</li> <li>Additional roofing systems beyond green roofs</li> </ul>