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Author : Sustainability Victoria
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781920825409
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (254 download)
Download or read book Energy Smart Housing Manual written by Sustainability Victoria and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sam Rashkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578987095
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Housing 2.0 written by Sam Rashkin and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home is the ultimate consumer product. It has to be. We spend nearly 70 percent of our lives in our homes. Which leads to the "why" forHousing 2.0: Home is where life happens. Moreover, housing is one our nation's largest industries with a profound impact on our national economy. However, five crises are historically converging on the industry causing exponentially increasing pain. Housing 2.0 is about connecting the dots by identifying four market-ready innovations that will effectively mitigate these crises. In essence, it is a guide how to prepare for the inevitable disruption looming ahead.And it all begins by shifting the housing industry to a user experience optimization business model. Housing 2.0 uniquely serves this transitionwith an actionable framework for consistently delivering homes that meet and exceed homebuyer expectations. It includes:? 19 strategies for optimizing 5 key user experiences? 150+ proven user experience best practices? 400+ pages of meticulously organized content? 360+ citations supporting key findings and recommendations? Hundreds of charts, graphs, and illustrations? Eight thought leaders essays providing expert insights in key principlesAdapting the Housing 2.0 framework provides an opportunity to build homes with substantially greater user value at significantly lower cost.This finding is supported by detailed tabulations throughout the book and empirical case studies in the final chapter. But one warning. Housing 2.0 is a lot to take in all at once. Do not be overwhelmed by all of the exciting opportunities provided to optimize how we build communities and individual homes. Instead, every housing organization should be inspired to start getting on their own optimization path. One wherethey customize the comprehensive Housing 2.0 framework for their regional constraints and business constraints, and then start applying it to actual projects. Towards that end, all housing professionals are invited to join Housing 2.0 Workshops and Action Groups provided by Green Builder Media and to start their own journey to user experience leadership. Housing 2.0 is about homes where life happens better.
Author : Global Green USA
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1597267465
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (972 download)
Download or read book Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing written by Global Green USA and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blueprint for Green Affordable Housing is a guide for housing developers, advocates, public agency staff, and the financial community that offers specific guidance on incorporating green building strategies into the design, construction, and operation of affordable housing developments. A completely revised and expanded second edition of the groundbreaking 1999 publication, this new book focuses on topics of specific relevance to affordable housing including: how green building adds value to affordable housing the integrated design process best practices in green design for affordable housing green operations and maintenance innovative funding and finance emerging programs, partnerships, and policies Edited by national green affordable housing expert Walker Wells and featuring a foreword by Matt Petersen, president and chief executive officer of Global Green USA, the book presents 12 case studies of model developments and projects, including rental, home ownership, special needs, senior, self-help, and co-housing from around the United States. Each case study describes the unique green features of the development, discusses how they were successfully incorporated, considers the project's financing and savings associated with the green measures, and outlines lessons learned. Blueprint for Green Affordable Housing is the first book of its kind to present information regarding green building that is specifically tailored to the affordable housing development community.
Author : John Littlewood
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319520768
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)
Download or read book Smart Energy Control Systems for Sustainable Buildings written by John Littlewood and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is widespread interest in the way that smart energy control systems, such as assessment and monitoring techniques for low carbon, nearly-zero energy and net positive buildings can contribute to a Sustainable future, for current and future generations. There is a turning point on the horizon for the supply of energy from finite resources such as natural gas and oil become less reliable in economic terms and extraction become more challenging, and more unacceptable socially, such as adverse public reaction to ‘fracking’. Thus, in 2016 these challenges are having a major influence on the design, optimisation, performance measurements, operation and preservation of: buildings, neighbourhoods, cities, regions, countries and continents. The source and nature of energy, the security of supply and the equity of distribution, the environmental impact of its supply and utilization, are all crucial matters to be addressed by suppliers, consumers, governments, industry, academia, and financial institutions. This book entitled ‘Smart Energy Control Systems for Sustainable Buildings’ contains eleven chapters written by international experts based on enhanced conference papers presented at the Sustainability and Energy in Buildings International conference series. This book will be of interest to University staff and students; and also industry practioners.
Author : Marco Casini
Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0081006403
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Smart Buildings written by Marco Casini and published by Woodhead Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-27 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart Buildings: Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology to Improve Energy Efficiency and Environmental Performance presents a thorough analysis of the latest advancements in construction materials and building design that are applied to maximize building efficiency in both new and existing buildings. After a brief introduction on the issues concerning the design process in the third millennium, Part One examines the differences between Zero Energy, Green, and Smart Buildings, with particular emphasis placed on the issue of smart buildings and smart housing, mainly the 'envelope' and how to make it more adaptive with the new possibilities offered by nanotechnology and smart materials. Part Two focuses on the last generation of solutions for smart thermal insulation. Based on the results of extensive research into more innovative insulation materials, chapters discuss achievements in nanotechnology, bio-ecological, and phase-change materials. The technical characteristics, performance level, and methods of use for each are described in detail, as are the achievements in the field of green walls and their use as a solution for upgrading the energy efficiency and environmental performance of existing buildings. Finally, Part Three reviews current research on smart windows, with the assumption that transparent surfaces represent the most critical element in the energy balance of the building. Chapters provide an extensive review on the technical features of transparent closures that are currently on the market or under development, from so-called dynamic glazing to bio-adaptive and photovoltaic glazing. The aesthetic potential and performance limits are also be discussed. - Presents valuable definitions that are given to explain the characteristics, requirements, and differences between 'zero energy', 'green' and 'smart' buildings - Contains particular focus on the next generation of construction materials and the most advanced products currently entering the market - Lists both the advantages and disadvantages to help the reader choose the most suitable solution - Takes into consideration both design and materials aspects - Promotes the existence of new advanced materials providing technical information to encourage further use and reduce costs compared to more traditional materials
Author : John R. Littlewood
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 981166269X
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)
Download or read book Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2021 written by John R. Littlewood and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter “A Multi-functional Design Approach to Deal with New Urban Challenges” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Author : Stephane Ploix
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303076477X
Total Pages : 627 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Towards Energy Smart Homes written by Stephane Ploix and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book exemplifies how smart buildings have a crucial role to play for the future of energy. The book investigates what already exists in regards to technologies, approaches and solutions both with a scientific and technological point of view. The authors cover solutions for mirroring and tracing human activities, optimal strategies to configure home settings, and generating explanations and persuasive dashboards to get occupants better committed in their home energy managements. Solutions are adapted from the fields of Internet of Things, physical modeling, optimization, machine learning and applied artificial intelligence. Practical applications are given throughout.
Author : Joanna Williams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136575545
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Zero-carbon Homes written by Joanna Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Housing is a major contributor to CO2 emissions in Europe and America today and the construction of new homes offers an opportunity to address this issue. Providing homes that achieve "zero carbon", "carbon neutral", "zero-net energy" or "energy-plus" standard is becoming the goal of more innovative house-builders globally, whilst energy providers seek to decarbonise the energy supply to new and existing development. Various new technical systems for achieving these goals are beginning to emerge. For example the passive house whose energy requirement for space heating and cooling is almost zero; the smart grid that has revolutionized the management of energy, whilst enabling the connection of small-scale, renewable energy producers and electric vehicles to the grid; or the European super-grid which will enable zero carbon energy to be generated in the Sahara desert and stored in Norway. This book explores the diverse approaches that are being adopted around the world to deliver zero carbon homes and the different societal systems and geographic circumstances in which they have developed. It postulates a roadmap for delivering zero carbon homes, together with a toolbox approach for policy and practice to suit particular national and local circumstances. A series of case studies are presented that offer lessons for delivering zero carbon homes. These examples are also used to demonstrate how prototype systems can move into the mainstream. The book highlights some of the instruments and mechanisms that could be used to support this transformation and addresses the wider implications of introducing these innovative systems in terms of industry, lifestyle and urban form.
Author : Tom Hargreaves
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783319680170
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Smart Homes and Their Users written by Tom Hargreaves and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart home technologies promise to transform domestic comfort, convenience, security and leisure while also reducing energy use. But delivering on these potentially conflicting promises depends on how they are adopted and used in homes. This book starts by developing a new analytical framework for understanding smart homes and their users. Drawing on a range of new empirical research combining both qualitative and quantitative data, the book then explores how smart home technologies are perceived by potential users, how they can be used to link domestic energy use to common daily activities, how they may (or may not) be integrated into everyday life by actual users, and how they serve to change the nature of control within households and the home. The book concludes by synthesising a range of evidence-based insights, and posing a series of challenges for industry, policy, and research that need addressing if a smart home future is to be realised. Researchers will find this book provides useful insights into this fast-growing field
Author : Frank Geels
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131798174X
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)
Download or read book The Dynamics of Sustainable Innovation Journeys written by Frank Geels and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows that sustainable development should be analysed and managed as an innovation journey in which social, technological, political and cultural dimensions become aligned. The ‘journey’ aspect captures the open and uncertain nature of sustainable developments and highlights the agency dimension, with actors navigating, negotiating, groping and struggling their way forward (and sometimes backward). The book addresses the following research questions: What are the key processes and micro-dynamics of innovation journeys? Which policy lessons can be drawn for managing sustainable innovation journeys? To conceptualize the multi-dimensional nature of innovation journeys the book draws on insights from industrial economics, evolutionary economics, sociology of technology, political science and cultural studies. The book develops several new conceptual frameworks that make different crossovers between these disciplines. These frameworks are empirically tested with case studies on biofuels, onshore wind power, low energy housing, photovoltaic solar cells, biomass and fuel cells. The empirical studies are also used to derive several robust lessons as to how policy makers can influence sustainable innovation journeys. This book was published as a special issue of Technology Analysis & Strategic Management.
Author : Trivess Moore
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819927609
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (199 download)
Download or read book A Transition to Sustainable Housing written by Trivess Moore and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book explores the environmental, social, and financial challenges of housing provision, and the urgent need for a sustainable housing transition. The authors explore how market failures have impacted the scaling up of sustainable housing and the various policy attempts to address this. Going beyond an environmental focus, the book explores a range of housing-related challenges including social justice and equity issues. Sustainability transitions theory is presented as a framework to help facilitate a sustainable housing transition and a range of contemporary case studies are explored on issues including high performing housing, small housing, shared housing, neighbourhood-scale housing, circular housing, and innovative financing for housing. It is an important new resource that challenges policy makers, planners, housing construction industry stakeholders, and researchers to rethink what housing is, how we design and construct it, and how we can better integrate impacts on households to wider policy development.
Author : Manel Gutierrez
Publisher : Harper Design
ISBN 13 : 9780062395184
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (951 download)
Download or read book New Eco Homes written by Manel Gutierrez and published by Harper Design. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning, full-color showcase of the latest innovations in sustainable architecture and eco-friendly design, featuring thirty-five diverse homes. Today’s architects, designers, building craftsman, and homeowners are becoming more environmentally conscious, choosing eco-friendly living spaces with small carbon footprints that are built with sustainable materials. New Eco Homes explores various aspects of modern eco design, from its environmental and economical benefits, to factors considered when choosing materials: how much energy went into manufacturing the product, whether it is long lasting, and whether it can be recycled or safely disposed of as it eventually breaks down. It also examines important details involved in building, such as climate regulation, drainage systems, and regional planning. Each of the thirty-five projects contain photographs, floor plans, and detailed drawings that illustrate certain sustainable features, revealing how much the parameters of ecological design have expanded in just a few short years. New Eco Homes includes an introductory interview with an international specialist in green building, site plans, architectural drawings, and a complete directory of resources. Combining concern for the environmental with aesthetic sensibility, it is an essential resource for architects, designers, and homeowners interested in creating warm and inviting homes that are not only beautiful to inhabit, but help protect and conserve our natural environment as well.
Author : Heather Lovell
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811662533
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)
Download or read book Understanding Energy Innovation written by Heather Lovell and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book uses smart grids to explore and better understand energy innovation, from a social science perspective. Understanding Energy Innovation has four core themes--networks, nodes, narratives and nostalgia--and each chapter tackles a theme, using case studies from Australia and Europe. Energy innovation is currently occurring at a rapid pace, in response to a host of problems including climate change, high energy prices, and unreliable supply. Understanding Energy Innovation provides ways to think about and plan for energy sector reform and innovation, drawing on core ideas from social and innovation theory, and centred on smart grids as a case study. These academic ideas are written about in an accessible way, recognising that a diversity of people have an interest in energy innovation generally, and smart grids more specifically, and would like to find out more about ways of understanding energy innovation that integrate the social and the political.
Author : Denis B. Solovev
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030155773
Total Pages : 954 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Smart Technologies and Innovations in Design for Control of Technological Processes and Objects: Economy and Production written by Denis B. Solovev and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-10 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the Proceedings of The International Science and Technology Conference “FarEastCon-2018,” which took place on October 2-4, 2018 in Vladivostok, Russian Federation. The conference provided a platform for accumulating expert opinion on projects and initiatives aimed at the implementation of far-sighted scientific research and development, and allowed current scientific and practical achievements to be shared with wide circle of researchers. Featuring selected papers from the conference, the book is of interest to a broad range of experts involved in developing innovative solutions and organizing events that increase the efficiency of economic and innovative activities.
Author : Azhar ul Haque Sario
Publisher : epubli
ISBN 13 : 381870791X
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (187 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Innovation written by Azhar ul Haque Sario and published by epubli. This book was released on 2024-10-31 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world often driven by profit at the expense of people and the planet, "Sustainable Innovation: Business Strategies for a Greener Future" presents a compelling counter-narrative. This book serves as a clarion call to businesses, urging them to transcend their traditional roles and emerge as agents of positive change. It illuminates a path where enterprises can address pressing global challenges – from the looming threat of climate change to the persistent issue of economic inequality – while simultaneously achieving commercial success. Through a meticulous exploration of diverse sectors and innovative solutions, this book reimagines the possibilities for a sustainable future. From envisioning cities as greener, smarter hubs of human-nature harmony to harnessing the transformative potential of AI for job creation and skill development, the book showcases how businesses can lead the charge toward a more equitable and environmentally conscious world. It delves into the critical realms of sustainable agriculture, accessible education, mental health in the workplace, renewable energy adoption, cybersecurity, female empowerment in STEM, global health initiatives, blockchain applications, cultural heritage preservation, and the ethical considerations surrounding genetic engineering. "Sustainable Innovation: Business Strategies for a Greener Future" is not merely a theoretical treatise, but a practical guide for businesses seeking to navigate the complexities of the 21st century. It underscores the urgency of embracing sustainable practices, not as a burden but as an opportunity for growth and positive impact. This book serves as a beacon of hope, demonstrating that businesses can indeed be a force for good, driving innovation that benefits both humanity and the planet we call home.
Author : Sven Leonhardt, Tobias Nusser, Jürgen Görres, Sven Rosinger, Gerhard Stryi-Hipp, Martin Eckhard
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110777630
Total Pages : 769 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Innovations and challenges of the energy transition in smart city districts written by Sven Leonhardt, Tobias Nusser, Jürgen Görres, Sven Rosinger, Gerhard Stryi-Hipp, Martin Eckhard and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-11-16 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dana Bourland
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 164283128X
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)
Download or read book Gray to Green Communities written by Dana Bourland and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: US cities are faced with the joint challenge of our climate crisis and the lack of housing that is affordable and healthy. Our housing stock contributes significantly to the changing climate, with residential buildings accounting for 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. US housing is not only unhealthy for the planet, it is putting the physical and financial health of residents at risk. Our housing system means that a renter working 40 hours a week and earning minimum wage cannot afford a two-bedroom apartment in any US county. In Gray to Green Communities, green affordable housing expert Dana Bourland argues that we need to move away from a gray housing model to a green model, which considers the health and well-being of residents, their communities, and the planet. She demonstrates that we do not have to choose between protecting our planet and providing housing affordable to all. Bourland draws from her experience leading the Green Communities Program at Enterprise Community Partners, a national community development intermediary. Her work resulted in the first standard for green affordable housing which was designed to deliver measurable health, economic, and environmental benefits. The book opens with the potential of green affordable housing, followed by the problems that it is helping to solve, challenges in the approach that need to be overcome, and recommendations for the future of green affordable housing. Gray to Green Communities brings together the stories of those who benefit from living in green affordable housing and examples of Green Communities’ developments from across the country. Bourland posits that over the next decade we can deliver on the human right to housing while reaching a level of carbon emissions reductions agreed upon by scientists and demanded by youth. Gray to Green Communities will empower and inspire anyone interested in the future of housing and our planet.
