Description: Tall buildings represent a way of the future which is perceived as necessary despite being environmentally unfriendlyThis book demonstrates methods to make these energy-consuming buildings as efficient as possible until a time when the world finds economically viable alternativesKen Yeang remains one of the world's foremost experts on sustainability and the modern skyscraper. Acknowledging that the skyscraper is possibly one of the most ecologically unfriendly of all building types, he states that until an economically viable alternative is identified, it is necessary to make them as humane and as sustainable as possible.Each project is presented together with data on its climatic location, the local vegetation, plot ratio, net and gross areas.
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Book Title: ECO Skyscrapers
Item Length: 10.8in.
Item Height: 0.7in.
Item Width: 6.4in.
Author: Ken Yeang, Lucy Bullivant
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: General, Sustainability & Green Design
Publisher: IMAGES Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Architecture
Item Weight: 22.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
