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Integrated Sustainable Design of Buildings
This book aims to provide a guide to members of design and masterplannng teams on how to deliver sustainable development and buildings cost-effectively, meeting current and emerging UK and international statutory and planning requirements. The book sets our a clear and understandable strategy that deals with all aspects of sustainable design and construction, and the implications for delivery, costs, saleability and long-term operation. The extensive scope includes all aspects of environmental, social and economic sustainability, including strategies to reduce carbon emissions and the impact of climate change.
Sustainable Retrofit and Facilities Management
Governments across the globe are setting targets for reducing their carbon emissions. For example, the UK Government has committed to an eighty per cent reduction by 2050, when twenty-eight million buildings that currently exist will still be standing; this represents a challenge to improve the energy efficiency of more than one building per minute between now and 2050! This is a problem that needs tackling worldwide and is a challenge to both the refurbishment sector of the global construction industry and to those who own and operate existing buildings. Sustainable Retrofit and Facilities Management provides comprehensive guidance to those involved in the refurbishment and management of ex...
Big Democracy
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Marilyn Horne
This completely rewritten autobiography has been brought up to date with new material covering the last twenty years, all new pictures, and a CD of live recordings chosen by Mme. Horne as the best to exemplify her talent.
Outlaws in Medieval and Early Modern England
With some notable exceptions, the subject of outlawry in medieval and early-modern English history has attracted relatively little scholarly attention. This volume helps to address this significant gap in scholarship, and encourage further study of the subject, by presenting a series of new studies, based on original research, that address significant features of outlawry and criminality over an extensive period of time. The volume casts important light on, and raises provocative questions about, the definition, ambiguity, variety, causes, function, adaptability, impact and representation of outlawry during this period. It also helps to illuminate social and governmental attitudes and respon...
Inheriting the Revolution
Details the experiences of the first generation of Americans who inherited the independent country, discussing the lives, businesses, and religious freedoms that transformed the country in its early years.
The Ambivalence of the Sacred
This text explains what religious terrorists and religious peacemakers share in common and what causes them to take different paths in fighting injustice.
