TY  - BOOK
AU  - Williams,Daniel Edward
TI  - Sustainable design: ecology, architecture, and planning 
T2  - A Wiley book on sustainable design
SN  - 9780471709534 (hbk.) :
AV  - NA2542.36 .W548 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Hoboken, NJ
PB  - Wiley
KW  - Sustainable architecture
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-263) and index; Part 1 : 1. The ecological model : Ecology ; Ecology as a model ; Waste debts ; The value of land ; Paradigm shift ; Thinking as a system: connectivity not fragmentation -- 2. Sustainable design : Where do we want to go? ; Design matters ; Why architects? ; Green design vs. sustainable design ; Why now? ; Approaching sustainability ; Place-based energy & resources ; Principles for designing sustainably ; Where to start? -- 3. Regional design : Evolving from nonrenewables ; Another weak link: the power grid ; The regional design ; Water: a common denominator ; Make mo small plans ; The regional design process ; Regional case studies: Cache Valley, Utah ; Farmington, Minnesota: Building within the community watershed ; Smart Growth: southeast Florida coastal communities -- 4. Sustainable urban and community design : A matter of place ; Principles for sustainable communities ; Regional energy and biourbanism ; Sustainable urban and community case studies: Lessons from Belle Glade: can we save the Everglades and sustain architecture? ; Rio Nuevo master plan ; Growing the Great River Park -- 5. Architectural design : The site: challenges and opportunities ; Site design and environmental analysis ; Sustainable infrastructure ; The skin ; Evolving a sustainable design practice ; Sustainable design and existing buildings ; Sustainable interior architecture -- Part 2 : 6. AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects Program : 1997-2005 -- Afterword -- Sustainability terms
ER  -