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The new carbon architecture : building to cool the climate / Bruce King.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Gabriola Island, BC, Canada : New Society Publishers, (c)2017.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781771422567
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • NA2542 .N493 2017
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Beyond zero : the time value of carbon / by Erin McDade -- Counting carbon : what we know and how we know it / by Catherine De Wolf, Barbara Rodriguez Droguett, and Katharina Simonen -- Rebuild : what you build mattters, what you don't build matters more / by Larry Strain -- Wood : like never before -- Straw and other fibers : a second harvest / with Chris Magwood and Massey Burke -- Concrete : the reinvention of artificial rock / with Fernando Martirena and Pauil Jaquin -- Plastic : so great, so awful ... some new directions / by Mikhail Davis, Wes Sullens, and Wil Srubar -- To your health : the health benefits and impacts of natural building materials / by Pete Walker, Andrew Thomson, and Daniel Maskell -- Size matters : can buidlings be too tall? / by Ann Edminster -- Technology and localization : trends at play -- Action plan : places to intervene in a system.
Subject: "It's time to move past "green buildings," which alone aren't enough to halt climate change. The New Carbon Architecture explores how biomimicry-inspired innovations in architecture and construction--from cities made of wood to insulation grown from straw and mycelium--will pull carbon from the atmosphere, heal the climate, and produce safer, healthier, and more beautiful buildings."--
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Beyond zero : the time value of carbon / by Erin McDade -- Counting carbon : what we know and how we know it / by Catherine De Wolf, Barbara Rodriguez Droguett, and Katharina Simonen -- Rebuild : what you build mattters, what you don't build matters more / by Larry Strain -- Wood : like never before -- Straw and other fibers : a second harvest / with Chris Magwood and Massey Burke -- Concrete : the reinvention of artificial rock / with Fernando Martirena and Pauil Jaquin -- Plastic : so great, so awful ... some new directions / by Mikhail Davis, Wes Sullens, and Wil Srubar -- To your health : the health benefits and impacts of natural building materials / by Pete Walker, Andrew Thomson, and Daniel Maskell -- Size matters : can buidlings be too tall? / by Ann Edminster -- Technology and localization : trends at play -- Action plan : places to intervene in a system.

"It's time to move past "green buildings," which alone aren't enough to halt climate change. The New Carbon Architecture explores how biomimicry-inspired innovations in architecture and construction--from cities made of wood to insulation grown from straw and mycelium--will pull carbon from the atmosphere, heal the climate, and produce safer, healthier, and more beautiful buildings."--

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