The ldquo;green building revolutionrdquo; is a worldwide movement for energy-efficient; environmentally aware architecture and design. Europe has been in the forefront of green building technology; and Green Building Trends: Europe provides an indispensable overview of these cutting edge ideas and applications. In order to write this book; well-known U.S. green building expert Jerry Yudelson interviewed a number of Europersquo;s leading architects and engineers and visited many exemplary projects. With the help of copious photographs and illustrations; Yudelson describes some of the leading contemporary green buildings in Europe; including the new Lufthansa headquarters in Frankfurt; the Norddeutsche Landesbank in Hannover; a new school at University College London; the Beaufort Court Zero-Emissions building; the Merck Serono headquarters in Geneva; and a zero-net-energy; all-glass house in Stuttgart. In clear; jargon-free prose; Yudelson provides profiles of progress in the journey towards sustainability; describes the current regulatory and business climates; and predicts what the near future may bring. He also provides a primer on new technologies; systems; and regulatory approaches in Western Europe that can be adopted in North America; including building-integrated solar technologies; radiant heating and cooling systems; dynamic faccedil;ades that provide natural ventilation; innovative methods for combining climate control and water features in larger buildings; zero-netenergy homes built like Thermos bottles; and strict government timetables for achieving zero-carbon buildings. Green Building Trends: Europe is an essential resource for anyone interested in the latest developments in this rapidly growing field.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Good Book - Bad on KindleBy John F. PiacenzaThis is a good book! It is very informative about daVinci and it nicely ties together art and science/mathematics (although the author goes a little overboard with the golden ratio). However. DO NOT buy the kindle version! The photographic plates contained in the paper copy of the book did not appear in the kindle version. Also. it was very difficult to go back and forth between the endnotes and the text in which they were referenced on my kindle.John Piacenza0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent historical. artistic and scientific insight. very enjoyableBy Marc ShepanekThis is a fun and educational read! People are people. and the author helps us see a transformational genius of the past. on whose shoulders science stands and art can be viewed. Weaving history. science. mathematics and art into an accessible and understandable tapestry that will beautifully adorn any library. And an excellent read for anyone looking for some of the many linkages between art and science that many feel are either opposing arenas or somehow unrelated. The author makes some of the best of math and science available to the artist and art accessible to those who may have only studied math or science or engineering. The book is a wonderful gift.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Not what youd expectBy Mr. LeoplurodonThe book actually has very little about the math included in the Mona Lisa. but it was a very good book about math and the golden ratio. Overall not what I was looking for but still a great book.
