Sustainable Design: The
Science of Sustainability and Green Engineering
Scientific
Principles Necessary to Guide Your Decisions for Sustainable Designs
By Daniel A. Vallero, Chris
Brasier
Understand the
Interdisciplinary Nature of Sustainable Design
 Scientific
principles to guide sustainable design decisions
From thermodynamics to fluid dynamics to
computational chemistry, this book sets forth the scientific
principles underlying the need for sustainable design, explaining
not just the "hows" of sustainable design and green engineering, but
also the "whys."
Moreover, it provides readers with the
scientific principles needed to guide their own sustainable design
decisions. Throughout the book, the authors draw from their
experience in architecture, civil engineering, environmental
engineering, planning, and public policy in order to build an
understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of sustainable design.
Written to enable readers to take a more
scientific approach to sustainable design, the book offers many
practical features, including:
- Case studies presenting the authors'
firsthand accounts of actual green projects
- Lessons learned from Duke University's
Smart House Program that demonstrate the concepts and techniques
discussed in the book
- Exercises that encourage readers to use
their newfound knowledge to solve green design problems
- Figures, tables, and sidebars
illustrating key concepts and summarizing important points
For architects, designers, and engineers, this
book enables them to not only implement green design methods, but
also to choose these methods based on science. With its many
examples, case studies, and exercises, the book is also an ideal
textbook for students in civil and environmental engineering,
construction, and architectural engineering.
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About The Authors:
Daniel Vallero, PhD, is Adjunct Associate Professor in the
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of
Engineering, Duke University, where he leads the Engineering Ethics
Program and teaches courses in green engineering and professional
ethics. He has also conducted research related to environmental
exposures and risk in human populations and ecosystems and has
advised policy-makers around the world on a variety of human health
risks and ecological issues.
Chris Brasier, AIA, LEED AP, is a Principal with
SmithGroup, an architectural, engineering and planning practice. He
is also a Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering at Duke University where he is Director of the
Architectural Engineering Certificate Program and co-teachesa course
with Dr. Vallero in green engineering
Table of Contents:
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Preface.
Chapter 1. Design Cycles.
- Process: Linear and Cyclical Design.
- Synthesis-Integrated Design.
- Learning From Nature.
- Principles of Biomimicry.
- Materials Design.
- Tools For Collaborative Design.
- LEED.
- Open Source Software.
- ThinkCycle.
- BIM Tools.
- Integration and Collaboration.
- Notes and References.
Chapter 2. First Principles.
- The Cascade of Science.
- Physics.
- Thermodynamics.
- Systems.
- Motion.
- Green Mechanics.
- Applications of Physics in Green Engineering.
- Mass and Work.
- Green Physics Example 1.
- Green Physics Example 2.
- Green Physics Problem 3.
- More About Forces.
- Environmental Dynamics.
- Fluids.
- Energy.
- Systematic Design and the Status Quo.
- Notes and References.
Chapter 3. Transitions.
- A Brief History.
- How Clean Is Clean?.
- Donora, Pennsylvania.
- Love Canal, New York.
- The Bhopal Incident.
- Control.
- Ad Hoc and Post Hoc Life Cycle Perspectives.
- Intervention at the Source of Contamination.
- Intervention at the Point of Release.
- Intervention to Control the Exposure.
- Intervention at the Point of Response.
- Thermodynamics and Stoichiometry.
- Applying Thermal Processes for Treatment.
- Thermal Destruction Systems.
- Rotary Kiln.
- Multiple Hearth.
- Liquid Injection.
- Fluidized Bed.
- Multiple Chamber.
- Calculating Destruction Removal.
- Formation of Unintended Byproducts.
- Processes Other than Incineration.
- Pyrolysis.
- Emerging Thermal Technologies.
- Biology is the Green Engineer?s Friend.
- Pollution Prevention.
- Example Box: Waste Audit.
- Notes and Commentary.
Chapter 4. Place and Time.
- Thermodynamics of Time and Space.
- Sidebar: Green Is Not Junk.
- Soil: The Foundation For Sustainable Sites.
- Green Architecture and the Sense Of Place.
- Pruitt Igoe: Lessons from the Land Ethic in 21st Century
Design.
- Sustainability.
- The Tragedy of the Commons.
- Ethics of Place.
- Implementing Sustainable Designs.
- What’s Next?.
- Notes and References.
Chapter 5. Optimizing for Sustainable Design.
- Revisiting the Harm Principle: Managing Risks.
- Justice: The Key to Sustainable Design.
- Evolution of Responsible Conduct.
- Concurrent Engineering.
- Benchmarking.
- Notes and References.
Chapter 6. The Sustainability Imperative.
- Green Practice and the Case for Sustainable Design.
- The Engineer?s Social Responsibility: The Ethical and
Social Dimensions of Sustainable Design.
- The Green Categorical Imperative.
- Environmental Justice.
- Environmental Impact Statements and the Complaint
Paradigm.
- The Role of the Design Professions.
- Professional Competence.
- Notes and References.
Chapter 7. Carbon in the Atmosphere: Essential and
Detrimental.
- Carbon and Rain.
- Back to Global Warming.
- Carbon Sequestration.
- Notes and References.
Chapter 8. We Have Met the Future and it is Green.
- Science.
- The Professions.
- Governmental.
- Education.
- Energy.
- Economics.
- From Sustainable Design to Regenerative Design.
- Mass Production to Mass Customization.
- Lessons from the First-Years.
- Studio I - Survey the Literature.
- Studio II - Application of Principles and Concepts.
- Studio III - Innovation.
- Low-Tech Design Based on Outside the Box Thinking.
- Integrated, Life Cycle Thinking.
- Human Factors and Sustainability.
- Seeing the Future Through Green-Colored Glasses.
- Notes and Commentary.
Index.
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Index (PDF)
Hard-cover,
352 pages
Published 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-13062-9
Sustainable Design:
The Science of Sustainability
and Green Engineering
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