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Build beyond zero : new ideas for carbon-smart architecture
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- Creator
- Bruce King and Chris Magwood
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Washington D.C. : Island Press, [2022]
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9781642832129, 164283212X, 1642832111, 9781642832112
- OCLC
- on1304838624
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Front Cover -- About Island Press -- Subscribe -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Definitions -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Story of Carbon: The Birth of the Universe, of Carbon, and of Life -- Chapter 2: A Brief History of Green Building: Waking Up to Climate Emergency -- Box 2.1: The Existing Building Solution -- Chapter 3: Life Cycle Analysis: Tracking Carbon's Stocks and Flows -- Chapter 4: Metals and Minerals: Steeling Ourselves -- Chapter 5: Concrete: Many Ways to Make a Rock -- Box 5.4: The Case for Modern Earthen Building
- Box 5.5: More than a Floor -- Box 5.6: Entering the North American Market as an Earth Block Producer -- Box 5.7: Can We Grow Carbon-Storing Buildings? -- Chapter 6: Biological Architecture: Wood and Mass Timber, Agricultural Byproducts, Purpose-Grown Crops, Waste Stream Fibers, and Lab-Grown Materials -- Box 6.2: Landscape Architecture: Connecting to the Carbon Conversation -- Chapter 7: Witches' Brew: Plastics, Chemistry, and Carbon -- Chapter 8: Construction: On Site and Under Zero -- Chapter 9: Education: We All Need Schooling to Make This Possible