By Ronald Rovers
(Amsterdam,
The Netherlands: Techne Press, 2008);
978-9085940203
Due to
exhaustible resources, large urban developments, and the current attention
given to climate issues, sustainable building is back on the agenda. This goes
for governments in both well-developed countries like France, Spain, the US,
and the UK, as well as in fast developing countries, like China, the Eastern
European countries, Middle-Eastern, Latin-American, and South-Asian countries.
Sustainable Housing Projects takes a wide, conceptual approach for
sustainably-built projects, which allows an integrated approach to the various
stakes and stakeholders. Such an approach is particularly suitable for a medium
scale level, involving neighbourhood development, and a number of examples on
this scale level are included. This book presents knowledge gained over the
last 15 years developing new sustainable housing projects in the Netherlands.
It is written by a team of specialists in sustainable building, both
practitioners and researchers, and is meant for colleagues world-wide, who want
to implement a sustainable building project. The compact, practical tone, the
many colour illustrations, tables and boxes, make the book an accessible and
practical read.