101 Rules of Thumb for Sustainable Buildings and Cities

by Huw Heywood

People across the world are becoming more aware of the need for the buildings and cities they live and work in to be sustainable, but the issue of how to be sustainable can seem a confusing and complex one.
These rules of thumb provide universal guidelines for the sustainable design of both buildings and the urban realm. It s a global primer and textbook for anyone interested in understanding sustainability in the built environment, an ideal starting point for students as well as an aide memoir for more experienced readers and practitioners interested in this field.

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Genres: Architecture

224 pages, Paperback

Published January 26, 2016

About the author

Huw Heywood is an architect and Principal Lecturer at Portsmouth School of Architecture in the UK. Huw has lived and worked in the UK, Germany, Hong Kong, Shanghai and the USA. His specialism is low energy-use architecture and he teaches environmental and sustainable design at both undergraduate and postraduate levels. 101 Rules if Thumb for Low Energy Architecture, published by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA Publishing) is Huw's first book.

Reviews

[Jill Andrews · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple guide rules for sustainability clearly stated with descriptive drawings. A good go-to pocketbook.