Green Design: From Theory to Practice

Green Design: From Theory to Practice is a unique discussion of the issuessurrounding sustainability, environmental responsibility and the use ofnatural resources becoming unavoidable. The book looks at what Green Designactually entails and how this can be implemented within today'sarchitectural practice. This reader scrutinises the pressing questionsthat designers must confront today, looking at the need to comply to greenaccreditation systems, but also at the wider and often over-lookedimplications of building design. Green Design looks in-depth at the way weuse buildings, distribution systems of energy, transportation,manufacturing and the food industries, and ultimately at the way we leadour lives, to evaluate and address the true meaning of Green Design and thereal causes underpinning today's environmental crisis.The contributors each bring their own thoughts and questions on how toimprove sustainable design, how important it is and how it can be enforced.These discussions are given a contemporary relevance through the inclusionof the work of contemporary architects, artists, writers and commentators.