Embodied Energy and Design: Making Architecture between Metrics and Narratives
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (712 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 303778525X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
As operational energy has declined as a proportion of buildings’ total energy consumption, embodied energy has become an essential site for further speculation and innovation. Architecture is increasingly understood as a field of practice that is inextricably embedded in ecologies and energy systems, and yet embodied energythe various forms of energy required to extract raw matter, to produce and transport building materials, and to assemble a given building remains largely under-explored in its ramifications f