Environmentally Sustainable Buildings : Challenges and Policies

Environmentally Sustainable Buildings Challenges and Policies

This book presents an analysis of the environmental impacts of the building sector and of current policies to mitigate these impacts, in particular with regard to reduction of CO2 emission, minimisation of construction and demolition waste and prevention of indoor air pollution.  It covers a wide ra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Corporate Authors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Content Provider (content provider), Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development Content Provider
Other Authors: Hasegawa, Takahiko (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Paris : OECD Publishing 2003.
Subjects:
Buildings.
Sustainable architecture.
Buildings > Environmental aspects
Sustainable architecture > Environmental aspects
Architecture
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Engineering & Applied Sciences
Civil Engineering
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705715906719
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Summary:This book presents an analysis of the environmental impacts of the building sector and of current policies to mitigate these impacts, in particular with regard to reduction of CO2 emission, minimisation of construction and demolition waste and prevention of indoor air pollution.  It covers a wide range of policy instruments; building regulation, capital subsidy programmes, energy tax, landfill tax, environmental labelling schemes, energy audit schemes.  It indicates the direction in which environmental policies for the building sector should be developed.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (197 p.)
ISBN:9781280081040
9786610081042
9789264033863

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