Carbon

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A Field Manual for Building Designers

By Matti Kuittinen and Alan Organschi and Andrew Ruff

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Carbon: A Field Manual for Designers and Builders presents a comprehensive methodology integrating sustainable design principles and carbon-neutral construction strategies. Created through a collaboration between US and European architects and academics, the book guides professionals in architecture and construction through life-cycle analysis and building science approaches to minimise carbon emissions in their projects. It features illustrative diagrams, detailed case studies, and practical steps to measure and reduce the carbon footprint of buildings, focusing on material carbon storage and circulation.
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This book is ideal for practising architects, builders, and construction professionals dedicated to sustainable design. It also serves as a valuable reference for educators, policymakers, engineers, and anyone engaged in reducing carbon emissions within the built environment.

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A comprehensive approach to design that integrates sustainable principles and design strategies for decarbonised construction

Representing an international collaboration between academics and architects in the United States and Europe, Carbon: A Field Manual for Designers and Builders offers professionals in the field an approach to sustainable design that embraces building science principles, life-cycle analysis, and design strategies in carbon neutral construction. The book also contains background information on carbon in construction materials and in the building design process.

This book is filled with illustrative diagrams and drawings that help evaluate the potential impact of design decisions for creating carbon emissions. Written by and for designers and builders, the book includes a compelling pair of case studies that explore carbon-reducing strategies, suggests steps for assessing a building's carbon footprint, and reviews carbon storages and circulation of materials. The guidelines detailed in the book can be adopted, replicated, and deployed to reduce carbon emissions and create more sustainable buildings. This important book:

Offers an effective approach to sustainable design in construction
Integrates building science principles, life-cycle analysis, and design strategies in carbon neutral construction
Describes a methodology for quantifying the flow of carbon in the built environment
Provides an analysis of carbon-reducing strategies based on a case study of a building designed by the authors

Written for practising professionals in architecture and construction, Carbon: A Field Guide for Designers and Builders is a must-have resource for professionals who are dedicated to creating sustainable projects.

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Praised as a vital resource, Carbon is recognised for bridging the gap between design practitioners and students, as well as benefiting educators, policymakers, and industry experts concerned with the environmental impacts of the built environment. Reviewers highlight its accessible presentation of life-cycle assessment (LCA) concepts and terminology, making it an excellent introduction to decarbonisation strategies in construction.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119720768

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 23 September 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 206.0mm

Height: 257.0mm

Weight: 885g

Pages: 272

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Alan Organschi Andrew Ruff Education & Reference Engineering, Technology & Agriculture Matti Kuittinen Non-Fiction

About the Author

Matti Kuittinen is an architect and professor of resource-efficient construction at Aalto University, Finland. As a policymaker, he has been developing whole life carbon assessment methods in Finland and the EU.

Alan Organschi is a design principal and a partner at Gray Organschi Architecture, in New Haven, CT and a senior member of the design and technology faculty of the Yale School of Architecture. He currently serves as the Director of the Innovation Lab of the global initiative Bauhaus Earth in Berlin, Germany.

Andrew Ruff (New Haven, CT) is the Research Coordinator of the Timber City Research Initiative, the Design Director at Gray Organschi Architecture, and a Visiting Critic at the Yale School of Architecture. He previously held appointments as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Wesleyan University and a Lecturer at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and served as part of the guest faculty at the Roger Williams School of Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation, where he led design research into the applications of mass timber assemblies in mid-rise building applications. In addition to his professional degree in Architecture, he holds a Master of Environmental Design from the Yale School of Architecture and has lectured and published on the subject of mass timber buildings in the global carbon economy.