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Smith presents his belief that the trends in climate change are having an effect on architecture and that these design processes should be aimed at sustainably combatting climate change by making the minimum environmental demands.
Contents
Chapter1: The Dynamics of Climate; Chapter 2: Climate Predictions; Chapter 3: Global Energy Profile and Outlook; Chapter 4: Renewable Energy; Chapter 5: Energy Use in Buildings; Chapter 6: Low Energy Technologies for Housing; Chapter 7: Environmental Strategies for Offices and Institutional Buildings; Chapter 8: The Future; Chapter 9: From Dystopia to Ecopia - transformomh cities. Appendix: outline syllabus for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Architecture.
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Peter Smith who was responsible for introducing it in the UK, is Chairman of the RIBA Environment and Energy Committee and the RIBA Sustainable Futures Committee and vice chairman of the Sustainable Development Committee. He has written extensively on the subject and is well known in the field.