Environmentally Responsible Design

Environmentally Responsible Design
Author: Louise Jones
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2012-07-19
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1118504488

At last, there's an authoritative guide to help interior designers apply green- building and sustainability applications to their environments. Sustainable Interior Design expertly introduces the principles of environmentally responsible design for interior environments. This useful reference provides beginning designers and experienced professionals alike with a comprehensive survey that coverers everything from theoretical approaches to current practices. It helps designers understand the environmentally responsible approach and make design decisions that are ethical and do not harm the world?s environment.

Design for Environmental Sustainability

Design for Environmental Sustainability
Author: Carlo Arnaldo Vezzoli
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2008-06-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1848001630

This volume is a technical and operative contribution to the United Nations "Decade on Education for Sustainable Development" (2005-2014), aiding the development of a new generation of designers, responsible and able in the task of designing environmentally sustainable products. The book provides a comprehensive framework and a practical tool to support the design process. This is an important text for those interested in the product development processes.

Sustainable Design

Sustainable Design
Author: Tomayess Issa
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2015-10-13
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1447167538

This book is concerned with the importance of Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Usability, user participants, and Sustainability in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) industry throughout the world. ICT has become a crucial instrument for communication, entertainment, commerce and research and this increased usage is presenting new environmental and sustainability issues as we try and meet the ever growing needs of both businesses and individuals. Sustainability must become central to the design of new technologies to make a concerted effort to tackle the environmental concerns we face now and for the future. Development frameworks, tools and models are used and explored and the New Participative Methodology for Sustainable Design (NPMSD) is introduced as a way of identifying key factors needed in developing more sustainable systems including new smart technology and portable devices. It is hoped additional research will be carried out in the future to assess these sustainable design steps using larger, more diverse countries with developed and developing economies to further refine such methods. Sustainable Design will be an invaluable resource for students and researchers, designers and business managers who are interested in the human-centred, environmental concerns of sustainable technologies

The Sustainable Design Book

The Sustainable Design Book
Author: Rebecca Proctor
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 950
Release: 2015-03-23
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1780677243

The Sustainable Design Book updates the reader on the latest products and developments in the field of green design, and features 265 of the most exciting new products around. Q&As with leading designers give insight into trends and key techniques used within the industry, while handy icons highlight each product's sustainability credentials at a glance. Beginning with a chapter on sustainable materials, the book goes on to cover furniture, lighting, home accessories, and personal accessories. Web addresses of designers and retailers make each product easy to source. The Sustainable Design Book is an unbeatable resource for those aspiring to best practice within the field of sustainable design, as well as students of contemporary product design. Consumers looking for beautiful but environmentally conscious products and accessories will also find this an essential guide.

Green by Design

Green by Design
Author: Angela M. Dean
Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2003
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1586851721

There is no "one-size-fits-all" plan for so-called "green" homes; rather, there are universal principles of design that can be applied to individual tastes and needs. Architect Angela Dean offers a variety of ways to incorporate green building into your home, including using healthy building materials such as straw bales and natural flooring, taking advantage of local materials and resources, reusing gray water for landscaping, and incorporating passive solar design. Her goal is to teach people how to think about building sustainable homes. Green by Design provides a thorough analysis of what it means to build green and offers advice on what to consider when designing a sustainable home. Green by Design features full-color photographs and line drawings of floor plans show different examples of successful sustainable homes. It also includes in-depth case studies of more than a dozen homes so readers planning a green home can see what worked for others. By providing people with knowledge, inspiration, and the ability to ask the right questions (and understand the answers) Green by Design puts home builders and owners on a path to creating beautiful, environmentally responsible homes that they can be proud to live in. Angela Dean, AIA, is principal architect of AMD Architecture in Salt Lake City. She specializes in environmentally responsible designs to create healthy, comfortable buildings that are in harmony with the environment

Advanced Design and Manufacture V

Advanced Design and Manufacture V
Author: Dai Zhong Su
Publisher: Trans Tech Publications Ltd
Total Pages: 714
Release: 2013-09-18
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3038262005

Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters BCI (WoS). The book is a prestigious collection of refereed papers in advanced design, manufacture and related subject areas. The 161 papers are grouped as follows: I. Sustainable Development and Technologies; II. Product/Industrial Design and Design Methodologies; III. Engineering Design; IV. Production, Manufacture and Engineering Materials; V. CAD/CAM/CAE; VI. Gearing, Mechanical Transmission and Mechanisms; VII. Machine Condition Monitoring; VIII. Finite/Boundary Element Methods; IX. Optimisation, Simulation and Computing Technologies; X. Manufacturing Informatics; XI. Robots and Control; XII. Engineering Management and Enterprise

SustainAble

SustainAble
Author: Aaris Sherin
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2008-07-01
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1616738928

Sustainable design is gaining prominence as a pivotal issue for the future of contemporary practice at the best design schools and at professional design conferences. Graphic designers and their clients are increasingly demanding sustainable solutions. Designers want to address these needs when presenting their work for consideration. As businesses continue to adapt to and provide environmental solutions with their own products, they are demanding it from their creative partners, and designers need to be on the forefront of these initiatives by being well informed. SustainAble will provide the information they need to be ahead of the curve on sustainability issues, inform them on sustainable applications and to approach the issue of sustainability in the areas of paper, printing, formats, materials, inks, and executions.