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Sara J. Wilkinson - Sustainable Building Adaptation: Innovations in Decision-making - 9781118477106 - V9781118477106
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Sustainable Building Adaptation: Innovations in Decision-making

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Description for Sustainable Building Adaptation: Innovations in Decision-making Hardcover. How to adapt existing building stock is a problem being addressed by local and state governments worldwide. In most developed countries we now spend more on building adaptation than on new construction and there is an urgent need for greater knowledge and awareness of what happens to commercial buildings over time. Series: Innovation in the Built Environment. Num Pages: 294 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AMCR; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 175 x 19. Weight in Grams: 738.

How to adapt existing building stock is a problem being addressed by local and state governments worldwide. In most developed countries we now spend more on building adaptation than on new construction and there is an urgent need for greater knowledge and awareness of what happens to commercial buildings over time.

Sustainable Building Adaptation: innovations in decision-making is a significant contribution to understanding best practice in sustainable adaptations to existing commercial buildings by offering new knowledge-based theoretical and practical insights. Models used are grounded in results of case studies conducted within three collaborative construction project team settings in Australia and ... Read more

Results clearly demonstrate that the new models can assist with informed decision-making in adaptation that challenges some of the prevailing solutions based on empirical approaches and which do not accommodate the sustainability dimension. The emphasis is on demonstrating how the new knowledge can be applied by practitioners to deliver professionally relevant outcomes.

The book offers guidance towards a balanced approach that incorporates sustainable and optimal approaches for effective management of sustainable adaptation of existing commercial buildings.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
Series
Innovation in the Built Environment
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118477106
SKU
V9781118477106
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Sara J. Wilkinson
Authors Sara J. Wilkinson is Associate Professor of Property and Construction at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Hilde Remøy is Assistant Professor of Real Estate Management at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Craig Langston is Professor of Construction and Facilities Management at Bond University, Queensland, Australia

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