An interesting project looking at the intersection of sustainability and design in our built environment.
“Vitamin Green” is a massive, comprehensive snapshot of the design world’s response to urban agriculture, ecological sustainability and energy efficiency. This collection of 100 green projects records an up-to-the-minute anthology of innovative responses to nature’s most pressing issues.”
Discussion
</> Embed
Share
Ask to Join
103
April 24 - Building a better future: design principles for greener buildings
Moderated by HHGEC
Lecturer: Robert Fox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Fox,_Jr.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the built environment as a determinant of human health
2. Describe how the built environment can be perceived as an ecosystem
3. Demonstrate the potential for architectural design to address environmental externalities associated with anthropogenic activities
Readings:
1. Brown MA, Southworth F, Stovall TK. Towards a Climate-Friendly Built Environment. Prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. June 2005. (Read Executive Summary, Introduction and Greenhouse Gas Emissions A-C.)
2. Frumkin H, “Chapter 19: Healthy Buildings,” in Frumkin (Ed.), Environmental Health: From Global to Local, Second Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010.
http://hhgec.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/frumkin-healthy-buildings.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Fox,_Jr.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the built environment as a determinant of human health
2. Describe how the built environment can be perceived as an ecosystem
3. Demonstrate the potential for architectural design to address environmental externalities associated with anthropogenic activities
Readings:
1. Brown MA, Southworth F, Stovall TK. Towards a Climate-Friendly Built Environment. Prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. June 2005. (Read Executive Summary, Introduction and Greenhouse Gas Emissions A-C.)
2. Frumkin H, “Chapter 19: Healthy Buildings,” in Frumkin (Ed.), Environmental Health: From Global to Local, Second Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010.
http://hhgec.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/frumkin-healthy-buildings.pdf
Filter By
- My Posts
- Learned Posts
- My Discussions
- Joined Discussions
- Favorite Members
- Curated Posts
Marla McKnight, April 25, 2012
To comment on a restricted discussion, you must be a member of that discussion.