Building for a Changing Climate : The Challenge for Construction, Planning and Energy (Hardcover)

Introduction 1. Prepare for Four degrees 2. Probable Future Impacts of Climate Change 3. The UN Carbon Trading Mechanism 4. Setting the pace towards climate-proof housing 5. Future-proof Housing 6. Building-integrated solar electricity 7. Sun, Earth, Wind and Water 8. Eco-towns: opportunity or oxymoron? 9. The Housing Inheritance 10. Non-domestic buildings 11. Community Buildings 12. Conventional energy 13. Coal: black gold or black hole? 14. Filling the gap; utility-scale renewables 15. The Age Beyond Oil 16. The Thread of Hope