Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design: Selected Proceedings from the International Conference of Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Soc (Paperback)

Part 1. Sustainability and the Policy Landscape.- The Meaning of Sustainability.- The Patchwork Politics of Sustainable Communities.- What Has Posterity Ever Done for Us: An Ethical Framework for UK Climate Change Policy?.- The Rocky Road of Post-Capitalist Grassroots Experimentation.- Part 2. Sustainability and Technology.- An Evaluation of Thermal and Lighting Performance within an ETFE Structure.- Double Skin Facades for the Sustainable Refurbishment of Nondomestic Buildings: A Life Cycle Environmental Impact Perspective.- Off the Shelf Solutions to the Retrofit Challenge: Thermal Performance and Comfort.- African Energy Plus construction - A Case Study of House Rhino.- Smart Badge for Monitoring Formaldehyde Exposure Concentration.- Part 3. Survey, Measuring and Modeling.- A Case Study of the Metrics of Capturing the 'Green' Improvements on a New Office Building.- Building Surveys to Inform Assessment of Initial Conditions in a Property Prior to Thermal Upgrade.- A New Experiment and Modeling Work to Jointly Identify the Building Envelope's Thermal Parameters and a Physical Solar Aperture.- Part 4. Measuring. - Quantifying the Effect of Window Opening on the Measured Heat Loss of a Test House.- A Methodology for Identifying Gaps Between Modeled and Measured Energy Performance in New-Build Social Housing.- Evaluating Natural Ventilation in Future Climate Scenarios as Part of a Long-Term Non-Domestic Retrofit Strategy for an Educational Facility.- Part 5. Building and Infrastructure.- Thermally Modeling Bio-Composites with Respect to an Orientated Internal Structure.- Strength Related Geotechnical Testing of Lateritic Soil Prior to the Application of Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation Treatment.- Part 6. Water.- Development of Sustainable Drinking Water Quality Solutions for Rural Communities in the Developing World.- Management of Water Resources in the Amazon Region.- Part 7. Cities and Neighbourhoods.- Overcoming Barriers to Making Cities More Sustainable: How Can Short-Term Thinking Help Achieve Long-Term Goals?.- The Rejuvenation of a Historical Neighbourhood in South Africa.- Part 8. Comfort, Behaviour and Payback.- Modelling the Delivery of Residential Thermal Comfort and Energy Savings: Comparing How Occupancy Type Affects the Success of Energy Efficiency Measures.- Analysing the Technical and Behavioural Shifts of Social Housing Tenants Following the Retrofitting of External Wall Insulation.- Switch, Don't Save.- Analyzing the Payback Time of Investments in Building Automation.- A New Experiment and Modelling Work to Jointly Identify the Building Envelope's Thermal Parameters and a Physical Solar Aperture.