Sustainability in Architecture and Urban Design
Climate-Friendly and Resilient Transformation of the Built Environment Throughout Its Life Cycle
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Beschreibung
The book examines the risks that climate change poses to the built environment and, drawing inspiration from architectural history, shows how cities can be designed to be resilient and sustainable in the age of climate change under drastically changing climate and weather conditions. The work provides a comprehensive overview of climatic changes, their underlying causes, interactions, and impacts on the transformation of global habitats, as well as their far-reaching consequences for the built environment, specifically in Europe and Germany. In doing so, it not only highlights the challenges but also offers practical approaches, presents relevant sustainability models as solution strategies, and explores their further development.
Contents
Introduction.- It is getting hot, very hot.- Current climate changes.- The consequences.- The scenarios.- Sustainability.- Design principles and sustainability.- Urban planning in the context of climate change.- Architecture in the context of climate change.- Digital connectivity and AI.- Regulations, standards, ordinances and guidelines.
Target audience
Students of civil engineering and the construction and real estate industries. Architects, developers, and urban planners. Anyone who understands the built environment as a key to addressing climate change and wants to actively shape it.
Author
Thomas Oebbecke, Dipl. Ing. M. Sc. is an architect, author, and sustainability expert with more than 30 years of international experience in the built environment. As founder of the German Institute for Sustainable Real Estate Management (DIFNI), he pioneered the introduction of BREEAM and digital certification methodologies in Germany. He is a former Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) of Interboden Group and has been actively shaping the transformation towards climate-resilient and sustainable real estate throughout his professional career.
The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.
This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.
Climate change and the construction Industry: Challenges and solutions for a resilient future of the built environment. What impact does climate change have on construction and housing projects in urban areas, and how can cities and local authorities respond appropriately? This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of climate change, its underlying causes, and its effects on global ecosystems, as well as its far-reaching consequences for the built environment here in Europe and Germany in particular. It not only highlights the challenges but also offers practical approaches, relevant sustainability models as potential solutions, and strategies for their further development.
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Thomas Oebbecke
Themen in »Sustainability in Architecture and Urban Design«
Climate change and resilience The three-pillar model versus Sustainability 4.0 Human-induced climate change and its consequences Climate-induced migration The battle for water and resources Consequences for the built environment Changing energy requirements Damage to materials Mitigation measures and maintenance Design principles put to the test Urban development in the face of climate change Architecture in the Face of Climate Change Digital connectivity and AI Extreme weather events and their consequences Structural fatigue in buildings and infrastructure