@book{3f8bacb44eca4792afbe8e58d37df0f6,
title = "Sustainable Buildings",
abstract = "The {\textquoteleft}fit for purpose{\textquoteright} of the built environment has been a focus of attention since classical times, both in the West and in the East. However, an explicit focus on {\textquoteleft}sustainable buildings{\textquoteright} is relatively new. The last two decades in particular have seen an explosion of published material on the design, construction and assessment of buildings purported to be {\textquoteleft}sustainable.{\textquoteright} Many governments and owners of buildings now routinely require their buildings be {\textquoteleft}sustainable{\textquoteright} and are certified to be so. In the case of sustainability certification, the recent growth in tools, techniques and assessment systems is phenomenal: even as early as 2005 there were over 600 such tools in different parts of the world! New ones sprout all the time and design guides attempt a losing battle to keep pace.",
keywords = "built environment, sustainable buildings, design , construction",
editor = "Rohinton Emmanuel",
year = "2014",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780415637091",
series = "Critical Concepts in Built Environment",
publisher = "Routledge ",
address = "United States",
}