Two degrees: the built environment and our changing climate /
by Alisdair McGregor
- Oxon: Routledge, 2013.
- xvii,258p.
1: Fundamentals -- 1. The Science of Climate Change -- 2. Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Built Environment -- 3. Policies to Mitigate Climate Change -- 4. Sustainability and Climate Change -- 5. Mitigation and Adaptation. -- Part 2: Mitigation Strategies -- 6. Approaches to Zero Energy and Carbon -- 7. Low-Carbon and Zero-Carbon Buildings -- 8. Low-Carbon and Climate-Positive Communities -- 9. Getting to Zero for Existing Building Stock -- 10. Integrated Design -- 11. How We Choose: Evaluating Strategies and Trade-offs -- 12. Can We Afford a Low-Carbon Economy? -- 13. Corporate Leadership -- 14. The Walmart Story -- Part 3: Adaptation Strategies -- 15. Introduction to Adaptation and Resilience -- 16. Planning for Adaptation and Resilience -- 17. Designing for Warmer and Wetter Climates -- 18. Designing for Hotter and Drier Climates -- 19. Designing for Coastal Communities -- 20. Designing for Inland Communities Glossary. Author Biographies.