Sustainable Design: Ecology, Architecture, and Planning

Foreword by Donald Watson, FAIA.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part 1.

CHAPTER ONE: The Ecological Model.

Ecology.

Ecology as a Model.

Waste Debts.

The Value of Land.

Paradigm Shift.

Thinking as a System: Connectivity, Not Fragmentation.

CHAPTER TWO: Sustainable Design.

Where Do We Want to Go?

Design Matters.

Why Architects?

Green Design versus Sustainable Design.

Why Now?

Approaching Sustainability.

Place-Based Energy and Resources.

Principles for Designing Sustainably.

Where to Start?

CHAPTER THREE: Regional Design.

Evolving from Nonrenewables.

Another Weak Link: The Power Grid.

The Regional Design.

Water: A Common Denominator.

Make No Small Plans.

The Regional Design Process.

Regional Case Studies.

Cache Valley, Utah.

Farmington, Minnesota: Building within the Community Watershed.

Smart Growth: Southeast Florida Coastal Communities.

CHAPTER FOUR: Sustainable Urban and Community Design.

A Matter of Place.

Principles for Sustainable Communities.

Regional Ecology and Biourbanism.

Sustainable Urban and Community Case Studies.

Lessons from Belle Glade: Can We Save the Everglades and Sustain Agriculture?

Rio Nuevo Master Plan.

Growing the Great River Park.

CHAPTER FIVE: Architectural Design.

The Site: Challenges and Opportunities.

Site Design and Environmental Analysis.

Sustainable Infrastructure.

The Skin.

Evolving a Sustainable Design Practice.

Sustainable Design and Existing Buildings.

Sustainable Interior Architecture.

Part 2.

CHAPTER SIX: The AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects Program.

1997 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.

1998 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.

1999 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.

2000 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.

2001 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.

2002 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.

2003 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.

2004 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.

2005 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.

2006 AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects.

Afterword.

Sustainability Terms.

Bibliography.

Index.

Photo Credits.