Building Sustainability in East Asia: Policy, Design and People

Building Sustainability in East Asia: Policy, Design and Peopleillustrates the holistic approaches and individual strategies to building sustainability that have been implemented in construction projects in Asia. Top-down and bottom-up approaches (from formulating policy to constructing individual buildings) are effective in terms of the sustainable development of cities, and this book covers both, illustrated with a range of case study developments.

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actual energy performance, Asian cities, behaviour changes, Beijing Parkview; building cities; building design process; building energy consumption; building occupant behaviour; building operation; building resilience; building total design model; Changxidian Eco-city planning; CIC zero carbon building; community making; compact built environment; demonstrated substantial energy savings; district energy system; energy efficiency; energy needs; energy use in buildings; environmental sustainability; green building market; greenhouse gas emissions; high-rise buildings; Kai Tak Area district cooling system; low carbon living; micro grid; micro grid systems; mitigation of climate change; policy issues related to sustainable development; quality living spaces; rapid urbanization in Asia; reduce carbon emissions; renewable energy; spaces for people; sustainability in Asia; sustainability policy framework; sustainability policy priorities; sustainable building practices; sustainable building solutions; sustainable neighbourhoods; sustainably; total sustainability practices; urbanization in Asia; vertical cityscapes; West Kowloon cultural district; zero carbon buildings; zero carbon developments

, Construction: Sustainability