The Whole Building Handbook How to Design Healthy, Efficient, and Sustainable Buildings by Varis Bokalders and Maria Block
Contents of Whole Building Handbook
- Healthy Buildings
- Materials and Construction Methods
- Selection of materials
- Criteria for selection of materials
- Knowledge of materials
- Assessment of materials
- Choosing a construction method
- Services
- Interior climate
- Ventilation
- Electrical services
- Plumbing
- Heating systems
- Construction
- Build correctly from the start
- Damp
- Radon
- Sound and noise
- Ease of cleaning
- Implementation
- Environmental management
- Planning and procurement
- Economics
- The construction site
- Recycling construction materials
- Conservation
- Heating and Cooling
- Heating efficiency
- Insulation
- Windows
- Heat recovery
- Architecture
- Efficient Use of Electricity
- Use of electricity
- Appliances
- Lighting
- Electrical devices
- Getting things done without electricity
- Clean Water
- Water use
- Water-saving technology
- Hot water
- Water supply
- Water purification
- Waste
- Waste from human activity
- Waste sorting
- Composting
- Recycling
- Ecological design
- Ecocycles
- Renewable Heat
- Biomass, solar energy and accumulation tanks
- Bioenergy
- Solar heating
- Heat pumps
- Cooling buildings
- Renewable Electricity
- Production of electricity in a sustainable society
- Combined heat and power with biomass
- Hydropower
- Wind and wave power
- Solar cells
- Sewage
- Sewage in ecological cycles
- Sewage separation at the source
- Technological methods of purification
- Natural methods of purification
- Nutrient recycling
- Vegetation and Cultivation
- Permaculture
- Vegetation structures
- Vegetation on and in buildings
- Gardens
- Ecological agriculture and forestry
- Place
- Adaptation to Natural Surroundings
- Local conditions
- Geology and topography
- Hydrology
- Flora and fauna
- Adaptation to climate
- The Social Fabric
- The sustainable municipality
- Traffic
- The holistic town
- Town–country
- Cultural values
- Existing Buildings
- The use phase
- Operation and management
- Energy conservation
- Decontamination
- Rebuilding
- People
- People’s needs
- Comfort
- Room for everyone
- Participation
- Beauty
- Bibliography
