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Sustainability on the urban scale: green urbanism - new models for urban growth and neighbourhoods
Author/Creator
Lehmann, Steffen
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, School of Architecture and Built Environment
Description
The increasingly widespread effects of climate change and continuous uncertainty of conventional energy supplies are causing an increasing demand for the transition of our cities through sustainable urban development. However, we are not yet yielding sufficient carbon savings to suggest that adequate action has been taken. The quickest way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is by being more efficient with the way we consume our energy, by reducing consumption, and by transferring to renewable energy sources. Energy savings require the development and use of more efficient appliances and the retro-fitting of the existing building stock to make the most of natural daylight, rainwater, cooling breezes, and solar exposure – reducing or eliminating the need for artificial lighting, cooling and heating (over the last 20 years, the demand for cooling has increased the most).
Relation
Urban Energy Transition: From Fossil Fuels to Renewable Power p. 409-430
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http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/714278/description#description
Date
2008
Publisher
Elsevier
Keyword(s)
urban design principles;  climate responsive urbanism;  urban design;  green urbanism
Resource Type
book chapter
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/44743
Identifier
ISBN:9780080453415
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