Architects and related professionals have been gathering every two years to share results and insights into designing structures that are easier on the environment than approaches that may soon
cross the border from conventional to criminal, at least in Europe. The 50 papers cover designing with nature; ecological and cultural sensitivity; design by passive systems; life cycle
assessment; quantifying sustainability in architecture; resources and rehabilitation; building technologies; and issues from education, research, and practice. Five case studies include
performance indicators of sustainability buildings in Austria and implications for the Austrian construction industry, the mechanism of the rawashin in Makkah, and renewable energy
infrastructures. The US office of WIT Press is Computational Mechanics. Only the authors are indexed. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
