The World's Greenest Buildings - Promise versus Performance in Sustainable Design, Jerry Yudelson, Ulf Meyer

摘要

Today, 'future cities development' and 'global sustainable development' are considered two fundamental agendas for governmental sectors, policy makers and researchers associated with planning, design, and development of sustainable cities embracing green buildings. Literature demonstrates that in recent years, numerous research implementations and practical endeavors have been observed towards creating green, sustainable, zero carbon, zero waste, zero energy, smart and intelligent buildings (Berardi, 2013; GhaffarianHoseini, 2012; GhaffarianHoseini et al., 2013; Zuo & Zhao, 2014). The book THE WORLDS GREENEST BUILDINGS - Promise versus performance in sustainable design by Jerry Yudelson and Ulf Meyer presents a comprehensive image of these recent attempts in practice.