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Sustainable construction examples

Community center in South Africa - improving quality of life – through architecture

A community-service and recycling facility situated in a poverty-stricken informal settlement of Cape Town applied a formal methodology for sustainable construction to achieve far more than just the creation of a new building. The book explains how the center respects the Rio Agenda of balanced social, environmental, and economic performance, and at the same time defines a new vernacular architectural language and also provides a model of sustainable building in low-income communities.

Community center in South Africa – booklet (PDF, 2.8MB)

Book announcement (PDF, 24KB)

Research center in Switzerland: High-tech green building explored
Forum Chriesbach, the new research center of the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) proves that green buildings can be high-tech, cost effective, highly functional and beautiful. The building has won four Swiss awards for innovation, energy efficiency, daylighting and solar design. The book explains the concept and details of this building which aims to set new standards for sustainable construction.

Research center in Switzerland (PDF, 3.2MB)

Research center in Switzerland - Chinese version (PDF, 8.8MB)

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Office building in Costa Rica: Tangible criteria for sustainable building

The book, Office building in Costa Rica: measuring up to the criteria of sustainable construction, explains the Holcim Foundation's five "target issues" with reference to a new office building. The publication promotes sustainable responses to the technological, environmental, socioeconomic and cultural issues related to building and construction.

Office building in Costa Rica (PDF, 2.8MB)

Office building in Costa Rica - versión española (PDF, 3.1MB)

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