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In this candid and informative book, George M. Woodwell, a leader in the study of global environmental change, illuminates practical considerations (and frustrations) involved in “building green.” When the renowned Woods Hole Research Center needed a new office, Woodwell led efforts to utilize “state-of-the-shell” green building techniques to retrofit a Victorian mansion built in 1877 into the Center’s new home. This is the story of how scientists and contractors alike confronted the limitations of available materials, laws, and building codes. Woodwell sets this struggle in a larger context, as part of the global need to minimize carbon emissions and environmental impacts. Beginning with his experience of the retrofit of a single building, he shares insights into rethinking how we design, use, and adapt the built environment to preserve the functional integrity of the natural landscape.

Dwellings -- Remodeling. --- Ecological houses. --- Sustainable living. --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Business & Economics --- Law, Politics & Government --- Economic History --- Law, General & Comparative --- Environmental Sciences --- Ecological houses --- Dwellings --- Sustainable living --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering --- Remodeling --- Ecological living --- Green living --- Living, Sustainable --- Home remodeling --- Remodeling (Architecture) --- Remodeling of dwellings --- Alternative homes --- Ecohomes --- Environmental homes --- Green homes (Green technology) --- Low impact houses --- Sustainable houses --- Remodeling. --- Environment. --- Fossil fuels. --- Energy efficiency. --- Architecture. --- Construction. --- Environmental law. --- Environmental policy. --- Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice. --- Architecture, general. --- Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings). --- Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture). --- Basics of Construction. --- Sustainable buildings --- House construction --- Alternative lifestyles --- Environmentalism --- Green movement --- Energy Efficiency. --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Environment law --- Environmental control --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- Environmental policy --- Law --- Sustainable development --- Design and construction --- Law and legislation --- Fossil energy --- Fuel --- Energy minerals --- Consumption of energy --- Energy efficiency --- Fuel consumption --- Fuel efficiency --- Power resources --- Energy conservation --- Environment and state --- Environmental management --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Government policy

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Life occurs, as far as we know, only as part of the earthly biosphere. Yet the earth's biotic resources are experiencing a spreading crisis that is leading not only to the most rapid loss of species in the last 65 million years, but also causing abrupt changes in the structure and function of natural communities. This disturbance, unfortunately, is the result of human carelessness in the name of advancing civilisation. As our technologies and societies continue to improve and grow, we remove ourselves more and more from our natural habitat; as a consequence, we destroy countless numbers of species of every style and complexity. To identify and begin rectifying this dangerous situation, a group of outstanding environmental scientists has compiled a collection of case studies that illustrate the changes being wrought on the biosphere by the human presence.

Human ecology --- Biotic communities

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