Building Drainage, 9781785006395
Paperback
Unseen drainage, vital buildings: integrate design for sustainability, health, and resilience.

Building Drainage

an integrated design guide

$78.08

  • Paperback

    144 pages

  • Release Date

    29 October 2019

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Summary

Good drainage contributes to the delivery of sustainable, innovative, and resilient buildings, and is essential for our health and wellbeing. However, designers and architects can often leave drainage to be implemented by specialists in isolation of other design considerations, resulting in costly changes, rework and repairs, operational discomfort, and poor user experiences that could have been avoided.

Written for building designers and allied professionals, homeowners and managers,…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781785006395
ISBN-10:1785006398
Author:Kemi Adeyeye, John Griggs
Publisher:The Crowood Press Ltd
Imprint:The Crowood Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:144
Release Date:29 October 2019
Weight:407g
Dimensions:246mm x 189mm x 11mm
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Critics Review

If you only read one book on the subject - this is probably it. A work of true alchemy in which the authors combine a masterful guide to the technologies and sustainable systems for turning muck into drinkable water. And where there is no longer any ‘waste’ - just different ‘resources’. It is the first and last word - perhaps just in time! – Neil Landsberg * Chair of the Sustainable Water Industry Group (SWIG) *

About The Author

Kemi Adeyeye

Kemi Adeyeye is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath, specializing in integrated design approaches and solutions for the built environment. She has undertaken consultancies and collaborative research internationally, with other academics, industry practitioners and institutions, different levels of government and NGOs. She established and leads the Water Efficiency Network.

John Griggs has been researching drainage issues for over thirty years and has written a number of BRE Information Papers and Good Building Guides. He has contributed to many British, European and International Standards on drainage-related issues and is currently an independent water and wastewater consultant at Water and More. He regularly provides training on drainage design and water efficiency at the Chartered Institution of Building Service Engineers.

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