The sustainable sites handbook : | a complete guide to the principles, strategies, and practices for sustainable landscapes / | Meg Calkins.
Calkins, Meg, 1965-
The sustainable sites handbook : a complete guide to the principles, strategies, and practices for sustainable landscapes / Meg Calkins. - Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2012. - xiv, 545 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - A Wiley book on sustainable design. . - Wiley book on sustainable design. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book will be the official reference guide to Sustainable Sites Initiative Rating System, the first national rating system for sustainable landscapes"-- "This official reference guide to the Sustainable Sites Initiative Rating System contains information on principles, strategies, technologies, tools, and best practices for sustainable site design applicable to any type of designed landscape, with or without buildings, ranging from shopping malls, streetscapes, subdivisions, corporate and academic campuses, transportation corridors, parks and recreation areas, all the way to single family homes. Equally useful as a guide to achieving SSI credits, or as a guide to independent pursuit of sustainable sites, it offers in-depth coverage on important "green" topics"--
0470643552 9780470643556
Sustainable Sites Initiative.
Environmental management--Evaluation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Landscape ecology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Sustainable development--Evaluation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
QH541.15.L35 / C35 2012
577.5/5
The sustainable sites handbook : a complete guide to the principles, strategies, and practices for sustainable landscapes / Meg Calkins. - Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2012. - xiv, 545 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - A Wiley book on sustainable design. . - Wiley book on sustainable design. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book will be the official reference guide to Sustainable Sites Initiative Rating System, the first national rating system for sustainable landscapes"-- "This official reference guide to the Sustainable Sites Initiative Rating System contains information on principles, strategies, technologies, tools, and best practices for sustainable site design applicable to any type of designed landscape, with or without buildings, ranging from shopping malls, streetscapes, subdivisions, corporate and academic campuses, transportation corridors, parks and recreation areas, all the way to single family homes. Equally useful as a guide to achieving SSI credits, or as a guide to independent pursuit of sustainable sites, it offers in-depth coverage on important "green" topics"--
0470643552 9780470643556
Sustainable Sites Initiative.
Environmental management--Evaluation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Landscape ecology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Sustainable development--Evaluation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
QH541.15.L35 / C35 2012
577.5/5