Fundamentals of Sustainability in Design

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Explores sustainability as it relates to the key disciplines that comprise environmental design. Topics range from issues affecting the preservation of the urban fabric to the development of earth-friendly materials used by interior designers and product designers to the design of sustainable buildings by architects through the use of appropriate materials and requisite energy efficiencies. Surveys the literature of sustainability, identifying critical issues on the subject today. Explores the theoretical underpinnings of the sustainability movement as it affects environmental design and related disciplines.