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Architecture in a Climate of Change AIAC-FM 03/29/2005 17:25 Page i AIAC-FM 03/29/2005 17:25 Page ii Architecture in a Climate of Change A guide to sustainable design Peter F. Smith AMSTERDAM ? BOSTON ? HEIDELBERG ? LONDON ? NEW YORK ? OXFORD PARIS ? SAN DIEGO ? SAN FRANCISCO ? SINGAPORE ? SYDNEY ? TOKYO Architectural Press is an imprint of Elsevier AIAC-FM 03/29/2005 17:25 Page iii Architectural Press An imprint of Elsevier Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 30 Corporate Drive, Burlington, MA 01803 First published 2001 Second edition 2005 Copyright ? 2001, 2005, Peter F. Smith. All rights reserved The right of Peter F. Smith to be identified as the author of this work have been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright holder except in accordance with the provision of the Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, England W1T 4LP. Applications for the copyright holder’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher. Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’ Science and Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone: ( ? 44) (0) 1865 843830; fax: ( ?44) (0) 1865 853333; e-mail: ******@. You may plete your request on-line via the Elsevier homepage (), by selecting “Customer Support” and then “Obtaining Permissions”. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7506 65440 Typeset by Newgen Imaging Systems Pvt Ltd, Chennai, India Printed and bound in Great Britain For information