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Volume 26 No.2-3
April - September 2003
Pages:114 pages
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Table of Contents

Sustainable and construction

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Editorial - The building and construction sector: cornerstone of sustainability

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1. Sustainable building and construction - facts and figures
2. Realizing the sector's potential for contributing to sustainable development - by Wim Bakens
3. Towards a sustaining architecture for the 21st century: the promise of
   cradle-to-cradle design - by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
4. Life-cycle analysis of the built environment - by Niklaus Kohler, Sebastian Moffatt
5. A blueprint for green building economics - by David Gottfried
6. Drivers for sustainable construction - by the Sustainable Development Task Force
7. One million sustainable homes - by Jo Wheeler
8. Solar energy and eco-design in the tourism sector - by Patricia Cortijo
9. The role of policies in promoting sustainable practices - by Ronald Rovers
10. Do standards and regulations supply the necessary incentive for
    sustainable building? - by Sigrid Melby Strand and Sverre Fossdal
11. Life-cycle costing in the construction sector - by Michael Clift
12. Land use and sustainable buildings: design and construction in southern Brazil - by Miguel Aloysio Sattler
13. Sustainable building services in developing countries: the challenge to find "best-fit" technologies - by Roderic Bunn
14. The open building concept for an adaptable built environment - by Tomonari Yashiro
15. Concepts and instruments for a sustainable construction sector - by Holger Wallbaum and Claudia Buerkin
16. Construction products and life-cycle thinking - by Suzy Edwards and Philip Bennett
17. On the sustainability of concrete - by Vanderley M. John
18. Bamboo in construction: status and potential - by Lionel Jayanetti and Paul Follett
19. Procurement of sustainable construction services in the United States: the contractor's role in green buildings - by David Riley, Kim Pexton and Jennifer Drilling
20. Sustainable construction: a Swedish company's approach - by Axel Wenblad
21. Social aspects of sustainable construction: an ILO perspective - by Jill Wells
22. Promoting innovation in construction SMEs: an EU case study - by Alex Wharton and David Payne
23. Tools for environmental assessment of existing buildings - by Chiel Boonstra and Trine Dyrstad Pettersen
24. Deconstruction: the start of a sustainable materials strategy for the built
    environment - by Charles J. Kibert

Other Topics

1. Integration of EMS into national regulatory frameworks for offshore oil and gas
   production - by Adaeze Ifesi
2. Energy, development and climate change: considerations in Asia and
   Latin America - by IPIECA Climate Change Working Group

News
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1. World News
2. Industry Updates
3. UNEPFocus
4. Books and Reports
5. Web Site Highlights