Janis Birkeland: 2 books
Positive Development
From Vicious Circles to Virtuous Cycles through Built Environment Design
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012
Janis Birkeland presents the innovative new paradigm of 'Positive Development' in which the built environment provides greater life quality, health, amenity and safety for all without sacrificing resources or money. With a different form of design, development itself can become a 'sustainability solution'....
Design for Sustainability
A Sourcebook of Integrated Ecological Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
With radical and innovative design solutions, everyone could be living in buildings and settlements that are more like gardens than cargo containers, and that purify air and water, generate energy, treat sewage and produce food - at lower cost. Birkeland introduces systems design thinking that cuts...