Policies and strategies for ecological building design

A manual which provides architects, building design professionals and students with a comprehensive handbook that deals with the fundamental issues of ecological building design and how to practise it. How do we define ecological building design and how do we begin to practise it? How do we need to amend conventional office practices, procedures and policies so that the principles of sustainable design can be consistently and effectively applied? How do we then get sustainable design policies and strategies into the design process? What are the important issues involved in ecological building design and how do we apply them? This books aims to answer each of these questions and to provide the information to enable building designers and students to become effective practitioners.