Ken yeang has 27 books on goodreads with 1240 ratings. She regularly advises and analyses ken yeangs work on its analysis and simulations, and monitors data from postoccupancy studies as strategic input into his. Some basic premises for green design wiley online library. Ken yeangs most popular book is the green skyscraper.
Among a growing number of architects, landscape architects, and planners, however. Rev 2 page 3 of 5 this directive regulation will apply to. He is the author of many articles and books on ecodesign, including ecodesign. The idea of ecodesign is the reduction of environmental impacts throughout entire product life cycles by improved product design. Ken yeang is an architectplanner, and one of the foremost ecodesigners, theoreticians and thinkers in the field of green design. Since the start of ecodesign initiatives, design for recycling dfr, i. The manual and corresponding supplements are being used in national level projects for the application of ecoinnovation in smes in latin america and the caribbean, asia and africa. Technology and other experts in ecodesign, unep published the ground breaking manual ecodesign. Ecological design is a landmark volume that helped usher in an exciting new era in green design and sustainability planning. Ebook eco skyscrapers ii as pdf download portable document.
This book presents ken yeangs work on the design of ecologically responsive skyscrapers, and includes his essay on applying green. Ecodesign guide ecodesign research and implementation at dtu. A highly informative and comprehensive manual on ecological design, ecodesign demonstrates why our current approach to design and perception of. Ecological design or ecodesign is an approach to designing products with special consideration for the environmental impacts of the product during its whole lifecycle. March 1995 y nreltp4625173 a manual for the economic evaluation of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies walter short, daniel j. Small 3phase power transformers with a highest working voltage not exceeding 1. In 2008, he was tipped by the guardian to be one of the 50 people who could save the planet. Premises for tall building design article pdf available in the structural design of tall and special buildings 164. Ken yeang is internationally recognised as the leading proponent of ecological design in architecture. Deep green design ken yeang by ecodesign peru issuu. Since its initial publication in 1996, the book has been critically important in sparking dialogue and triggering collaboration across spatial scales and design professions in pursuit of buildings, products, and landscapes with radically decreased environmental impacts. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Ecodesign is also about discernment of the ecology of the site.
The european erpdirective establishes the legal framework for sustainable product design. This can be explained by the fact that the impact of products at their endoflife can easily be understood. The complexity and scale of the environmental problems confronting humanity today provoke a wide range of responses, from indifference to anger to creativity. Whilst the first draft of 2005 only addressed the energy efficiency of electronic devices eup energy using products, the scope of the directive was expanded to. Ecodesign manual ecological design ken yeang bioclimatic. The process consists of five steps which are applicable to product improvements as well as new developments. We identify hundreds of factors that are relevant for ecodesign from stakeholders, the literature and company websites. Designing with nature by ken yeang, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
Based on the feedback from this pilot application phase, the full ecoinnovation manual has been further refined and finalized. It is imperative to search for new design solutions that are environmentally friendly and lead to a reduction in the consumption of materials and energy. Saving the environment from continued devastation by our built environment is the single most important issue for our tomorrow, feeding into. A manual for ecological design paperback 9 april 2008 by ken yeang author visit amazons ken yeang page. The approach followed by ken yeang and the structure of the book makes it useful for those interested in sustainability as well as professional designers. He pioneered an ecologybased architecture since 1971, working on the theory and practice of sustainable design. He has assembled, synthesized, and framed selected seminal published scholarly works in the field from the past one hundred and fifty years, ending with a suggested. Ken yeangs human research institute the aesthetics of green buildings green architect ken yeang may be to skyscrapers what buckminster fuller. Byrne design ecodesign 1 design and ecodesign definition design is the process of planning, initiating and or laying out a new product, service, piece of equipment, landscape, building, plan. D4s includes the more limited concept of ecodesign or design for the environment. A manual for ecological design pdf semantic scholar. Dictionary of environment and sustainable development alan gilpin. The guardian newspaper 2008 named him one of the 50 people who could save the planet. Simply stated, ecodesign is designing for biointegration.
Yeang will discuss an approach to green and sustainable design based on the science of ecology. Ken yeang has written a number of books on ecological design and is known for designing signature high performance buildings. Design the concept of ecological design in the sector of construction is defined as. Life cycle assessment a life cycle approach highlights the main areas of environmental impact which may. Article pdf available in the structural design of tall and special buildings 164. After having studied architecture at the architectural association in london, his work on the green agenda started in the 70s with his doctoral dissertation for the university of cambridge on ecological design and. We must appreciate that passive mode and mixed mode design can never compete with the comfort. A promising approach to sustainable production and consumption in 1997.
It must be clear now that lowenergy design is essentially a userdriven condition and a lifestyle issue. Part 2 discusses exemplary projects from ken yeangs offices. Ecological and green design significances in interior spaces. This work considers how to make architecture compatible with the. To deepen your knowledge about the ecodesign process we recommend the books ecodesign implementation and ecodesign pilot. Image 4 of 5 from gallery of constructed ecosystems. Ken yeang reconstructs and revisions how and why our current design approach and perception of architecture must radically change if we are to ensure a. D4s is closely linked to wider concepts such as sustainable productservice systems, systems innovations and other life cycle based efforts. In the ecological design and planning reader professor ndubisi offers refreshing insights into key themes that shape the theory and practice of ecological design and planning. The ecological design and planning reader springerlink.
Ecodesign guide dtu management engineering, ipu, the danish environmental protection agency and the confederation of danish industry have developed a practical guide to integration of environmental thinking into product development. Magazine ecology in building supplement, that was first published by yapi magazine in november 2007, has become a tradition while the agenda of ecological architecture changes rapidly and has become an integral part of ecodesign conferences organized by yem and begun to be published in april every year. Ken yeang, llewelyn davies yeang, brook house, torrington place, london wc1e 7hn, uk. Scrutinizing every aspect of our designed world, the ecodesign handbook now completely revised and updated offers the most innovative, ecologically sensitive and consumer. Ken yeang, who has been designing green architecture for more than three decades, provides. These are condensed into 94 ecological customer needs ecns. Many of the ecologically sustainable buildings being developed today, owe their design principles to the methodology ken yeang developed almost forty years ago. Ken yeang 6 october 1948 is an architect, ecologist, planner and author from malaysia, best known for his ecological architecture and ecomasterplans that have a distinctive green aesthetic. He has built over 200 buildings globally and published numerous books advocating an environmentally responsive approach to design. The following initiativesmethods are integral parts of our understanding of ecodesign. The solaris building singapore, brought together his ideas on ecological architecture with a continuous landscaped ramp and other experimental.