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Environmental Strategies and Tools for Integrated Design

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This chapter gives an overview of possible design strategies to achieve a sustainable built environment. It provides the reader with basic knowledge of quantitative assessment methods, with a strong accent on life cycle analysis, which is currently the scientifically accepted method for environmental impact assessment. In addition, qualitative assessment methods (rating schemes) are handled. Finally, design methods dealing with interdisciplinary and multi-actor systems are briefly dealt with.

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Notes

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    See definitions of producers and consumers in Sect. 5.1.1.

  2. 2.

    Exergy is the quality of energy, see Sect. 5.5.3 for a definition.

  3. 3.

    Sustainable chain management outlines the ecological, economic and social impacts that occur during the life cycle of a product and focuses on measures to improve the sustainability of the product (Verhagen 2004).

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Acknowledgments

With thanks to A. van den Dobbelsteen and I. Blom who provided data for Sect. 11.3.4 and D. Majcen and M. Casas who provided data for Sect. 11.4.

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  1. OTB Research Institute of the Buil Environment, Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 9, Delft, 2628 BX, The Netherlands

    Laure Itard

  2. The Hague University of Applied Science, The Hague, The Netherlands

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  1. Faculty of Technology, Policy and Manage, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

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  3. OTB Research Institute for the Built Env, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

    Laure Itard

  4. OTB Research Institute for the Built Env, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

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Itard, L. (2012). Environmental Strategies and Tools for Integrated Design. In: van Bueren, E., van Bohemen, H., Itard, L., Visscher, H. (eds) Sustainable Urban Environments. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1294-2_11

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