{"id":58,"date":"2012-07-17T21:42:14","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T02:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2012-11-29T23:30:48","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T04:30:48","slug":"sustainable-design-a-critical-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?page_id=58","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By David Bergman<br \/>\n(Princeton Architectural Press, 2012)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?attachment_id=59\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"59\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?attachment_id=59\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/SustainableDesignCover.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"238,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SustainableDesignCover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/SustainableDesignCover.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/SustainableDesignCover.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59\" title=\"SustainableDesignCover\" src=\"http:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/SustainableDesignCover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sustainable-Design-Critical-Architecture-Briefs\/product-reviews\/1568989415\/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&amp;showViewpoints=1\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/sustainable-design-david-bergman\/1110790657?ean=9781568989419\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/papress.com\/html\/book.details.page.tpl?isbn=9781568989419\">Princeton Architectural Press<\/a> and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>View a short (6 minute) video introduction to Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q1MIJY3Btbs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Reviews of <em>Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;David Bergman has written a thorough and very useful summary of the field at this moment, and has made my life as a teacher of sustainable design a whole lot easier by putting it all together in one place.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/green-architecture\/sustainable-design-critical-guide-book-review.html\">Lloyd Alter, Treehugger.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bergman\u2019s \u2018Sustainable Design\u2019 differs by not only thinking about how to solve what are viewed as the current problems, but looking ahead to how sustainability can become a more fundamental part of all design.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/psproefrock.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/29\/sustainable-design-a-critical-guide-book-review\/\">Philip S. Proefrock<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sustainable design is the future&#8230;..and books like\u00a0<em>Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide<\/em> will undoubtedly contribute to it becoming second nature.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/2012\/11\/06\/sustainable-design-a-critical-guide\/\">Andrew Cuthbert, SpacingVancouver<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviews on Amazon.com:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the year 1 B.C. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio wrote The 10 Books on Architecture. These volumes outlined every consideration and step required to build a successful project that would be sensitive to the land, its occupants and more importantly one that would endure the tests of time. After finishing Sustainable Design-A Critical Guide and closing the cover, my final thoughts were, &#8220;Vitruvius sure would be proud&#8221;!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis book is the stunning creation of a master teacher who can communicate with fellow citizens (like me) who are not expert in the fields he knows so well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBergman focuses on sustainability as an underlying philosophy behind all design, material and construction decisions and rethinking our entire life strategies in a very positive and optimistic way showing how the future is full of hope and possibilities, this is not a doom and gloom shock story like &#8220;An Inconvenient Truth&#8221;.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[A] perfect primer for those interested in sustainable design and a great reference book for anyone who wants to learn more about the buildings they live and work in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[A] well written, well illustrated and comprehensive review of the state of the art of sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Sustainable%20Design%3A%20A%20Critical%20Guide&body=https%3A%2F%2Fecooptimism.com%2F%3Fpage_id%3D58&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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