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This title explores the forces and factors at work shaping sustainable architecture before the design process begins. These predesign forces are primarily building codes, but they also include subsidies, financial incentives, markets, and prevailing technologies. Architect Jaeschke (professor of architecture and sustainable design, Univ. of Texas at Austin) uses California's residential building codes as the model to illustrate how the sustainability movement an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More