Eco-interiors : a guide to environmentally conscious interior design / by Grazyna Pilatowicz.

By: Pilatowicz, Grazyna, 1954-
Publisher: New York : Wiley, c1995Description: x, 171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: txt Media type: n Carrier type: ncISBN: 0471040452 (pbk. : acidfree paper) :Subject(s): Interior decoration -- Environmental aspectsDDC classification: 729 LOC classification: NK2113 | .P55 1995
Contents:
Introduction pt. I. Environmental issues : 1. Global environment 2. Indoor environment pt. II. Interior design process : 3. Resources conservation and pollution prevention 4. Indoor air quality 5. Materials and products pt. III. Case studies : 6. Harmony 7. 555 Broadway 8. NRDC Headquarters 9. West Bend Mutual Insurance Company Conclusion pt. IV. Existing resources.
Summary: As shapers of the physical environment, designers play a unique role in determining how people experience the world. Choices about such elements as material, lighting, and climate control help create a humane, civilized place for human activities. In Eco-Interiors, interior designer More ... Grazyna Pilatowicz shows fellow professionals how to take the design process one step further - by making earth-sensitive decisions about building materials, energy, resources, and products that expand the concept of a humane environment to include a responsible attitude toward the earth itself. Eco-Interiors makes direct, vital connections between large-scale global issues and the indoor environment and shows ways to reconcile the apparently conflicting demands of economy, efficiency, and environmental consciousness. It offers interior designers, architects, and design students clear directions on how they can make their design procedures more environmentally responsible in such areas as energy efficiency, water conservation, climate control, and waste management; environmental impact of different materials, including wood, plastics, textiles, leather, floor coverings, paints, metals, and glass and the health effects of indoor air pollution, ventilation, and electromagnetic fields. A series of carefully selected case studies demonstrate how many of the ideas and methods presented in the book have been successfully implemented in actual practice. A special appendix provides quick access to reliable, often hard-to-find information on environmental legislation, certification initiatives, organizations, and publications.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-170) and index.

Introduction
pt. I. Environmental issues : 1. Global environment
2. Indoor environment
pt. II. Interior design process : 3. Resources conservation and pollution prevention
4. Indoor air quality
5. Materials and products
pt. III. Case studies : 6. Harmony
7. 555 Broadway
8. NRDC Headquarters
9. West Bend Mutual Insurance Company
Conclusion
pt. IV. Existing resources.

As shapers of the physical environment, designers play a unique role in determining how people experience the world. Choices about such elements as material, lighting, and climate control help create a humane, civilized place for human activities. In Eco-Interiors, interior designer More ... Grazyna Pilatowicz shows fellow professionals how to take the design process one step further - by making earth-sensitive decisions about building materials, energy, resources, and products that expand the concept of a humane environment to include a responsible attitude toward the earth itself. Eco-Interiors makes direct, vital connections between large-scale global issues and the indoor environment and shows ways to reconcile the apparently conflicting demands of economy, efficiency, and environmental consciousness. It offers interior designers, architects, and design students clear directions on how they can make their design procedures more environmentally responsible in such areas as energy efficiency, water conservation, climate control, and waste management; environmental impact of different materials, including wood, plastics, textiles, leather, floor coverings, paints, metals, and glass and the health effects of indoor air pollution, ventilation, and electromagnetic fields. A series of carefully selected case studies demonstrate how many of the ideas and methods presented in the book have been successfully implemented in actual practice. A special appendix provides quick access to reliable, often hard-to-find information on environmental legislation, certification initiatives, organizations, and publications.

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