built environment
"The built environment--the homes, schools, workplaces, parks, industrial areas, roads, highways, and waste disposal sites that are modified by people--is by far the most significant environment for modern humans, a species that is 80% urbanized and spends 90% of its time indoors. " (in 
Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 110, Number 11, November 2002 )
"The built environment is not an end in itself. However, it provides an important enabling role for society, groups and individuals to function and therefore adds value to well-being, efficiency and economic develop - embracing a quality of life agenda." -- in conclusion of Lansley, 2002, Who should set the research agenda? Reflections on the Fairclough Review
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- ASCE
- Atmosphere, Climate & Environment Information Programme website
- "to disseminate information, without advocacy or bias, on the causes, effects of and controls on air pollution and climate change, within the framework of national legislation and international discussion."
Innovation in Built Environment- "Our programme of research focuses on the management of innovation in project-based firms and the production of the built environment."
- Performance Based Built Environment
- to debate the issues of performance based build environment, the 4th Domain of PeBBu initiative.
- School of Built Environment
- educational opportunities spanning the diverse range of professions involved in the planning, design, construction and development of our environment and infrastructure.
- Web book on environments and sustainability by West Virginia University
- a douzen online books with "materials are for use in introductory learning environments for upper division undergraduates, graduate students, and practitioners"
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- A building revolution: how ecology and health concerns are transforming construction, by Roodman, D.M. and N. Lenssen, 1995
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- A review of recent and current initiatives on climate change and its impact on the built environment: impact, effectiveness and recommendations final report, by Lowe, R., 2001
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- Building form and environmental performance: archetypes, analysis and an arid climate, by Ratti, C., Raydan, D. and Steemers, K., 2002
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- Building Physics: 3rd International Conference in Building Physics, by Fazio, P., Ge, H., Rao, J. and Desmarais, G. (Eds.), 2006
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- Chimpanzee locomotor energetics and the origin of human bipedalism, by Sockol, M. D., Raichlenl, D. A. and Pontzer, H., 0
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- Ecological urban dynamics: the convergence of spatial modelling and sustainability, by Deal, B., 2001
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- Effects of climate change on built environments, by Lis?, K.R, 2001
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- Potential implications of climate change in the built environment, by Graves, H.M. and Phillipson, M.C, 2000
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- Report of the global environment facility to the conference, note by the secretariat, by UNFCCC, 2001
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- Simulation Tools For The Exploitation Of Renewable Energy In The Built Environment: The Entrack-Gis System, by Clarke, J. A., Evans, M. S., Grant, A. D. and Kelly., N., 1997
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- Sustainability and the building codes, by Eisenberg, D., 1997
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- Who should set the research agenda? Reflections on the Fairclough Review, by Lansley, P., 2002
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- Workshop report: Climate change and the built environment research, by UKCIP/EPSRC, 2001