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Full-Text Articles in Business
Straw Bale Building, David A. Bainbridge
Straw Bale Building, David A. Bainbridge
David A Bainbridge
Straw bale building offers many advantages, high insulation value, thermal mass of interior plaster, resistance to fire, and low embodied resource cost. Super-insulation becomes possible at affordable prices with straw bales. Used with great success for both residential and commercial building projects.
Passive Solar Design, David A. Bainbridge
Passive Solar Design, David A. Bainbridge
David A Bainbridge
Passive solar architecture can provide heating, cooling, ventilation and daylighting by using the sun and microclimate resources. Building energy consumption can be cut 80-90% at no increase in building cost by using integrated design principles.
Alternative "More Efficient" Irrigation Systems, David A. Bainbridge
Alternative "More Efficient" Irrigation Systems, David A. Bainbridge
David A Bainbridge
Many traditional irrigation systems work well for ecological restoration projects. These demand responsive systems are very water efficient and robust and have proved themselves in the most extreme desert conditions.
A Sustainable Future, David A. Bainbridge
A Sustainable Future, David A. Bainbridge
David A Bainbridge
A key step toward a more sustainable future is beginning the discussion of what this would entail. What are the defining characteristics of sustainability? How could we get there? What benefits and costs might this involve?
Sustainable Management, David A. Bainbridge
Sustainable Management, David A. Bainbridge
David A Bainbridge
Management for the future must include a broader and more complex view of the world. Sustainable management of business can be profitable and provide benefits for workers, shareholders as well as communities, nations and the planet.
Ethics In A Time Of Crises, David A. Bainbridge
Ethics In A Time Of Crises, David A. Bainbridge
David A Bainbridge
Global crises reveal the weakness of our current ethical construct. A more inclusive ethical framework is needed to encourage and support sustainable development and management of resources and restoration of damaged ecosystems.