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02203aam a2200337 i 4500 001 68DEB33A9E3C11EE84E191EF36ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231219010058 008 220225t20222022nyuab b 001 0 eng c 020 $a 1648960081 020 $a 9781648960086 035 $a (OCoLC)1299300269 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d TOH $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d GZD $d YUS $d OQX $d IXA $d QX7 $d OCL $d KUK $d WLL $d YDX $d INR $d GWL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a KF5701 $b .J34 2022 100 1 $a Jaeschke, Aleksandra, $d 1976- $e author. 245 14 $a The greening of America's building codes : $b promises and paradoxes / $c Aleksandra Jaeschke. 264 1 $a New York : $b Princeton Architectural Press, $c [2022] 300 $a 208 pages : $b illustrations (some color), maps ; $c 26 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-203) and index 505 0 $a Agendas. From welfare and safety to ecology : before the 1970s -- Environmental protections and sustainable development : 1970s-1980s -- Green economy and green building standards : 1990s-present -- Means and methods. The logics behind green technologies and financial incentives -- The structure and form of regulations -- The power of predesign in four conversations. 520 $a "This book investigates the regulations and economic incentives meant to control the environmental impact of contemporary construction practices as it analyzes the history of residential building codes. The book exposes how the socioeconomic and political forces that influenced early building code development continue to define the character of current building codes and, by extension, determine how we regulate environmental impact and define sustainability today" -- $c Provided by the publisher. 650 0 $a Building laws $z United States. 650 0 $a Sustainable buildings $x Law and legislation $z United States. 650 0 $a Sustainable buildings $x Design and construction. 650 0 $a Sustainable construction $z United States. 650 0 $a Sustainable architecture $z United States. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231219011535.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=68DEB33A9E3C11EE84E191EF36ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search