Index

Absolute Sustainability Principles, 13

see also individual principles

Abu Dhabi

Esitadama – Pearl Rating System, 102, 143

transportation, 71

activities, 28

heat-producing, 47

range of (in construction), 87–88

in support of sustainability, 88–91

adaptation and change (behavioural), 27, 42–44, 111–134

collective impact on a city scale, 73

drivers, 126–129

energy reduction and, 73–78

urban space and, 68–69

aftercare, 77

air, 49–51

quality, 51, 52, 53, 59–60, 69, 146

solar chimneys, 58

air handling units (AHUs), 50, 79

Albert Hall, 76

An Inconvenient Truth, 44

assessment/evaluation/measurement, 93–109, 125–134

art of, 96–98

available tools, 106–108

credible methods, 99–102

future tools/methodologies, 125–134, 133