Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery

Foreword xiii    Preface xv    Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview    The Shifting Landscape for High-Performance Buildings    Sustainable Development and Sustainable Construction    The Vocabulary of Sustainable Development and Sustainable Construction    Sustainable Design, Ecological Design, and Green Design    Rationale for High-Performance Green Buildings    State and Local Guidelines for High-Performance Construction    Green Building Progress and Obstacles    Book Organization    Trends in High-Performance Green Building    Summary and Conclusions    Notes    References    Part I Green Building Foundations    Chapter 2 Background    Ethics and Sustainability    Basic Concepts and Vocabulary    Major Environmental and Resource Concerns    The Green Building Movement    Case Study: OWP 11, Stuttgart, Germany    Summary and Conclusions    Notes    References    Chapter 3 Ecological Design    Design versus Ecological Design    Historical Perspective    Contemporary Ecological Design    Key Green Building Publications: Early 1990s    Key Thinking about Ecological Design    Evolving the Concept of Ecological Design    Thermodynamics: Limits on Recycling and the Dissipation of Materials    Case Study: Kroon Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut    Thought Piece: Regenerative Development and Design: Working with the Whole by Bill Reed    Summary and Conclusions    Notes    References    Part II Assessing High-Performance Green Buildings    Chapter 4 Green Building Assessment    Major Green Building Assessment Systems Used in the United States    International Building Assessment Systems    BREEAM CaseStudy: AHVLA Stores Building, Weybridge, United Kingdom    Green Star Case Study    Thought Piece: Shifting Emphasis in Green Building Performance Assessment by Raymond J. Cole    Summary and Conclusions    Notes    References    Chapter 5 The US Green Building Council LEED Building Rating System    Brief History of LEED    Structure of the LEED Suite of Building Assessment Systems    LEED Credentials    LEED v4 Structure and Process    LEED Categories152    Case Study: Research and Academic Center at Lake Nona, University of Florida, Orlando    Summary and Conclusions    Notes    Chapter 6 The Green Globes Building Assessment System    Green Globes Building Rating Tools    Structure of Green Globes For New Construction Version 2    The Green Globes Assessment and Certification Process    Green Globes Professional Credentials    Case Study: Health Sciences Building, St. Johns River State College, St. Augustine, Florida    Summary and Conclusions    Note    Part III Green Building Design    Chapter 7 The Green Building Design Process    Conventional versus Green Building Delivery Systems    Executing the Green Building Project    The Integrated Design Process    Role of the Charrette in the Design Process    Green Building Documentation Requirements    Case Study: Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, Germany    Summary and Conclusions    Notes    Chapter 8 The Sustainable Site and Landscape    Land and Landscape Approaches for Green Buildings    Land Use Issues    Sustainable Landscapes    Enhancing Ecosystems    Stormwater Management    Low-Impact Development    Heat Island Mitigation    Light Trespass and Pollution Reduction    Assessment of Sustainable Sites: The Sustainable Sites Initiative    Case Study: Iowa Utilities Board/Consumer Advocate Office    Summary and Conclusions    Notes    References    Chapter 9 Energy Reduction    Building Energy Issues    High-Performance Building Energy Design Strategy    Passive Design Strategy    Building Envelope    Internal Load Reduction    Active Mechanical Systems    Water-Heating Systems    Electrical Power Systems    Innovative Energy Optimization Strategies    Renewable Energy Systems    Fuel Cells    Smart Buildings and Energy Management Systems    Ozone-Depleting Chemicals in HVAC&R Systems    Case Study: River Campus Building One, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland    Thought Piece: Building Energy Analysis: The Present and Future by Ravi Srinivasan    Summary and Conclusions    Notes    References    Chapter 10 Built Environment Hydrologic Cycle    Global Water Resource Depletion    Water Distribution and Shortages in the United States    Hydrologic Cycle Terminology    High-Performance Building Hydrologic Cycle Strategy    Designing the High-Performance Building Hydrologic Cycle    Water Budget Rules of Thumb (Heuristics)    Sustainable Stormwater Management    Landscaping Water Efficiency    Case Study: LOTT Clean Water Alliance, Olympia, Washington    Summary and Conclusions    Notes    References    Chapter 11 Closing Materials Loops    The Challenge of Materials and Product Selection    Distinguishing between Green Building Products and Green Building Materials    LCA of Building Materials and Products    Environmental Product Declarations    Materials and Product Certification Systems    Key and Emerging Construction Materials and Products    Design for Deconstruction and Disassembly    Case Study: Project XX Office Building, Delft, Netherlands    Thought Piece: Closing Materials Loops by Bradley Guy    Summary and Conclusions    Notes    References    Chapter 12 The Built Environment Carbon Footprint    Human Impacts On The Biogeochemical Carbon Cycle    Climate Change And The Carbon Cycle    Mitigating Climate Change    Defining The Carbon Footprint Of The Built Environment    Reducing The Carbon Footprint Of The Built Environment    Notes    References    Chapter 13 Indoor Environmental Quality    Indoor Environmental Quality: The Issues    Integrated IEQ Design    Addressing the Main Components of Integrated IEQ Design    HVAC Systems Design    Emissions from Building Materials    Particleboard And Plywood    Economic Benefits of Good Indoor Environmental Quality    Summary and Conclusions    Notes    References    Part IV Green Building Implementation    Chapter 14 Construction Operations and Commissioning    Site Protection Planning    Managing Indoor Air Quality during Construction    Construction Materials Management    Construction and Demolition Waste Management    Commissioning    Thought Piece: The Role of Commissioning in High-Performance Green Buildings by John Chyz    Summary and Conclusions    Notes    References    Chapter 15 Green Building Economics    General Approach    The Business Case for High-Performance Green Buildings    The Economics of Green Building    Quantifying Green Building Benefits    Managing First Costs    Tunneling through the Cost Barrier    Summary and Conclusions    Notes    References    Chapter 16 The Cutting Edge of Sustainable Construction    Passive Survivability    Cutting Edge: Case Studies    Case Study: The Federal Building, San Francisco, California    Articulating Performance Goals for Future Green Buildings    The Challenges    Revamping Ecological Design    Today   s Cutting Edge    Case Study: Green Skyscrapers    Thought Piece: Processes, Geometries, and Principles: Design in a Sustainable Future by Kim Sorvig    Summary and Conclusions    Notes    References    Appendix A Quick Reference for LEED 3.0    Appendix B The Sustainable Sites Initiative    (SITES   ) Guidelines and Performance Benchmarks 2009    Appendix C Unit Conversions    Abbreviations and Acronyms    Glossary    Index