{"product_id":"green-building-costs-9781032328089","title":"Green Building Costs","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSustainability has become a driver of innovation in the built environment, but the affordability of sustainable building remains a significant challenge. This book takes a critical view of the real cost of green building. It provides readers with a non-biased evaluation based on empirical construction cost data and sheds light on the affordability of sustainable buildings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters are presented in three parts. The first part lays the foundation to demystify the perception of green buildings being expensive to construct by providing empirical evidence that green buildings, even net-zero buildings, are not necessarily more expensive to build than conventional buildings. The second part presents empirical evidence, common misperceptions of a higher green building construction cost are debunked. The author offers a new framework to explain the construction cost drivers and differences of sustainable buildings: the project characteristics and project team characteristics (human fa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I Looking back and perceptions 1 Introduction 2 Existing research 3 Meta-analysis findings \u003cb\u003ePart II What actual data tells us \u003c\/b\u003e4 Data collection and description 5 Data analysis \u003cb\u003ePart III The path forward \u003c\/b\u003e6 Comparative case study 7 The path forward\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49371811250519,"sku":"9781032328089","price":38.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032328089.jpg?v=1730154663","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/green-building-costs-9781032328089","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}