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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface xv
Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview 1
The Shifting Landscape of Green Buildings 2
The Roots of Sustainable Construction 5
The Vocabulary of Sustainable Development and Construction 10
Rationale for High-Performance Buildings 14
State and Local Green Building Initiatives 15
Green Building Progress and Obstacles 17
Trends in High-Performance Green Building 18
Book Organization 24
BREEAM Case Study: Bloomberg European Headquarters, London 25
Summary and Conclusions 27
Part I: Green Building Foundations 31
Chapter 2: Background 35
The Driving Forces for Sustainable Construction 37
Ethics and Sustainability 40
Basic Concepts and Vocabulary 48
Major Environmental and Resource Concerns 57
The Green Building Movement 62
Case Study: OWP 11, Stuttgart, Germany 70
Summary and Conclusions 73
Chapter 3: Ecological Design 79
Design Versus Ecological Design 81
Contemporary Ecological Design 89
Key Green Building Publications: Early 1990s 90
Key Thinking About Ecological Design 93
Evolving the Concept of Ecological Design 97
Thermodynamics: Limits on Recycling and the Dissipation of Materials 107
Case Study: Kroon Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 110
Synthesis 113
Summary and Conclusions 114
Part II: Assessing High-Performance Green Buildings 117
Chapter 4: Green Building Assessment 119
Purpose of Green Building Assessment Systems 119
Major Green Building Assessment Systems Used in the US 123
International Building Assessment Systems 127
BREEAM Case Study: Bloomberg European Headquarters, London 129
Green Star Case Study 134
GBEL Case Study 140
Summary and Conclusions 142
Chapter 5: The US Green Building Council LEED Building Rating System 145
Brief History of LEED 146
Structure of the LEED Suite of Building Rating Systems 147
LEED Credentials 149
LEED v4.1 Structure and Process 150
Green Building Certification Institute Relationship to the USGBC and LEED 152
LEED Certification Process 152
LEED Building Design and Construction Rating System 155
Regional Priority 173
Case Study: Stephan C. O’Connell Center at UF, Gainesville, Florida 174
Summary and Conclusions 177
Chapter 6: The Green Globes Building Assessment System 179
Green Globes Building Rating Tools 180
Structure of Green Globes for New Construction 182
Section 1: Project Management (100 Points) 183
Section 2: Site (150 Points) 184
Section 3: Energy (260 Points) 184
Section 4: Water (190 Points) 184
Section 5: Materials (150 Points) 185
Section 6: Indoor Environment (150 Points) 185
Green Globes Assessment and Certification Process 185
Green Globes Professional Credentials 187
Case Study: Health Sciences Building, St. Johns River State College, St. Augustine, Florida 188
Summary and Conclusions 194
Part III: Green Building Design 195
Chapter 7: The Green Building Design Process 197
Conventional Versus Green Building Delivery Systems 197
High-Performance Green Building Delivery System 200
Executing the Green Building Project 201
Owner Issues in High-Performance Green Building Projects 202
Setting Priorities and Making Other Key Initial Decisions 203
Selecting the Green Building Team 204
Role of the LEED Accredited Professional or Green Globes Professional in the Process 204
Integrated Design Process 205
Role of the Charrette in the Design Process 210
Green Building Documentation Requirements 212
LEED Documentation 212
Green Globes Documentation 214
Case Study: Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, Germany 214
Summary and Conclusions 218
Chapter 8: The Sustainable Site and Landscape 221
Land and Landscape Approaches for Green Buildings 222
Land Use Issues 223
Sustainable Landscapes 229
Green, or Living, Roofs 233
Vertical Landscaping 235
Enhancing Ecosystems 235
Stormwater Management 236
Low-Impact Development 237
Heat Island Mitigation 241
Light Trespass and Pollution Reduction 243
Assessment of Sustainable Sites: The Sustainable Sites Initiative 244
Case Study: Iowa Utilities Board/Consumer Advocate Office Building 245
Summary and Conclusions 250
Chapter 9: Building Energy Efficiency Strategies 253
Building Energy Issues 254
High-Performance Building Energy Design Strategies 258
HVAC Systems 279
Water-Heating Systems 284
Electrical Power System Components 286
Innovative Energy Optimization Strategies 291
Smart Buildings and Energy Management Systems (EMS) 300
Ozone-Depleting Chemicals in HVAC Systems 300
Case Study: The Pertamina Energy Tower: A Primer on Sustainable Skyscraper Design, Jakarta 301
Chapter 10: Built Environment Hydrologic Cycle 313
Global Water Resource Depletion 314
Hydrologic Cycle Terminology 318
Benefits of Water Efficiency 320
High-Performance Building Hydrologic Strategy 320
Building Plumbing Fixtures and Controls 324
Nonpotable Water Sources 328
Wastewater Strategies 333
Baseline Water Model Example 337
Use of Low-Flow Fixture Strategy 338
Use of Alternative Water Sources Strategy 339
Case Study: Lott Clean Water Alliance, Olympia, Washington 348
Case Study: Blackwater Recycling System, Salesforce Tower, San Francisco 350
Summary and Conclusions 352
Chapter 11: Closing Materials Loops 355
The Challenges of Materials and Product Selection 357
Issues in Green Building Materials and Product Selection 358
Selecting Building Materials and Products with a Focus on a Closed-Loop Materials System 365
Life-Cycle Assessment 368
Materials and Product Certification 375
Key and Emerging Construction Materials and Products 375
CLT Case Study: Brock Commons at the University of British Columbia 381
Case Study of Closing the Loop: Ecoworx® Carpet Tiles 385
Design for Deconstruction and Disassembly 389
Case Study: Project XX Office Building, Delft, Netherlands 392
Summary and Conclusions 395
Chapter 12: Built Environment Carbon Footprint 399
Human Impact on the Biogeochemical Carbon Cycle 400
Climate Change and the Carbon Cycle 403
Climate Change Mitigation 407
Defining the Carbon Footprint of the Built Environment 411
Reducing the Carbon Footprint of the Built Environment 418
Carbon Neutrality and its Applicability to Buildings 419
Focusing on Mitigating Project Climate Change Impacts 421
Carbon Neutrality Case Study: The Hong Kong Zero Carbon Building 422
Carbon Neutrality Case Study: Glaxosmithkline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry, Nottingham, UK 423
Carbon Footprint Case Study: Rinker Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville 428
Chapter 13: Indoor Environmental Quality 435
Indoor Environmental Quality: The Issues 435
Integrated IEQ Design 445
Addressing the Main Components of Integrated Design 449
HVAC Systems and IEQ 465
Emissions from Building Materials 468
The WELL and Fitwel Building Standards 474
Summary and Conclusions 475
Part IV: Green Building Implementation 479
Chapter 14: Construction Operations and Commissioning 481
Site Protection Planning 481
Managing Indoor Air Quality during Construction 486
Construction Materials Management 489
Construction and Demolition Waste Management 492
Commissioning 495
Summary and Conclusions 501
Chapter 15: Green Building Economics 503
General Approach 504
The Business Case for High-Performance Green Buildings 507
Economics of Green Building 509
Quantifying Green Building Benefits 510
Managing First Costs 522
Tunneling through the Cost Barrier 525
Summary and Conclusions 527
Chapter 16: Resilience in the Context of Sustainable Construction 529
Resilience Concepts and Scope 530
Codes and Standards for Built Environment Resilience 532
Designing Resilient Buildings 535
Green Building Assessment and Resilience 536
Community Resilience 539
Resilient Community Case Study: Boston 540
Resilience Building Case Studies: Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, and the Salt Lake City Public Safety Building 542
Chapter 17: The Cutting Edge of Sustainable Construction 547
Articulating Performance Goals for High-Performance Green Buildings 548
The Challenges 548
Revamping Ecological Design 556
Today’s Cutting Edges 559
Case Study of a Cutting-Edge Design: The Federal Building, San Francisco 561
Case Studies of Green Skyscrapers 566
Summary and Conclusions 578
Appendix A Green Globes for New Construction Based on ANSI/Gbapp01-2019 581
Appendix B WELL Building Standard® Features Matrix and Fitwel Building Standard® Features Matrix 589
Appendix C The Sustainable Sites Initiative™ (SITES™) v2 Rating System for Sustainable Land Design and Development 595
Appendix D Resilient Design Strategies at Building Scale 599
Appendix E Abbreviations and Acronyms 601
Glossary 607
Index 621
