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[eBook] [PDF] For Sustainable Construction Green Building Design and Delivery 5th Edition By Charles J. Kibert
Preface 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
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