Sustainable Construction
Green Building Design and Delivery
1st Edition
Published on 1. March 2005
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-0-471-66113-9 (ISBN)
Description
Sustainable Construction uses the latest U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard to explain the best practices in building procurement and delivery systems. It covers the theory, history, state of the art, and best practices in developing high performance green buildings, which provides the basic principles needed for the reader to test any of the myriad decisions that have to be made in designing and constructing a green building--from materials selection to considering the use of natural systems for wastewater processing.
Reviews / Votes
"Kilbert set out to provide a book for professors to use within their environmental departments; however, what he ends up with is a wonderful overview of the green building movement..." (AIA, March 2007)More details
Edition
1., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 24 cm
Width: 19.3 cm
Weight
887 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-66113-9 (9780471661139)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Book
11/2007
2nd Edition
Wiley
€73.90
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Person
CHARLES J. KIBERT, PhD, PE, is a professor at and Director of the Powell Center for Construction and Environment, and immediate past director of M. E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction, University of Florida, Gainesville. He also teaches continuing education courses on sustainable construction to industry professionals. He is cofounder and Chairman of Cross Creek Initiative, a nonprofit industry-university joint venture seeking to implement sustainability principles in construction. He is vice chair of the Curriculum and Accreditation Committee of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and is working both with the USGBC to develop a system of modules as well as education providers to support industry professionals.
Content
Foreword.Preface.Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview.PART I. GREEN BUILDING FOUNDATIONS.Chapter 2. Background.Chapter 3. Green Building Assessment.Chapter 4. The Green Building Process.Chapter 5. Ecological Design.PART II. GREEN BUILDING SYSTEMS.Chapter 6. Sustainable Sites and Landscaping.Chapter 7. Energy and Atmosphere.Chapter 8. The Building Hydrologic System.Chapter 9. Closing Materials Loops.Chapter 10. Indoor Environmental Quality.PART III. GREEN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, COMMISSIONING, AND ECONOMICS, AND FUTURE GREEN BUILDINGS.Chapter 11. Construction Options.Chapter 12. Building Commissioning.Chapter 13. Economic Analysis of Green Buildings.Chapter 14. Future Directions.Appendix A. Overview of LEED for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB).Appendix B. Rinker Hall LEED Certification.Index.