Green Building Through Integrated Design (GreenSource Books)

by Yudelson, Jerry

• ISBN13: 9780071546010
• ISBN10: 0071546014
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-15
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

This comprehensive, well-illustrated guide covers the entire process of building a certified green building. It offers expert insight into tackling various projects, from concept and design, to unifying members of the team, to constructing high-performance buildings on time and within budget.

Author Biography

Jerry Yudelson, PE, MS, MBA, LEED AP is founderand principal of Yudelson Associates, a consulting firm specializing indesigning and marketing green building services and projects. He chairsthe Steering Committee for the USGBC’s Greenbuild Conference.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
The Recipe for Success in High-Performance Projects	p. 1
Green Buildings Today	p. 15
High-Performance Building Characteristics	p. 19
The LEED Rating Systems	p. 24
Other Green Building Rating Systems	p. 31
Looking to the Future	p. 40
The Larger Picture	p. 43
Barriers to Green Building Growth	p. 44
The Practice of Integrated Design	p. 45
Elements of the Integrated Design Process	p. 45
An Architect's Perspective	p. 46
What Integrated Design Is Not	p. 48
The Role of BHAGs	p. 50
The Integrated Design Team	p. 53
Integrated Design from the Engineer's Perspective	p. 54
Integrated Design in Practice-An Architect's Experience	p. 56
International Integrated Design: The New York Times Building	p. 58
The Contractor's Role in Integrated Design	p. 63
A New Trend-The Integrated Office?	p. 66
The Eco-Charrette	p. 67
The Charrette Process	p. 69
SWOT Analysis	p. 69
The University of Pennsylvania Morris Arboretum Project	p. 71
Adopt "Right Mind"	p. 78
Barriers to High-Performance Buildings: Why Some Projects Succeed and Others Fail	p. 81
Fewer Higher-Level Certifications	p. 85
What Needs to Happen	p. 89
Getting Consistent Results	p. 91
The Business Case for Green Buildings	p. 95
Incentives and Barriers to Green Buildings	p. 97
Benefits That Build a Business Case	p. 102
Economic Benefits	p. 104
Risk Management	p. 107
Health Improvements	p. 109
Public Relations and Marketing	p. 109
Recruitment and Retention	p. 112
Financing Green Projects	p. 114
Political	p. 117
Who Benefits?	p. 117
Costs of Green Buildings	p. 121
Cost Drivers for Green Buildings	p. 123
Additional Cost Considerations	p. 127
Controlling Costs in LEED Projects	p. 130
High Performance on a Budget	p. 131
Summary of Cost Influences	p. 133
Green Building Cost Studies	p. 134
Integrated Design Can Reduce Costs	p. 139
Gross Costs and Net Costs	p. 142
Integrated Project Management-Cost/Benefit Analysis of Green Buildings	p. 145
Introduction to the Environmental Value-Added Method	p. 146
LEED Rating System and EVA	p. 148
Getting Started with Environmental Value-Added Analysis	p. 162
Integrated Value Assessment	p. 163
Getting Started-Predesign Considerations	p. 167
Higher-Level Considerations: The Triple Bottom Line	p. 168
General Considerations: Sustainable Design	p. 173
Site Selection and Site Evaluation	p. 175
Programming	p. 180
Predesign Work	p. 185
Conceptual and Schematic Design	p. 187
Conceptual and Process Questions	p. 188
Site Questions	p. 189
Water-Related Questions	p. 192
Energy-Related Questions	p. 193
Materials and Resource Questions	p. 199
Indoor Environmental Quality Questions	p. 199
Design Development	p. 203
General Sustainable Design Questions	p. 203
Site Design Questions	p. 204
Water Efficiency Questions	p. 205
Energy Design Questions	p. 206
Materials and Resources Questions	p. 213
Indoor Environmental Quality Questions	p. 215
Construction Documents Phase	p. 219
Energy-Using Systems	p. 219
A High-Performance Laboratory Project	p. 221
Bidding and Negotiation	p. 231
Construction and Operations	p. 233
Construction	p. 233
Occupancy and Operations	p. 239
Looking Ahead-Designing Living Buildings	p. 243
Hard Bargain Farm, Accokeek, Maryland	p. 245
Integrated Design Resources	p. 251
Index	p. 253
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