Green buildings pay : design, productivity and ecology / Brian W. Edwards and Emanuele Naboni.

Author
Edwards, Brian, 1944- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Third edition.
Published/​Created
London : Routledge, 2013.
Description
xvii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

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Subject(s)
Library of Congress genre(s)
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Pt. One The Greening Of The Property Industry
  • 1. How do green buildings pay?
  • 1.1. New evidence that green buildings produce wide economic and social benefits
  • 1.2. The procurement and marketability of green offices: experiences from Sheppard Robson and the British Council for Offices
  • 1.3. 2009 BCO Guide to Specification
  • pt. Two The Greening Of Architectural Practice And Design
  • 2. Designing green buildings
  • 2.1. Designing green buildings: the impact of LCA, BREEAM and LEED
  • 2.2. How do architectural practices deal with sustainability? An international comparison
  • 3. Research and development for green buildings
  • 3.1. Developing the knowledge base for practice
  • 3.2. Environmental simulation tools for designers
  • 3.3. Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) and the responsibility of architects
  • 3.4. Occupancy satisfaction in different types of offices
  • 4. New approaches to the design of offices
  • 4.1. Innovation, institutional change and the design of offices: green strategies and varying typologies
  • 4.2. Performance and productivity in the workplace
  • 4.3. Form, technology and energy: efficiency through architectural and mechanical means
  • 4.4. The importance of the facade
  • 4.5. The importance of roofs to sustainability
  • 4.6. The importance of the atrium
  • pt. Three Case Studies Of Green Office Design
  • Introduction to Part Three and a note on methodology and objectives
  • 5. The US and Canadian cases
  • 5.1. Hearst Tower, New York, by Foster + Partners
  • 5.2. Bank of America Tower, New York by Cook + Fox Architects
  • 5.3. New York Times Building by Renzo Piano with Fox & Fowle
  • 5.4. San Francisco Federal Building by Morphosis Architects
  • 5.5. Genzyme HQ Cambridge, MA, by Behnisch Architects
  • 5.6. US Census Bureau, Maryland, by SOM
  • 5.7. NASA Sustainability Base by William McDonough + Partners
  • 5.8. Manitoba Hydro Place, Winnipeg, by KPMB Architects
  • 6. The UK cases
  • 6.1. Environmental Building, Watford, by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
  • 6.2. BDP Office, Manchester, by BDP
  • 6.3. Wessex Water HQ Bath, by Bennetts Associates
  • 6.4. The Woodland Trust HQ Grantham, by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
  • 7. Green office refurbishments
  • 7.1. New business realities
  • 7.2. West End House, London, by 3D Reid Architects
  • 7.3. Queen Elizabeth II Court, Winchester, by Bennetts Associates
  • 8. Danish green offices
  • 8.1. VKR Group HQ, near Copenhagen, by Hvidt & Mølgaard
  • 8.2. Rambøll HQ Copenhagen, by Dissing+Weitling
  • pt. Four Educational Buildings
  • 9. Sustainability and education: buildings as carriers of ecological messages
  • 9.1. Kroon Hall Forestry Building, Yale University, by Hopkins Architects
  • 9.2. Global Ecology Center, Stanford University, by EHDD
  • 9.3. Green Lighthouse, University of Copenhagen, by Christensen & Co. Architects
  • 9.4. California Academy of Sciences by Renzo Piano with Stantec
  • 9.5. City of Westminster College, London, by Schmit Hammer Lassen
  • 9.6. Sidwell Friends Quaker School, Washington, DC, by Kieran Timberlake Architects
  • pt. Five Emerging Projects
  • 10. Green offices in emerging economies
  • 10.1. China
  • 10.2. The Gulf region
  • pt. Six Conclusions
  • 11. The value of g̀reen' to business and education.
ISBN
  • 9780415685344 (hardback)
  • 0415685346 (hardback)
  • 9780415685351 (pb)
  • 0415685354 (pb)
  • 0203082389 (ebook)
  • 9780203082386 (ebook)
LCCN
2012018510
OCLC
778425853
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