George Baird

Sustainable Buildings in Practice (eBook, PDF)

What the Users Think

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Current assessment methods of sustainable buildings do not adequately account for the users' needs. Given that over the life of a building, total salary costs far outweigh both operating costs and combined capital and rental costs, the occupants' needs are not something which should be sensibly ignored.

This book presents an unbiased evaluation of thirty of the most cutting-edge, sustainable buildings in the world, in terms of the users' perceived comfort, health and productivity. The author has visited the buildings, interviewed the design teams and examined the findings of a sixty-question standardized user questionnaire. The book provides:

• thirty case studies covering mixed-mode, passive and environmentally sustainable commercial and institutional buildings
• detailed insights into the principles underlying the design of sustainable buildings worldwide, over several climatic zones and eleven countries, together with clear explanations and illustrations of innovative design practice
• a discussion of common issues and the lessons that may be learnt from a study of the performance of sustainable buildings in practice, from the point of view of the people who use them.

This important book will be of great benefit to architects and engineers, facility managers of commercial and institutional buildings, as well as developers and researchers, academics and students in these fields.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135222901
• Artikelnr.: 43820957

Autorenporträt

George Baird is a Professor of Building Science at the School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington. A Fellow of the UK's Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers and New Zealand's Institution of Professional Engineers, he is an experienced researcher and writer and has been involved in the teaching of architects and building scientists for 40 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Overview of the Buildings and their Performance Part 1: Buildings in Cold - Temperate Climates 2. NRG Systems Facility
Hinesburg
Vermont
USA 3. Computer Science and Engineering Building
York University
Ontario
Canada 4. Military Families Resource Centre
Toronto
Ontario
Canada 5. SciencePark
Gelsenkirchen
Germany 6. National Works Yard
Vancouver
British Columbia
Canada 7. Liu Institute
University of British Columbia
Vancouver
Canada Part 2: Buildings in Medium - Temperate Climates 8. Gifford Studios
Southampton
England 9. Arup Campus
Solihull
England 10. Zicer Building
University of East Anglia
Norwich
England 11. Renewable Energy Systems
Kings Langley
England 12. City Hall
London
England 13. The Foundation Building
Eden Project
St Austell
Cornwall
England 14. The Mathematics and Statistics and Computer Science Building
Canterbury University
Christchurch
New Zealand 15. St Mary's Credit Union
Navan
Ireland 16. Scottsdale Forest Ecocentre
Tasmania
Australia 17. Tokyo Gas
Kohoku New Town
Yokohama 18. Nikken Sekkei Building
Tokyo Part 3: Buildings in Warm - Temperate Climates 19. The Landcare Research Laboratory
Auckland
New Zealand 20. The Campus Reception and Administration Building
Auckland University of Technology
New Zealand 21. 60 Leicester Street
Melbourne
Australia 22. 40 Albert Road
South Melbourne
Victoria
Australia 23. The Red Centre Building
University of New South Wales
Sydney
Australia 24. Institute of Languages
University of New South Wales
Sydney
Australia 25. General Purpose Building
University of Newcastle
NSW
Australia 26. Student Services Centre
University of Newcastle
Australia 27. Natural Resources Defence Council
Santa Monica
California
USA Part 4: Buildings in Hot - Humid Climates 28. Institute of Technical Education
Bishan
Singapore 29. Ministry of Energy Water and Communications Building
Putrajaya
Malaysia 30. Menara Umno
Penang
Malaysia 31.Torrent Research Centre
Ahmedabad
India