Green Building Illustrated.

Intro -- Green Building Illustrated -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Facing Environmental Challenges -- New Information, New Risks, New Opportunities -- What Is a Green Building? -- Green Building Goals -- Approaches to Green Building -- 2 First Principles -- Relative and Absolute Green -- Loads and Layers -- Continuity -- Holistic Design -- Integrated Design -- Affordability -- Energy Modeling -- 3 Codes, Standards, and Guidelines -- Codes -- Standards -- Guidelines -- The 2030 Challenge -- 4 Community and Site -- Community and Site Selection -- Protection of Sensitive Sites -- Preservation and Restoration -- Protection of Natural Features -- Heat Island Reduction -- Site Waste Management -- Transportation Issues -- Minimizing Light Pollution -- Site Strategies and Energy Use -- Site Water Conservation, Management, and Quality Enhancement -- Quantity of Storm Water Runoff -- Quality of Storm Water Runoff -- Transported Water -- Impact of Outdoor Water on Indoor Environmental Quality -- Other Site Issues -- Site and Renewable Energy -- 5 Building Shape -- Floor Area -- Surface Area -- Orientation -- Green Building Standards and Building Shape -- Core Spaces versus Perimeter Spaces -- 6 Near-Building Features -- Overhangs and Awnings -- Solar Panels -- Balconies -- The Building Facade -- Rainwater Harvesting -- Use of the Roof -- 7 Outer Envelope -- Inner and Outer Envelopes -- Infiltration -- Thermal Bridging -- Continuity and Discontinuities -- Walls -- Masonry Walls -- Poured Concrete Walls -- Wood-Frame Walls -- Metal-Frame Walls -- Curtain Walls -- Choosing Between Wall Systems -- Ensuring Continuity -- Windows -- High-Performance Windows -- Daylighting -- Views -- Window Losses -- Reducing Window Losses -- Doors -- Roofs -- Pitched Roofs -- Floors -- 8 Unconditioned Spaces -- Basements -- Attics -- Crawlspaces -- Garages.

Unrecognized Unconditioned Spaces -- Corridors, Stairwells, and Other Spaces -- Further Removing Conditioning from Rooms -- Locating Storage -- Controlling Temperatures in Unconditioned Spaces -- Unconditioned Spaces-Summary -- 9 Inner Envelope -- Vulnerabilities -- Solutions -- Thermal Mass -- Finishes -- Thermal and Radiant Properties of Finishes -- Lighting Reflectance -- 10 Thermal Zoning and Compartmentalization -- Thermal Zoning -- Compartmentalization -- 11 Lighting and Other Electric Loads -- Lighting -- Space Design to Minimize the Need for Lighting -- Optimized Lighting Design -- Efficient Lamps and Fixtures -- Exterior Lighting -- Controls -- Decorative Lighting -- Other Lighting Issues -- Plug Loads -- Large Electric Loads -- 12 Hot and Cold Water -- Reducing Use -- Hot Water -- New Water and Heat Sources -- Water and Heat Recycling -- Condensate Recovery -- Rainwater Harvesting -- Solar Energy -- Cost of Water Improvements -- Water Summary -- 13 Indoor Environmental Quality -- Indoor Air Quality -- Ventilation Challenges -- Indoor Air Quality Solutions -- Community -- Building Shape -- Near-Building -- Outer Envelope -- Unconditioned Spaces -- Inner Envelope -- Internal Gains -- Ventilation -- Indoor Air Quality during Construction and Preceding Occupancy -- Thermal Comfort -- Background -- Measuring Comfort -- Goals/Requirements -- Strategies -- Water Quality -- Acoustics -- 14 Heating and Cooling -- System Types -- System Vulnerabilities -- Guidance from the Outside In -- System Efficiency -- Fuel Selection -- Advanced and Emerging Systems -- System Integration -- Affordability and Heating/Cooling -- 15 Renewable Energy -- Solar Energy -- Solar Photovoltaic Systems -- Solar Thermal Systems -- Passive Solar Energy -- Wind Energy -- Renewable System Risks -- 16 Materials -- Using Less Material -- Reused Materials -- Salvaged Materials.

Reuse in Place -- Materials with Recycled Content -- Selection of Previously Unused Materials -- Embodied Energy -- Rapidly Renewable Materials -- Other Natural Materials -- Nonhazardous and Low-Toxicity Materials -- Refrigerants -- Designing for Reduced Postconstruction Material Impacts -- Construction Waste Management -- Less Waste through Material Use Efficiency -- Proteting Construction Materials before Use -- Diverting Waste from Landfills -- Other Materials Issues -- Transparency -- Durability -- Biomimicry -- 17 Schedules, Sequences, and Affordability -- Schedules and Sequences -- Affordability -- 18 Quality in Green Design and Construction -- Designed-In Quality -- Approaches to Quality in Design and Construction -- Quality in Design -- Quality in Construction -- Energy Modeling -- Commissioning -- Owner's Project Requirements -- Basis of Design -- Other Commissioning Issues -- Commissioning Tests -- Training and Documentation -- Follow-up Testing and Monitoring -- Metering and Metrics -- Metering -- Metrics -- Values and Tradeoffs -- 19 Conclusion -- Green Buildings and Beauty -- Green Buildings and Nature -- Closing -- LEED Green Building Rating System -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- EULA.

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