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A Whole-System Approach to High-Performance Green Buildings.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Norwood : Artech House, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (299 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781630814410
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Whole-System Approach to High-Performance Green BuildingsDDC classification:
  • 690.0286
LOC classification:
  • TH880
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Contents:
Intro -- A Whole-System Approach to High-Performance Green Buildings -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Scope and Scale of the Challenge -- 1.1 Impact of the Built Environment -- 1.2 The Emerging Market Drivers and Demand for Sustainable Buildings -- 1.3 Thought Leadership and the World Green Building Movement -- 1.3.1 Building Environmental Assessment Methods -- 1.3.2 Trends -- 1.3.3 Common International Assessment Methodology -- 1.3.4 Differences Among Schemes -- 1.3.5 Certification-Barrier or Enabler for Integrative Design? -- 1.3.6 Pushing the Boundaries -- 1.4 Creating a Market Pull for Sustainable Buildings -- 1.4.1 Responding to Client and Occupant Requirements -- 1.4.2 Growing Awareness That "Green" Buildings Pay -- 1.5 Compliance Drivers -- 1.5.1 Zero-Energy and Nearly Zero-Energy/Carbon Buildings -- 1.6 Whole System Thinking -- Ten Key Methods for Achieving Sustainable Design and Operations Outcomes -- References -- Chapter 2 Whole System Approach -- 2.1 What Is "Whole System Thinking"? -- 2.1.1 Integrating the Design Process -- 2.1.2 IDP Design Team Organization -- 2.1.3 Benefits of Integrative, Collaborative, Multidisciplinary Design Team Engagement -- 2.2 Identifying and Exploiting the Opportunities for CAPEX and OPEX Reductions Offered by a Whole System Approach -- 2.2.1 Tunneling Through Cost Barriers -- PassivHaus Standard -- 2.3 Avoiding Pitfalls -- 2.3.1 Risks of Relying on Overly Complex Technologies -- 2.3.2 Benefits of Adopting an Eco-Minimalistic Approach to Design -- 2.3.3 Closing the Performance Gap -- Portcullis House -- Portcullis House Key Lessons -- 2.4 Delivering Buildings Fit for People and the Planet -- 2.4.1 Human Health, Productivity, and Well-Being -- 2.4.2 Daylight -- 2.5 The Importance of Good Metrics -- Achieving a High-Energy Performance Commercial Building.
2.5.1 Measurement and Monitoring -- 2.6 Sustainable Construction Material Selection and Specification -- 2.6.1 What Is a Sustainable Construction Material? -- 2.6.2 What Environmental Impacts Are Associated with Construction Products? -- 2.6.3 Sustainable Construction Materials Assessment -- 2.6.4 Reducing Embodied Impacts at the Building Level -- 2.6.5 Sustainable Construction Materials and the Supply Chain -- 2.6.6 Other Approaches to Sustainable Material Selection -- References -- Chapter 3 Designing for the Future: Design Quality and Future Proofing, Intelligent Buildings, Whole Life Value, and Closing the Performance Gap -- 3.1 Knowing Where You Want to Go -- 3.1.1 Establishing Goals, Targets, and Metrics -- 3.1.2 How Long Will Your Building Last? -- 3.2 Design Quality and Future Proofing -- 3.2.1 Overview -- 3.2.2 Green Vitruvius -- 3.2.3 The Fourth Dimension -- Form Follows Function: London 2012 Olympic Park -- 3.2.4 Project Briefing and Communication -- 3.3 Intelligent Buildings -- 3.3.1 What Is an Intelligent Building? -- 3.3.2 Intelligent Building Guidelines -- 3.3.3 Key Criteria for Intelligent Buildings -- 3.3.4 Guidelines for Planning, Designing, and Managing Intelligent Buildings -- 3.4 Whole Life Value and Service Life Design: Economic Opportunities and Analysis -- 3.4.1 Introduction -- 3.4.2 Life Cycle Costing as Part of an Integrated Assessment of Sustainability -- 3.4.3 The Process of Assessing LCC as Part of Sustainable Procurement and Design -- 3.4.4 Key Focus Areas for Economic Assessment of Integrated Sustainability -- 3.5 Adopting "Soft Landings" to Ensure Buildings Perform Better in Use -- 3.5.1 Helping Clients -- 3.5.2 Helping Design Teams -- 3.5.3 Helping Contractors -- 3.5.4 Helping Building Occupiers and Managers -- References -- Chapter 4 Working with Nature and Natural Systems -- 4.1 Introduction to Bioclimatic Design.
4.1.1 Climate-Excluding Versus Climate-Adaptive Buildings -- 4.1.2 Bioclimatic Design: Learning from Vernacular Architecture -- 4.2 Biomimicry: Learning from Nature -- 4.2.1 What Is Biomimicry? -- 4.2.2 Inspiration from Natural Forms -- 4.2.3 Inspiration from Natural Systems -- 4.2.4 Inspiration from Natural Processes -- 4.2.5 Conclusions -- 4.3 Green Roofs and Living Walls -- 4.3.1 Building-Integrated Vegetation -- 4.3.2 The Benefits of Building-Integrated Vegetation -- 4.3.3 Design Stage Opportunities and Risks -- 4.3.4 Operational Issues -- 4.4 Preserving and Enhancing Biodiversity in the Built Environment -- 4.4.1 What Is Biodiversity? -- 4.4.2 Biodiversity and Sustainable Buildings -- 4.4.3 Green and Blue Spaces -- 4.4.4 Biodiversity: Key Issues -- 4.4.5 Building Biodiversity -- 4.4.6 Legislative Drivers -- References -- Chapter 5 Energy-Optimizing Architectural Design and Engineering -- 5.1 Whole System/Whole Building Optimization -- 5.1.1 Step 0: Location, Location, Location -- 5.1.2 Step 1: Fabric First! -- 5.1.3 Step 2: Explore the Potential Offered by Passive Solutions -- 5.1.4 Step 3: Ensure All Active Energy Systems Are Highly Efficient -- 5.1.5 Step 4: Consider the On-Site Renewable Energy Generation Options -- 5.2 Sustainability of the Building Envelope -- 5.2.1 Introduction -- 5.2.2 Building Envelope Fundamentals -- 5.3 Optimizing Indoor Environmental Quality -- 5.3.1 Introduction -- 5.3.2 Thermal Comfort -- 5.3.3 Visual Comfort -- 5.3.4 Indoor Air Quality -- 5.3.5 Acoustic Environment -- 5.4 Effective Building Control and Monitoring -- 5.4.1 Introduction -- 5.4.2 Maximizing BMS Effectiveness -- 5.5 Low-Friction, Low-Pressure-Loss Engineering -- 5.5.1 Reducing the Environmental Impact of Moving Air and Water Around Buildings -- 5.5.2 Why Design for Low Friction and Low Pressure Loss?.
5.5.3 Duct and Pipe Sizing: The Importance of Forensic Attention to Detail -- 5.5.4 Ductwork Layout -- 5.5.5 Pipework Layout and Design -- 5.5.6 Embodied Carbon Considerations -- Case Study: How Modifying Typical Ductwork Layout and Specification Can Reduce Fan Power Requirement (and Operational Cost) by Over 80% -- References -- Chapter 6 Modeling and Simulation as a Design Tool -- 6.1 How Modeling Can Help Design Better Buildings -- 6.2 Determining Peak Loads -- 6.2.1 How Are Peak Loads Useful? -- 6.2.2 Applying the Peak Load Values in Practice -- 6.3 HVAC Sizing: Doing Better Than Rules of Thumb -- 6.3.1 Why Is HVAC Sizing Useful? -- 6.3.2 Studying HVAC Sizing in Practice -- 6.4 Natural Ventilation Design with Analysis -- 6.4.1 Getting to a Natural Ventilation Design That Works -- 6.4.2 Testing the Natural Ventilation Opening Size Requirements for Windows -- 6.5 Adding Shading and Improving Glazing and Thermal Mass -- 6.6 Energy Analysis -- 6.6.1 Energy Analysis-Know Your Task -- 6.6.2 Energy Analysis: Workflow -- 6.7 Daylight Analysis: How to Interpret the Pretty Pictures -- 6.7.1 Daylight Analysis: What Is the Goal of the Design Exercise? -- 6.7.2 Daylight Analysis: Annual Versus Instant Analysis -- 6.8 Glare Analysis -- 6.8.1 A Simple Methodology for Using Glare Calculations -- 6.8.2 Direct Sun -- 6.9 Sun Path Diagrams -- 6.9.1 How to Use Sun Path Diagrams as a Design Tool -- 6.9.2 Seasonal or Annual Average Direct Sun -- 6.10 Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) -- 6.10.1 How CFD Works -- 6.10.2 CFD Limitations -- References -- Chapter 7 Water: Efficient Use, Sustainable Waste Water Treatment, and Management -- 7.1 Design for Water-Efficient Buildings -- 7.1.1 Reducing Demand -- 7.1.2 Efficient Servicing Strategies -- 7.1.3 Other Considerations -- 7.1.4 Water Efficiency in Domestic Properties -- 7.2 Sustainable Drainage Design for Developments.
7.2.1 Composition of Foul Drainage -- 7.2.2 Problems with Present Practice -- 7.2.3 Solutions -- 7.2.4 The Design of Ecological Treatment Systems -- 7.2.5 Types of Natural Treatment Systems -- 7.2.6 Natural Solid Waste Treatment -- 7.2.7 Surface Water Attenuation, Management, and Treatment -- 7.2.8 Key Principles of SuDS -- 7.2.9 The Need for Treatment of Surface Water -- 7.2.10 Construction -- References -- Chapter 8 Construction Phase Opportunities -- 8.1 Embracing Change -- 8.2 Legislative Drivers and Statutory Obligations -- 8.3 Procurement -- 8.4 Construction Documentation -- 8.5 Waste Management -- 8.5.1 Waste Management Versus Waste Reduction -- 8.5.2 The Waste Hierarchy -- Building Information Modeling -- Case Study: Recycling and Improvisation, London 2012 Olympic Stadium [17] -- Case Study: Deconstruction of IOC Headquarters, Lausanne -- 8.5.3 Strategy Success -- 8.5.4 Circular Economy -- Case Study: ArcelorMittal -- 8.6 Efficient On-Site Operations -- 8.6.1 Energy -- 8.6.2 Water -- 8.6.3 Site Logistics -- 8.7 Pollution Prevention -- 8.7.1 Water Pollution -- 8.7.2 Air Pollution -- 8.7.3 Other Pollution Sources -- 8.8 Other Considerations -- 8.8.1 Community Engagement -- 8.8.2 Biodiversity -- 8.8.3 Transportation -- 8.8.4 Cloud Collaboration -- 8.8.5 Achieving Buy-In -- 8.8.6 Training and Education -- 8.8.7 Commissioning and Testing -- 8.9 Green Building Certification Schemes -- 8.10 Collaboration Is Key -- References -- Chapter 9 Post-Construction -- 9.1 Post-Construction Evaluation: Closing the Gap Between Design Intent and Actual Performance -- 9.1.1 Introduction -- 9.1.2 The Need for Project Feedback -- 9.1.3 Post-Occupancy Evaluation -- 9.1.4 Making Feedback and POE Routine -- 9.1.5 What Range of Techniques Can Be Used? -- 9.1.6 What Should We Be Thinking About? -- 9.2 Design Quality Method.
9.3 Optimize Operational and Maintenance Practices.
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Intro -- A Whole-System Approach to High-Performance Green Buildings -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Scope and Scale of the Challenge -- 1.1 Impact of the Built Environment -- 1.2 The Emerging Market Drivers and Demand for Sustainable Buildings -- 1.3 Thought Leadership and the World Green Building Movement -- 1.3.1 Building Environmental Assessment Methods -- 1.3.2 Trends -- 1.3.3 Common International Assessment Methodology -- 1.3.4 Differences Among Schemes -- 1.3.5 Certification-Barrier or Enabler for Integrative Design? -- 1.3.6 Pushing the Boundaries -- 1.4 Creating a Market Pull for Sustainable Buildings -- 1.4.1 Responding to Client and Occupant Requirements -- 1.4.2 Growing Awareness That "Green" Buildings Pay -- 1.5 Compliance Drivers -- 1.5.1 Zero-Energy and Nearly Zero-Energy/Carbon Buildings -- 1.6 Whole System Thinking -- Ten Key Methods for Achieving Sustainable Design and Operations Outcomes -- References -- Chapter 2 Whole System Approach -- 2.1 What Is "Whole System Thinking"? -- 2.1.1 Integrating the Design Process -- 2.1.2 IDP Design Team Organization -- 2.1.3 Benefits of Integrative, Collaborative, Multidisciplinary Design Team Engagement -- 2.2 Identifying and Exploiting the Opportunities for CAPEX and OPEX Reductions Offered by a Whole System Approach -- 2.2.1 Tunneling Through Cost Barriers -- PassivHaus Standard -- 2.3 Avoiding Pitfalls -- 2.3.1 Risks of Relying on Overly Complex Technologies -- 2.3.2 Benefits of Adopting an Eco-Minimalistic Approach to Design -- 2.3.3 Closing the Performance Gap -- Portcullis House -- Portcullis House Key Lessons -- 2.4 Delivering Buildings Fit for People and the Planet -- 2.4.1 Human Health, Productivity, and Well-Being -- 2.4.2 Daylight -- 2.5 The Importance of Good Metrics -- Achieving a High-Energy Performance Commercial Building.

2.5.1 Measurement and Monitoring -- 2.6 Sustainable Construction Material Selection and Specification -- 2.6.1 What Is a Sustainable Construction Material? -- 2.6.2 What Environmental Impacts Are Associated with Construction Products? -- 2.6.3 Sustainable Construction Materials Assessment -- 2.6.4 Reducing Embodied Impacts at the Building Level -- 2.6.5 Sustainable Construction Materials and the Supply Chain -- 2.6.6 Other Approaches to Sustainable Material Selection -- References -- Chapter 3 Designing for the Future: Design Quality and Future Proofing, Intelligent Buildings, Whole Life Value, and Closing the Performance Gap -- 3.1 Knowing Where You Want to Go -- 3.1.1 Establishing Goals, Targets, and Metrics -- 3.1.2 How Long Will Your Building Last? -- 3.2 Design Quality and Future Proofing -- 3.2.1 Overview -- 3.2.2 Green Vitruvius -- 3.2.3 The Fourth Dimension -- Form Follows Function: London 2012 Olympic Park -- 3.2.4 Project Briefing and Communication -- 3.3 Intelligent Buildings -- 3.3.1 What Is an Intelligent Building? -- 3.3.2 Intelligent Building Guidelines -- 3.3.3 Key Criteria for Intelligent Buildings -- 3.3.4 Guidelines for Planning, Designing, and Managing Intelligent Buildings -- 3.4 Whole Life Value and Service Life Design: Economic Opportunities and Analysis -- 3.4.1 Introduction -- 3.4.2 Life Cycle Costing as Part of an Integrated Assessment of Sustainability -- 3.4.3 The Process of Assessing LCC as Part of Sustainable Procurement and Design -- 3.4.4 Key Focus Areas for Economic Assessment of Integrated Sustainability -- 3.5 Adopting "Soft Landings" to Ensure Buildings Perform Better in Use -- 3.5.1 Helping Clients -- 3.5.2 Helping Design Teams -- 3.5.3 Helping Contractors -- 3.5.4 Helping Building Occupiers and Managers -- References -- Chapter 4 Working with Nature and Natural Systems -- 4.1 Introduction to Bioclimatic Design.

4.1.1 Climate-Excluding Versus Climate-Adaptive Buildings -- 4.1.2 Bioclimatic Design: Learning from Vernacular Architecture -- 4.2 Biomimicry: Learning from Nature -- 4.2.1 What Is Biomimicry? -- 4.2.2 Inspiration from Natural Forms -- 4.2.3 Inspiration from Natural Systems -- 4.2.4 Inspiration from Natural Processes -- 4.2.5 Conclusions -- 4.3 Green Roofs and Living Walls -- 4.3.1 Building-Integrated Vegetation -- 4.3.2 The Benefits of Building-Integrated Vegetation -- 4.3.3 Design Stage Opportunities and Risks -- 4.3.4 Operational Issues -- 4.4 Preserving and Enhancing Biodiversity in the Built Environment -- 4.4.1 What Is Biodiversity? -- 4.4.2 Biodiversity and Sustainable Buildings -- 4.4.3 Green and Blue Spaces -- 4.4.4 Biodiversity: Key Issues -- 4.4.5 Building Biodiversity -- 4.4.6 Legislative Drivers -- References -- Chapter 5 Energy-Optimizing Architectural Design and Engineering -- 5.1 Whole System/Whole Building Optimization -- 5.1.1 Step 0: Location, Location, Location -- 5.1.2 Step 1: Fabric First! -- 5.1.3 Step 2: Explore the Potential Offered by Passive Solutions -- 5.1.4 Step 3: Ensure All Active Energy Systems Are Highly Efficient -- 5.1.5 Step 4: Consider the On-Site Renewable Energy Generation Options -- 5.2 Sustainability of the Building Envelope -- 5.2.1 Introduction -- 5.2.2 Building Envelope Fundamentals -- 5.3 Optimizing Indoor Environmental Quality -- 5.3.1 Introduction -- 5.3.2 Thermal Comfort -- 5.3.3 Visual Comfort -- 5.3.4 Indoor Air Quality -- 5.3.5 Acoustic Environment -- 5.4 Effective Building Control and Monitoring -- 5.4.1 Introduction -- 5.4.2 Maximizing BMS Effectiveness -- 5.5 Low-Friction, Low-Pressure-Loss Engineering -- 5.5.1 Reducing the Environmental Impact of Moving Air and Water Around Buildings -- 5.5.2 Why Design for Low Friction and Low Pressure Loss?.

5.5.3 Duct and Pipe Sizing: The Importance of Forensic Attention to Detail -- 5.5.4 Ductwork Layout -- 5.5.5 Pipework Layout and Design -- 5.5.6 Embodied Carbon Considerations -- Case Study: How Modifying Typical Ductwork Layout and Specification Can Reduce Fan Power Requirement (and Operational Cost) by Over 80% -- References -- Chapter 6 Modeling and Simulation as a Design Tool -- 6.1 How Modeling Can Help Design Better Buildings -- 6.2 Determining Peak Loads -- 6.2.1 How Are Peak Loads Useful? -- 6.2.2 Applying the Peak Load Values in Practice -- 6.3 HVAC Sizing: Doing Better Than Rules of Thumb -- 6.3.1 Why Is HVAC Sizing Useful? -- 6.3.2 Studying HVAC Sizing in Practice -- 6.4 Natural Ventilation Design with Analysis -- 6.4.1 Getting to a Natural Ventilation Design That Works -- 6.4.2 Testing the Natural Ventilation Opening Size Requirements for Windows -- 6.5 Adding Shading and Improving Glazing and Thermal Mass -- 6.6 Energy Analysis -- 6.6.1 Energy Analysis-Know Your Task -- 6.6.2 Energy Analysis: Workflow -- 6.7 Daylight Analysis: How to Interpret the Pretty Pictures -- 6.7.1 Daylight Analysis: What Is the Goal of the Design Exercise? -- 6.7.2 Daylight Analysis: Annual Versus Instant Analysis -- 6.8 Glare Analysis -- 6.8.1 A Simple Methodology for Using Glare Calculations -- 6.8.2 Direct Sun -- 6.9 Sun Path Diagrams -- 6.9.1 How to Use Sun Path Diagrams as a Design Tool -- 6.9.2 Seasonal or Annual Average Direct Sun -- 6.10 Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) -- 6.10.1 How CFD Works -- 6.10.2 CFD Limitations -- References -- Chapter 7 Water: Efficient Use, Sustainable Waste Water Treatment, and Management -- 7.1 Design for Water-Efficient Buildings -- 7.1.1 Reducing Demand -- 7.1.2 Efficient Servicing Strategies -- 7.1.3 Other Considerations -- 7.1.4 Water Efficiency in Domestic Properties -- 7.2 Sustainable Drainage Design for Developments.

7.2.1 Composition of Foul Drainage -- 7.2.2 Problems with Present Practice -- 7.2.3 Solutions -- 7.2.4 The Design of Ecological Treatment Systems -- 7.2.5 Types of Natural Treatment Systems -- 7.2.6 Natural Solid Waste Treatment -- 7.2.7 Surface Water Attenuation, Management, and Treatment -- 7.2.8 Key Principles of SuDS -- 7.2.9 The Need for Treatment of Surface Water -- 7.2.10 Construction -- References -- Chapter 8 Construction Phase Opportunities -- 8.1 Embracing Change -- 8.2 Legislative Drivers and Statutory Obligations -- 8.3 Procurement -- 8.4 Construction Documentation -- 8.5 Waste Management -- 8.5.1 Waste Management Versus Waste Reduction -- 8.5.2 The Waste Hierarchy -- Building Information Modeling -- Case Study: Recycling and Improvisation, London 2012 Olympic Stadium [17] -- Case Study: Deconstruction of IOC Headquarters, Lausanne -- 8.5.3 Strategy Success -- 8.5.4 Circular Economy -- Case Study: ArcelorMittal -- 8.6 Efficient On-Site Operations -- 8.6.1 Energy -- 8.6.2 Water -- 8.6.3 Site Logistics -- 8.7 Pollution Prevention -- 8.7.1 Water Pollution -- 8.7.2 Air Pollution -- 8.7.3 Other Pollution Sources -- 8.8 Other Considerations -- 8.8.1 Community Engagement -- 8.8.2 Biodiversity -- 8.8.3 Transportation -- 8.8.4 Cloud Collaboration -- 8.8.5 Achieving Buy-In -- 8.8.6 Training and Education -- 8.8.7 Commissioning and Testing -- 8.9 Green Building Certification Schemes -- 8.10 Collaboration Is Key -- References -- Chapter 9 Post-Construction -- 9.1 Post-Construction Evaluation: Closing the Gap Between Design Intent and Actual Performance -- 9.1.1 Introduction -- 9.1.2 The Need for Project Feedback -- 9.1.3 Post-Occupancy Evaluation -- 9.1.4 Making Feedback and POE Routine -- 9.1.5 What Range of Techniques Can Be Used? -- 9.1.6 What Should We Be Thinking About? -- 9.2 Design Quality Method.

9.3 Optimize Operational and Maintenance Practices.

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