Sustainable Construction and Design [With DVD]

✍ Scribed by Leffers, M Regina

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Year: 2009;2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 167
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Whether you are studying to take the LEED(R) Accredited Professional (AP) Exam or you are a student in a construction related program, this book is for you Thorough and complete coverage explains the "how" and the "why" of sustainable construction so you can be better prepared for the LEED(R) AP Exam and life in the field. " ""Sustainable Construction and Design" provides a solid foundation in the underlying conceptual framework of sustainable construction. Part One focuses on the foundations of sustainability, including the origins of sustainable design, the ecological structure of matter and the physical laws that govern it. Part Two provides a sustainable construction roadmap and how the concepts can be applied in the real world. It Addresses the LEED(R) prerequisites and credits and follows a commercial construction project through the certification process. "Sustainable Construction and Design" also expands sustainable concepts beyond the LEED(R) Credit Template and ideas into the residential arena as it reviews the process of a collaborative project that students created with Habitat for Humanity. It explains in depth about the qualities and conditions needed to create a successful design charrette, as it is the critical vehicle that brings both collaboration and whole-systems thinking into the process. The DVD that is included with the textbook assists in creating the loose structure of a design charrette. Don't leave your success to chance. Get your copy of "Sustainable Construction and Design "today

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 11
Introduction......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 15
Part 1 The Foundations of Sustainability......Page 16
Chapter 1 The Structure of Matter and the Material World......Page 18
The Laws of Thermodynamics......Page 20
The Ecology of Living Systems......Page 21
Questions and/or Assignments......Page 22
Notes......Page 23
Chapter 2 Nature’s Conscious Representatives......Page 24
Summary......Page 27
Notes......Page 28
Chapter 3 Generative Versus Degenerative Design......Page 30
Questions and/or Assignments......Page 39
Chapter 4 Whole Systems Thinking......Page 40
Summary......Page 44
Notes......Page 45
Chapter 5 Collaboration as Sustainability in Action......Page 46
Summary......Page 53
Notes......Page 54
Part 2 Sustainable Construction Roadmap......Page 56
Chapter 6 Site and Natural Energy Mapping......Page 58
USGBC LEED NC Certification Process......Page 63
USGBC LEED NC: Sustainable Sites (14 Possible Points)......Page 65
Questions and/or Assignments......Page 75
Notes......Page 76
Chapter 7 Water Resources and Sustainable Landscaping......Page 85
USGBC LEED-NC Water Efficiency, Five Possible Points......Page 86
Questions and/or Assignments......Page 90
Chapter 8 Building Orientation, Renewable Energy and Storage, and HVAC Systems......Page 91
USGBC LEED-NC Energy and Atmosphere, 3 prerequisites and 17 possible points......Page 93
Summary......Page 100
Notes......Page 101
Chapter 9 Materials and Resources......Page 102
USGBC LEED-NC Materials and Resources, 1 Prerequisite and 13 Possible Points......Page 103
Questions and/or Assignments......Page 110
Notes......Page 111
USGBC LEED-NC Indoor Environmental Quality, Two Prerequisites and 15 Possible Points......Page 112
Summary......Page 121
Notes......Page 122
USGBC LEED-NC Innovation and Design Process, Five Possible Points......Page 127
ID Credit 1.2: Innovation in Design—Educational Building (1 Point)......Page 128
Summary......Page 130
Questions and/or Assignments......Page 131
Chapter 12 Sustainable Construction: A Collaborative Project......Page 141
Questions and/or Assignments......Page 149
Notes......Page 150
Chapter 13 Sustainable Construction Template......Page 160
E......Page 162
L......Page 163
S......Page 165
W......Page 166