Sustainable Design Basics

✍ Scribed by Sharon B. Jaffe, Rob Fleming, Mark Karlen, Saglinda H. Roberts

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 486
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

An accessible, climate-diverse guide that transforms readers from sustainable design novices to whole-solution problem solvers.

Sustainable Design Basics is a student-friendly introduction to a holistic and integral view of sustainable design. Comprehensive in scope, this textbook presents basic technical information, sustainability strategies, and a practical, step-by-step approach for sustainable building projects. Clear and relatable chapters illustrate how to identify the factors that reduce energy use, solve specific sustainable design problems, develop holistic design solutions, and address the social and cultural aspects of sustainable design. Requiring no prior knowledge of the subject, the text’s easy-to-follow methodology leads readers through the fundamental sustainable design principles for the built environment.

Sustainably-constructed and maintained buildings protect the health and improve the productivity of their occupants, as well as help to restore the global ecosystem. The authors, leading practitioners and educators in sustainable design, have created a resource that provides a solid introduction to broad level sustainability thinking that students can take forward into their professional practice. Topics include space planning for sustainable design, integrative and collaborative design, standards and rating systems, real-world strategies to conserve energy and resources through leveraging renewable natural resources and innovative construction techniques and their impact on our environment.

Usable and useful both in and beyond the classroom, this book:
• Covers building location strategies, building envelopes and structures, integration of passive and active systems, green materials, and project presentation
• Examines cultural factors, social equity, ecological systems, and aesthetics
• Provides diverse student exercises that vary by climate, geography, setting, perspective, and typology
• Features a companion website containing videos for each sustainable strategy, matrices, templates, Sketch-Up and AutoCAD files, PowerPoint slides, and extensive instructor resources

Sustainable Design Basics is an important resource aimed at undergraduate architecture and interior design students, or first-year graduate students, as well as design professionals wishing to integrate sustainable design knowledge and techniques into their practice.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Companion Website
Chapter 1 Why, How, Who, and What
Why Use This Book
How to Use This Book
Who Should Use This Book
What Are the Parameters of This Book
Organization
Exercises
Companion Website
Chapter 2 Mindset
The Holocene and the Age of Agriculture
The Industrial Revolution and the Environment
Environmentalism and the Age of Information
1960s
1970s
1980s
1987
1990s
1993
2005
2006
2012
2017
Realizations of the Historic Sustainability Events Timeline
Thinking and Seeing from Multiple Perspectives
Integral Sustainable Design
The Four Perspectives of Integral Sustainable Design
Performance
Systems
Culture
Experience
Learning from the Past: General Rules
Space and Scale
The Integrative Design Process
Rating Systems
Chapter 3 Step 1: Context
The Sustainable Design Basics Methodology: An Overview
Methodology and Planning
Step 1: Context
Step 1A: Project Information
Who Is the Client? What Are the Client’s Priorities?
Client Motivation
Client Intention and Expectation
Step 1B: Guiding Principles
Completing the Guiding Principles Matrix
Step 1C: Macro Context and Micro Context
Macro Context
Micro Context
Geosetting
Macroclimate
Microclimate
Settlement Patterns
Site Context
Setting/Geography
Step 1D: Site Inventory and Analysis
The Elements of Site Inventory
Air
Water
Habitat (Flora and Fauna)
Food
The Senses
Sound
Sight
View
Touch/Textures
Smell
Taste
Biophilia
Site Inventory
Chapter 4 Step 2 Pre-Planning
Research and Organization
Step 2A: Case Study
Selection
Precedents
Benchmarks
Organize the Data
Complete the Matrix
Narrative
Interpretation, Analysis, and Evaluation
Step 2B: Project Goals
Performance Objectives
Establishing Goals and Objectives
Building Standards as Benchmarks
Green and Sustainable Building Rating Systems as Benchmarks
Using the Goals and Objectives Matrix
Step 2C: Criteria Matrix
Design Program
Expanding for Sustainability
Understanding the Criteria Matrix
Completing the Criteria Matrix
Criteria Matrix and New Buildings
Criteria Matrix and Existing Buildings
Step 2D: Relationship Diagrams
Drawing Relationship Diagrams
Further Reading
Chapter 5 Step 3: Design
Whole Building Thinking, Systems Thinking
The Sustainable Design Process is a Synthesis Process
Iterative Process
Matrices
3A Preliminary Design
Building Location and Site Integration
Building Location Design Objectives and Design Ideas
Building Orientation
Preliminary Space Planning for Sustainability
Building Shape
Building Massing
Validation
Space Plan Revisited
Further Reading
Chapter 6 Step 3B: Passive Design
What Is Passive Design?
Resilience
Key Elements of Passive Design
Key Terms
Passive Design Strategies
Passive Design in Macroclimates
Passive Design Strategies in Macro Context
Passive Solar Heating
Key Terms
Microclimate
Design Objectives and Design Ideas
Design Priorities
Synergies and Tradeoffs
Passive Cooling and Natural Ventilation
Key Terms
Key Metrics
Windows and Window Shading
Microclimate
Design Objectives and Design Ideas
Design Priorities
Synergies and Tradeoffs
Water Conservation and Rainwater Harvesting
Key Terms
Key Strategies
Key Metrics
Rainwater Harvesting
Stormwater Management
Passive Design Validation
Further Reading
Chapter 7 Step 3B: Passive Design, Daylighting
Daylighting
Key Terms
Key Metrics
Infiltration and Distribution
Microclimate, Local Zoning, and Codes
Interiors Scale
Objectives and Design Ideas
Design Priorities
Validation
Further Reading
Chapter 8 Step 3C: Building Envelope
What is the Building Envelope?
Functions
The Building Envelope in the SDB Methodology
Resilience
Building Envelope and Macroclimate
Building Structure and the Building Envelope
Types
Materials
Building Structure and Macroclimate
Building Structure Systems: Options and Considerations
Building Foundations
Building Foundations and the Macroclimate
Microclimate, Local Zoning and Codes
Site Inventory and Analysis
Basements
Foundation Systems
Exterior Wall Assembly
Key Terms
Macroclimate
Macro Context
Microclimate, Local Zoning and Codes
Design Objectives and Design Ideas
Materials
Which is the Most Sustainable?
Windows
Key Terms
Additional Window Performance Ratings
Types of Window Configurations
Macroclimate
Macro Context
Design Objectives and Design Ideas
Window Shading
Which Is the Most Sustainable?
Roof Systems
Resilience
Key Terms
Macroclimate
Macro Context
Settlement Patterns
Microclimate
Form
Selecting the Most Sustainable Roof for a Project
Validation, Synergies, and SYNTHESIS of Design
Validation
Design Synthesis
Space Plan Refinement
Further Reading
Chapter 9 Step 3D: Green Materials
Basics
Key Terms
Key Metrics
Material Consumption
Research
Evaluation
Material and Product Sustainability Standards
Product and Material Standards Development Organizations
Material and Product Standards
Standards for Building Material and Products
Standards for Interior Architecture, Interior Design, Materials, and Products
Product Certification
Third-Party Material Certification
Material and Product Evaluation
Selection
Key Strategies
Overarching Objectives
Design Objectives and Design Ideas
New Materials and Long-Term Sustainability
Environmental Impact Evaluation Tools
Material and Product Resources
A Warning about Greenwashing
So, Is It Green?
Further Reading
Chapter 10 Step 4: Design Resolution
Step 4A: Final Design Synthesis
The Design Synthesis Matrix
Step 4B: Final Design Validation
Relationship between Project Goals and Validation
Evidence-Based Design
Multiple Versions and Iterations
Expanded Validation
The Validation Matrix
Step 4C: Presenting the Project
Making a Compelling Sustainable Design Presentation
Chapter 11 Demonstration Project
Step 1: Context
Step 1A: Project Information
Step 1B: Guiding Principles
Step 1C: Macro and Micro Context:
Step 1D: Site Inventory and Analysis
Step 2: Pre-Planning
Step 2A: Case Study Overview
Basic Research
Case Study Matrix
Takeaways and Executive Summary
Step 2B: Project Goals
Step 2C: Design Criteria
Step 2D: Spatial Relationships
Step 3: Design
Step 3A: Preliminary Design
Step 3B: Passive Systems
Step 3C: Building Envelope
Chapter 12 Beyond the Basics
Active Systems
Software
HVAC Efficiency
Artificial Lighting and Equipment
PV Array Sizing and Net-Zero Energy
Calculating Net-Zero Performance
Chapter 13 Design Resolution
Final Design Synthesis
District Scale
Site Plan
Final Space Plan/Floor Plan
Final Validation
Energy
Daylight
Air
Water
Stormwater
Ecological Integration
Equity
Community
Views
Multisensory Engagement
Final Validation Matrix
Guiding Principles
Conclusion
Final Presentation
Chapter 14 Demonstration Project: Final Presentation
Step 1: Project Introduction and Context
Step 2: Pre-Planning
Design
Design Resolution
Conclusion
Chapter 15 Exercises
Sustainable Building Design Exercises
Choice 1: Client
Choice 2: Site Location and Macroclimate
Choice 3: Macro Context (Settlement Pattern)
Choice 4: New Building or Existing Building
Choice 1: Client Details
Client A: Green Brokerage Firm
Client B: The Audubon Society
Client C: Intercultural Family Services, Inc.
Client D: Art Alliance
Choice 2: Site Selection and Macro Climate
Choice 3: Macro Context Details
Choice 4: New Building or Existing Building
Option A: New Construction
Option B: Existing Building
Exercises
Appendix A Demonstration Project Program, Climate, and Context Resources
Step 1A: Project Introduction
University Career Counseling Center Program Requirements
Step 1C Macro and Micro Context
Project Information
Step 1D Site Inventory and Analysis
Site Conditions
Appendix B Forms and Matrices
Appendix C Energy Modeling Software
Notes about Energy and Daylighting Simulation
SEFAIRA
Rhino Architectural Software
Open Studio
IES (INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS)
Equest
Revit Green Building Studio by AutoDesk
Appendix D Abbreviations and Acronyms
Appendix E Green Building Standards, Codes and Rating Systems
The Role of Codes and Standards
The Role of Rating Systems
Green Building Standards, Codes and Rating Systems
Standards and Rating systems
Codes
Green Product Directories
Bibliography
Index
EULA

✦ Subjects

Ecology; Architecture; Energy Usage Optimization