Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery, Second Edition
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Product Details
- Author: Charles Kibert
- Publication Date: 2007-10-19
- Publisher: Wiley
- Product Group: Book
- Manufacturer: Wiley
- Binding: Hardcover, 432 pages
- Package Dimensions:
- Dimensions: 1100L x 870W x 110H
- Weight: 269
- List Price: $80.00
- ISBN: 0470114215
- ASIN: 0470114215
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Average Amazon User Rating:
great book
2010-02-28
Reviewer: Anne L. Sherman
thanks, this is a great book. It taught me a lot about green building and construction and it got me an A in my class!
Excellent text book
2009-12-25
Reviewer: David Allan West
It's no light reading, but for someone new to sustainability and/or sustainable construction this book provides a well rounded and balanced discussion of the topics.
Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery, Second Edition
2009-10-11
Reviewer: Lutful H. Choudhury
This is a very useful book. I will recommend this book to the students and the professional for their reference.
Absolutely wonderful
2009-06-12
Reviewer: Sarah
This is a textbook required for my green design 2 class. It provides a huge amount of statistics and green construction methods. Compared to other books about sustainable construction, this one seems much more informative and looks at the real issues behind WHY we should be using sustainable construction.
A useful book for Going Green and Green Building Design and Delivery
2009-01-13
Reviewer: Gang Chen
Going Green is "the Next Big Thing" after the invention of the internet. It is one of the most important trends of this century.
As Director of the Powell Center for Construction and Environment, and a professor in the M. E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction at the University of Florida, Charles J. Kibert, PhD, PE, made an important contribution to the revolutionary trend of Going Green with "Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery."
"Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery" covers the background, the history, theory, trend and development of the green building movement, and the process and best practices in green building. It discusses not only LEED, but also Green Globes and several other green building rating systems.
It includes 3 parts and 14 chapters:
Introduction and Overview
Part I Green Building Foundations
Background
Green Building Assessment
The Green Building Process
Ecological Design
Part II Green Building Systems
Sustainable Sites and Landscaping
Energy and Atmosphere
The Building Hydrologic System
Closing Materials Loop
Indoor Environmental Quality
Part III Green Building Implementation
Construction Operation
Building Commissioning
Economic Analysis of Green Building
The Cutting Edge and Beyond
"Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery" has 432 pages. It is a useful book for Going Green and Green Building Design and Delivery.
Gang Chen, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Author of "LEED GA Exam Guide," "Architectural Practice Simplified," "Planting Design Illustrated," and other books on various LEED exams, architecture, and landscape architecture


