Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery, Second Edition

 

Product Description

The green building movement has come a long way in a short time. Responding to this exponential growth, with its attendant technological as well as aesthetic developments, Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Deliver, Second Edition guides construction and design professionals through the process of developing commercial and institutional high-performance green buildings in today's marketplace. In this revised edition, Charles Kibert delivers a detailed, and passionate, overview of the entire process of green building, covering the theory, history, state of the industry, and best practices in green building. Kibert uses not only the dominant LEED assessment system, but includes such newer ones as Green Globes and several noteworthy building assessment systems from other countries. Sections introduce the background of the green building movement and walk you through such aspects as the background of high-performance green building design, green-building assessment, the green building process, and ecological design. Broad enough to cover the needs of faculty and students in architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, interior design, and construction management, yet focused enough to serve as a reference for building owners and buyers of construction services, Sustainable Construction is a comprehensive look at an emerging process that is environmentally sounds while making good economic sense.
 

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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Customer Reviews

Average Amazon User Rating: 4.5 stars

5 stars 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!

4 stars 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.

5 stars 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.

5 stars 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.

5 stars 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