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Green building through integrated design

Author: Jerry Yudelson
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, ©2009.
Series: McGraw-Hill's GreenSource series.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"This comprehensive, well-illustrated guide covers the entire process of building a certified green building. It offers expert insight into tackling various projects, from concept and design, to unifying members of the team, to constructing high-performance buildings on time and within budget." "Written by one of the building industry's foremost experts in this area, Green Building Through Integrated Design includes  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jerry Yudelson
ISBN: 9780071546010 0071546014
OCLC Number: 233798918
Notes: "A GreenSource book"--Cover.
Description: xvii, 261 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Foreword --
Preface --
1. The recipe for success in high-performance projects --
2. Green buildings today --
3. The practice of integrated design --
4. The eco-charrette --
5. Barriers to high-performance buildings: why some projects succeed and others fail --
6. The business case for green buildings --
7. Costs of green buildings --
8. Integrated project management --
cost/benefit analysis of green buildings --
9. Getting started --
predesign considerations --
10. Conceptual and schematic design --
11. Design development --
12. Construction documents phase --
13. Construction and operations --
14. Looking ahead --
designing living buildings --
Appendix A: Integrated design resources.
Series Title: McGraw-Hill's GreenSource series.
Responsibility: Jerry Yudelson.

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Features green building projects. This book delivers a step-by-step process for planning, designing, constructing, and operating high-performance green buildings.  Read more...
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Three new books offer inspiration and practical advice for integrated, high-performance design. By B.J. Novitski It has become increasingly clear that high-performance design depends on an integrated Read more...

 
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