Download or read book Preparing a Building Service Life Plan for Green Buildings written by Dru Meadows and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expert guidance on developing a green building service life plan Filled with step-by-step instructions, Preparing a Building Service Life Plan for Green Buildings explains how to create a framework for managing the performance requirements and life-cycle impacts--including end-of-life--of major building elements for the duration of a green building’s intended lifespan. The book discusses operation and maintenance; inspections and assessments; repairs, upgrades, and replacements; documentation; and removal, reuse, recycling, dismantling, and end-of-life disposal of building components. A customizable template for creating a comprehensive green BSLP is included in this practical resource. Covers major building elements: Standard foundations Slab on grade Basement walls Floor construction Roof construction Exterior walls Exterior windows and doors Roof coverings Interior partitions and doors Fittings Stair construction Wall, floor, and ceiling finishes Elevators and lifts Plumbing, HVAC, and electrical Fire protection Pedestrian paving Site development--fences, retaining walls, fountains, and other site improvements Storm sewer

Download or read book Sustainable Construction Technologies written by Vivian Y. Tam and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Construction Technologies: Life-Cycle Assessment provides practitioners with a tool to help them select technologies that are financially advantageous even though they have a higher initial cost. Chapters provide an overview of LCA and how it can be used in conjunction with other indicators to manage construction. Topics covered include indoor environment quality, energy efficiency, transport, water reuse, materials, land use and ecology, and more. The book presents a valuable tool for construction professionals and researchers that want to apply sustainable construction techniques to their projects. Practitioners will find the international case studies and discussions of worldwide regulation and standards particularly useful. Provides a framework for analyzing sustainable construction technologies and economic viability Introduces key credit criteria for different sustainable construction technologies Covers the most relevant construction areas Includes technologies that can be employed during the process of construction, or to the product of the construction process, i.e. buildings Analyzes international rating systems and provides supporting case studies

Download or read book Life Cycle Cost Models for Green Buildings written by I.M. Chethana S. Illankoon and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life-Cycle Cost Models for Green Buildings: With Optimal Green Star Credits illustrates the tools and methods for developing a life-cycle cost model that incorporates developer constraints while maximizing the number of credit points achieved. The book identifies the interdependencies among various credits in the Green Star environmental rating system. Afterwards, life-cycle cost is calculated by considering six main central business districts (CBDs) of Australia. The net present value (NPV) technique is used to calculate life-cycle costs. Further, a sensitivity analysis is also carried out for selected credits to identify the changes to life-cycle cost to the changes in discount rate. Once all the life-cycle cost data is calculated, this book illustrates the development of the proposed model using a Java application which allows users to evaluate each key criterion of green buildings separately. The book is designed to provide ample knowledge of the various options available to get green building certification and the further implications in-terms of life-cycle. Provides cost saving and management advice for keeping a green building project operating on time and budget throughout their life-cycle Expertly explains the various options available for gaining green building certification Allows users to build life-cycle cost models which is unique to the project at hand

Download or read book Green Construction Project Management and Cost Oversight written by Sam Kubba and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2010-05-20 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green Construction is a specialized and skilled profession, and the author has extensive experience in this field. With this in mind, the reference is designed to provide practical guidelines and essential insights in preparing competent and professional looking ?Project Analysis Reports? and ?Project Status Reports?. The book also provides numerous tips on how to phrase the language of reports in a manner that is articulate and clearly understood by Real Estate Lenders and investors, as well as being an indispensable companion for both information and stimulus. Written in a conversational manner, this book will clarify the nuts and bolts of green construction, finance, and cost monitoring? as a profession, and will outline the many attributes required to being successful in this field. Moreover, it will scrutinize the mechanics of organizing monthly meetings, contractor payment certifications, budgets, change orders, construction schedules, code compliance, waivers of lean, and much more. Drawing on over 30 years of personal experience across the world - both as an employee and as an employer, the reader will learn how to plan and implement sound business strategies and form alliances in a global context. The book also offers important information and penetrating insights into the process of setting up and working as a due-diligence consultant. In a clear, practical style, it will be explained how to identify opportunities for business development and how to maximize return. It will also articulate how to meet new challenges as well as avoid many of the pitfalls along the way. For the individual professional, this guide provides useful information and tips to help secure a high paying professional position. The book will include amongst other things, up-to-date information on hundreds of useful contacts. Topics covered in this guide include: types of services offered, the consultant's role on the construction loan team, what the lender needs to know, and marketing techniques. The guide will also include a comprehensive appendix that will contain numerous sample letters (e.g. for marketing and certification), building loan agreements, AIA forms, lender/consultant agreement, closeout documents and much more. Likewise included will be an extensive list of useful references from a variety of resources, and much more. Indeed, this handbook will be the most detailed & comprehensive program on the market. It meets all the criteria of a major work and will provide vital and absorbing reading. Provides a detailed blueprint of how to conduct monthly meetings, investigations, understand typical client/consultant agreements, analyze contractor requisitions Includes sample letters, reports, forms and agreements for easy reference Practical guidelines for preparing Property Analysis and Property Status Reports Includes a glossary of important terms, abbreviations and acronyms

Download or read book The Law of Green Buildings written by J. Cullen Howe and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2010 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the most important issues in achieving the goal of building more efficient and less damaging buildings, this book highlight the significant statutes and regulations as well as other legal issues that need to be considered when advising clients in the development, construction, financing, and leasing of a green building. Topics include federal incentive programs, financing, alternative energy, site selection, land use planning, green construction practices and materials, emerging legal issues, and the effects of climate change on planning and architectural design.

Download or read book A life cycle approach to buildings written by Niklaus Kohler and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-12-10 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A building's entire life cycle aooOCU1/4oOe1/4o from construction through occupation, cycles of renovation and repairs, up to demolition and disposal, impacts the flow of materials thereby created. The decisive path of a building's environmental impact is however usually set early in the planning phase, at a time when planners often still lack knowledge about the sustainability characteristics of different building materials and constructions."

Download or read book Green Building written by RSMeans and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-19 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique cost reference, updated and expanded, for architects, engineers, contractors, building owners, and managers Green building is no longer a trend. Since the publication of the widely read first edition of this book, green building has become a major advancement in design and construction. Building codes and standards have adopted much stricter energy efficiencies. Businesses, institutions, and communities have discovered huge savings, along with health and marketing advantages, in sustainable building. Private facilities, as well as public buildings for Federal, state, and local governments are increasingly required to design and build sustainably in both new construction and renovation. This Third Edition has been updated with the latest in green building tech-nologies, design concepts, standards, and costs. The chapters, case studies, and resources give you practical guidance on green building, including the latest on: Green building approaches, materials, rating systems, standards, and guidelines Energy efficiencies, implementing energy modeling tools Designing and specifying, as well as commissioning, green building projects Often-specified products and materials, as well as a sample spec Goals and techniques for health, comfort, and productivity Evaluating the cost versus value of green products over their life cycle Low-cost green strategies, and special economic incentives and funding Building deconstruction and cost considerations With a new chapter on greening of commercial real estate, this reference is a one-stop resource for the latest in green building approaches and implementation. The contributors, all prominent leaders in green building, include: Mark Kalin, FAIA, FCSI, author of the original GreenSpec Andy Walker, Ph.D., PE, senior engineer with NREL Joseph Macaluso, AACE, certified cost consultant

Download or read book Green Building written by Michael Bauer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-12-03 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important consideration for energy-efficient buildings is their primary energy requirements over the entire life cycle. How to determine this? What integrative factors influence the performance of a healthy and sustainable building? This, while it may be important for clients and architects to know, is frequently not very transparent. This book has been written to assist with clarifying target criteria and expanding horizons when it comes to ecological buildings. It is meant as a handbook and source of reference for clients, architects, planners and building operators, to provide them with pertinent information about their design, construction and operation: how to do this in the most energy-efficient and economical manner? Also, there is feedback and documentation about prominent buildings like the Hamburg Dockland or the Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg in Stuttgart. They provide excellent architectural examples for detailed construction and design solutions. Further, there are insightful interviews with architects and clients about many important buildings, which help turn this book into an integrated source of reference for sustainable architecture. - A Guideline for Planning, Construction and Operation of sustainable Buildings - A source of reference for clients, architects, planners and building operators - Innovative architectural examples with sustainable concepts and design

Download or read book Operational Life Cycle Oriented Sustainability Rating Approach for Buildings written by Safa Mokahhal and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental issues have been exponentially increasing. The building sector has been found to be responsible for a large part of the direct and indirect environmental impacts such as; greenhouse gasses' emissions, etc... Several reports displayed that the building sector is responsible for 32% of global energy consumption, 19% of energy-related CO₂ emissions, 51% of global electricity consumption and 9% of global petroleum consumption. Furthermore, one-third of the material global resource consumption is exhausted in the building sector. The operational and maintenance phase of buildings accounts for 70% to 90% of the overall impact on environment. Thus, there is an urgent need for an inclusive operational-based life-cycle oriented building sustainability rating model that limits the harsh environmental impacts and saves energy for the next generations. Therefore, the goal of this project is to construct a comprehensive sustainability rating system that focuses on the operational life-cycle of the buildings and compares the developed system with other existing rating systems. The The project framework spins around three main phases as follows: (1) literature review to review multitude of building rating systems and categorization of the operational assessment criteria and sub-criteria and select the most inclusive building rating systems that will be considered for developing the proposed building sustainability assessment model, (2) building sustainability assessment model development, which functions through four integrated models as follows: (i) sub-factors sustainability assessment model, (ii) sub-factors credits aggregation model, (iii) factors credits aggregation model, and (iv) criteria credits aggregation model, and (3) model validation and verification, which aims at validating the verifying the developed model. In order to validate the building sustainability assessment model, the developed model was applied to a case study of Concordia EV building; where the data was collected from Concordia University facility management team. The results of the proposed BOMA criteria displayed the criteria results of the rating systems where; 49% (Certified), 54% (Certified), 60% (Good), and 53% (Un-classified) were the building sustainability assessment rating (BSAR) for the LEED, BREEAM, BOMA, and proposed BOMA respectively. For the criteria, sustainable sites, building management, and location and transportation criteria topped the system with 84%, 77%, and 74% respectively, which implies that the location of the building in terms of public transport accessibility, and proximity to amenities was perfect and the facility management is performing well with preparing and implementing proper building management plans. Then, indoor environmental quality and water efficiency + Emissions came after the sustainable sites, building management, and location and transportation with 63%, and 61% respectively, which is needs further attention in terms of indoor air quality pollutant monitoring, water conservation, and water management. At the end, energy and atmosphere and materials and resources + Emissions criteria buttoned the list with 44% and 38% respectively, which implies the poor energy performance and management as well as the absence of proper sustainable purchasing policy and solid waste management practices. The model showed to be an accurate tool for decision-makers to determine the current sustainability of buildings and highlights the weak areas that require further attention.

Download or read book High Performance Building Guidelines written by Andrea Woodner and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High performance buildings maximize operational energy savings; improve comfort, health, & safety of occupants & visitors; & limit detrimental effects on the environment. These Guidelines provide instruction in the new methodologies that form the underpinnings of high performance buildings. They further indicate how these practices may be accommodated within existing frameworks of capital project administration & facility management. Chapters: city process; design process; site design & planning; building energy use; indoor environment; material & product selection; water mgmt.; construction admin.; commissioning; & operations & maintenance.

Download or read book High Performance Green Buildings written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green building technology is referred to structures that are environmental friendly and resource-efficient throughout a building's service life, from design to construction. Green buildings are designed to reduce the overall impact on the natural environment by efficiently using energy, water, and other resources; reducing waste, pollution and environmental degradation.High Performance Green Buildings provides a comprehensive review of the current approaches to the design and construction of sustainable buildings including case studies with real-world examples of both successful and unsuccessful designs. With broad coverage including architecture, engineering, and construction, this book delivers detailed information on all aspects of the green building process, from materials selection to building systems and more. Green building is one of measures been put forward to diminish significant impacts of the building stock on the environment, society and economy. However, there is lack of a systematic review of this large number of studies that is critical for the future endeavor. The last decades have witnessed rapid growing number of studies on green building. This book reports on the existing body of knowledge of researches related to green building as well as up-to-date information to all aspects of a project to show you how green building concepts and principles apply throughout the design and construction process. Providing sustainability concepts to all aspects of construction and design, this book will be of valuable to students and practitioners dealing with this subject.

Download or read book Introduction to Green Buildings Built Environment written by IGBC and published by BS Publications / BSP Books. This book was released on 2023-02-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To dissipate the knowledge on green concepts to the students, IGBC has developed a comprehensive and holistic book - ‘Introduction to Green Buildings & Built Environment’. The objective of this book is to encourage & inspire budding young professionals, to take path of sustainability and carry forward the baton for a greener future. This book is one-of-a-kind publication which aims to throw light on various sustainability principles and equip the students with importance & benefits of green concepts. The book covers green aspects related to Sustainable Sites, Water Management, Energy Management, Materials & Resources, and Indoor Environmental Quality. The Architectural & Engineering educational institutions across the country can adopt this book into their curriculum or elective courses to facilitate the students with exposure on various green concepts and latest trends & technologies (during design, construction & operations) of different building typologies. Contents: 1. Site Selection and Planning 2. Water Management 3. Energy Efficiency 4. Sustainable Building Materials 5. Indoor Environmental Quality Book Review: ‘I am delighted to note that IGBC has launched the Green Education Programme which would facilitate Academia-Industry linkage on green concepts. This book on Introduction to Green Buildings and Built Environment which is released as part of the Green Education initiative of IGBC, will enable students to be industry-ready. The book will also equip students to carry forward the National agenda on green and reach newer heights.’ Anil D. Sahasrabudhe Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) ‘As we march ahead in facilitating a greener India and Net Zero Mission goals, we need more qualified professionals who can facilitate green building projects in the country. Launch of the IGBC Green Education Programme and this book on ‘Introduction to Green Buildings and Built Environment’ are important steps in sowing the seeds of green and igniting the minds of the younger generations.’ V Suresh National Chairman, Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)

Download or read book Speak Up Speak Out HBR Women at Work Series written by Harvard Business Review and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make yourself heard. Having your voice heard at work can be challenging, whether you're confronting a colleague about an inappropriate comment or trying to avoid being talked over by a male peer. But you can find ways to raise issues without raising your voice. Speak Up, Speak Out provides the research, advice, and practical tips you need to address issues large and small. From talking about sexual harassment to handling microaggressions to breaking through subconsciously gendered conversational patterns, you'll find the insight and sample language you need to be heard. This book will inspire you to: Address and redirect an inappropriate conversation Step in when you witness questionable behavior Break ingrained conversational habits like apologizing and complimenting Deal with interrupters and those who habitually speak over others The HBR Women at Work Series spotlights the real challenges and opportunities women experience throughout their careers. With interviews from the popular podcast of the same name and related articles, stories, and research, these books provide inspiration and advice for taking on issues at work such as inequity, advancement, and building community. Featuring detailed discussion guides, this series will help you spark important conversations about where we're at and how to move forward.

Download or read book Buildings and Constructed Assets Service Life Planning Procedures for Considering Environmental Impacts written by British Standards Institute Staff and published by . This book was released on 2004-09-21 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buildings, Construction systems, Life (durability), Planning, Life cycle, Environmental engineering, Environmental management, Quality auditing, Maintenance, Design

Download or read book Issues in Green Building and the Federal Response written by Eric A. Fischer and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: (1) Intro.; (2) What Is Green Building (GB)?: Energy; Water; Materials; Waste; Health; Siting; Serviceability; Disaster Resistance; Integration: Balance Among Elements; Balance Across Stages; Interdependence; Leadership in Energy and Environ. Design (LEED); Other Systems: Performance; Cost; Measurement; Market Penetration; Approach; (3) Legislative and Policy Framework; Energy Policy Act of 1992, and 2005; Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007; ARRA of 2009; Executive Order 13423, and 13514; (4) Programs and Activities of Selected Fed. Agencies; GSA; DoE; EPA; Office of the Fed. Environ. Exec.; NIST; HUD; (7) Issues for Congress: Oversight; Adoption and Implementation of GB. Charts and tables.

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Download or read book The Power of Existing Buildings written by Robert Sroufe and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Power of Existing Buildings, academic sustainability expert Robert Sroufe, and construction and building experts Craig Stevenson and Beth Eckenrode, explain how to realize the potential of existing buildings and make them perform like new. This step-by-step guide will help readers to: understand where to start a project; develop financial models and realize costs savings; assemble an expert team; and align goals with numerous sustainability programs. The Power of Existing Buildings will challenge you to rethink spaces where people work and play, while determining how existing buildings can save the world. The insights and practical experience of Sroufe, Stevenson, and Eckenrode, along with the project case study examples, provide new insights on investing in existing buildings for building owners, engineers, occupants, architects, and real estate and construction professionals.