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Better Buildings
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Better Buildings

by Richard Partington, Simon Bradbury
July 2019
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
5h 32m
English
RIBA Publishing
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Case studies

The case studies in this book have all undergone BPE and show both the design intentions and how they worked on completion. They are grouped according to building type – offices, public buildings, schools and homes – allowing for some cross-comparison between similar projects, but also to show the different evaluation methods and challenges across building types.

The case studies are drawn from the Innovate UK programme as well as other projects that have undergone BPE. Wherever possible the performance information is presented in a consistent format. However, all of the performance information needs to be viewed in context and qualified or explained to some degree, including information on building location, occupancy, weather ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781000706758