Design Economics for the Built Environment: Impact of Sustainability on Project Evaluation

Index

• academic QS curricula, coverage of sustainability in
• activity-based design approach [for creating sustainable communities]
  • data and information requirements
  • interior space layout
  • key concepts and principles
  • zoning proposals
  • see also decentralised energy networks
• Africa, share of global construction output
• air conditioning
  • alternatives
  • capital cost
• air-to-air energy recovery
• alternative procurement routes
  • whole-life cost theory used
• AMEC, knowledge management systems used by
• appraisal of design
  • case study
  • by discounting methods
  • by residual valuation technique
• architect-led [traditional] procurement system
• area schedule, functional areas of building
• ARUP, knowledge management systems used by
• Asia, share of global construction output
• Atkins, knowledge management systems used by
• Australia, tall buildings

• barcoding
• BCIS (building cost information service)
  • Standard Form of Cost Analysis
  • Standardised Method of Life Cycle Costing
• BedZED development
• behaviour changes, energy demand reduced by
• benchmarking
  • of cost plans
  • definition
• BIM (building information modelling)
  • 3D modelling in
  • 4D simulation
  • Build-to-Design (B2D) phase
  • case studies
  • change orders and quality
  • communication in
  • constructability analysis
  • cost planning
  • cost visualisation
  • data integrity
  • data visualisation
  • definitions
  • Design-to-Build (D2B) phase
  • evolving cost forecasting process
  • future directions
  • ‘in-wall coordination’ process
  • information flow in
  • integration process
  • MPS (Model Progression ...