April 2022
Beginner to intermediate
656 pages
27h 23m
English
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Part IVGreen Building Implementation
Part III provided an overview of the major systems of a green high-performance building: land and landscape, energy, water, materials, and indoor environmental quality. Proper design of these systems is the starting point for green building. But without careful execution of the construction phase of the project and thorough commissioning of the finished building, a green building project is incomplete. Part IV of this book addresses these two important aspects of a project and how they fit into the overall green building process. In addition, this part covers the economics of green building and offers an overview of the possible life justifications for green buildings, including energy savings, water and wastewater savings, the benefits of commissioning, operations and maintenance savings, and other approaches to addressing the economics of green buildings. This part concludes with an overview of the future of green building and the variety of directions in which this movement may evolve. It includes these chapters:
- Chapter 14: Construction Operations and Commissioning
- Chapter 15: Green Building Economics
- Chapter 16: Resilience in the Context of Sustainable Construction
- Chapter 17: The Cutting Edge of Sustainable Construction
Chapter 14 elaborates on major aspects of green building that are not covered separately in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) or Green Globes but that warrant additional consideration. The construction ...
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