SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS IN PRACTICE What the Users Think

Description

Current assessment methods of sustainable buildings do not adequately account for the users’ needs. Given that over the life of a building, total salary costs far outweigh both operating costs and combined capital and rental costs, the occupants’ needs are not something which should be sensibly ignored.

This book presents an unbiased evaluation of thirty of the most cutting-edge, sustainable buildings in the world, in terms of the users’ perceived comfort, health and productivity. The author has visited the buildings, interviewed the design teams and examined the findings of a sixty-question standardized user questionnaire. The book provides:

• thirty case studies covering mixed-mode, passive and environmentally sustainable commercial and institutional buildings
• detailed insights into the principles underlying the design of sustainable buildings worldwide, over several climatic zones and eleven countries, together with clear explanations and illustrations of innovative design practice
• a discussion of common issues and the lessons that may be learnt from a study of the performance of sustainable buildings in practice, from the point of view of the people who use them.

This important book will be of great benefit to architects and engineers, facility managers of commercial and institutional buildings, as well as developers and researchers, academics and students in these fields.

CONTENTS

• 1.Overview of the Buildings and their Performance

Part 1: Buildings in Cold – Temperate Climates

• 2. NRG Systems Facility, Hinesburg, Vermont, USA
• 3. Computer Science and Engineering Building, York University, Ontario, Canada
• 4. Military Families Resource Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 5. SciencePark, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
• 6. National Works Yard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• 7. Liu Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Part 2: Buildings in Medium – Temperate Climates

• 8. Gifford Studios, Southampton, England
• 9. Arup Campus, Solihull, England
• 10. Zicer Building, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England
• 11. Renewable Energy Systems, Kings Langley, England
• 12. City Hall, London, England
• 13. The Foundation Building, Eden Project, St Austell, Cornwall, England
• 14. The Mathematics and Statistics and Computer Science Building, Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand
• 15. St Mary’s Credit Union, Navan, Ireland
• 16. Scottsdale Forest Ecocentre, Tasmania, Australia
• 17. Tokyo Gas, Kohoku New Town, Yokohama
• 18. Nikken Sekkei Building, Tokyo

Part 3: Buildings in Warm – Temperate Climates

• 19. The Landcare Research Laboratory, Auckland, New Zealand
• 20. The Campus Reception and Administration Building, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• 21. 60 Leicester Street, Melbourne, Australia
• 22. 40 Albert Road, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• 23. The Red Centre Building, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
• 24. Institute of Languages, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
• 25. General Purpose Building, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia
• 26. Student Services Centre, University of Newcastle, Australia
• 27. Natural Resources Defence Council, Santa Monica, California, USA

Part 4: Buildings in Hot – Humid Climates

• 28. Institute of Technical Education, Bishan, Singapore
• 29. Ministry of Energy Water and Communications Building, Putrajaya, Malaysia
• 30. Menara Umno, Penang, Malaysia
• 31.Torrent Research Centre, Ahmedabad, India

340 pages / 22 x 27,5 cm / English