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tially less energy than does the average U.S. building. Daylighting of interior spaces not only creates more attractive places t ...

manager can greatly help the overall performance of a building. This per- formance includes energy conservation, building mainte ...

PART THREE PRACTICE 306 The next step is to define environmental goals for the project. The design team should define these as s ...

CHAPTER 16 SUSTAINABLE DESIGN 307 of materials. The team should look for opportunities for partnerships with suppliers, local ut ...

Once the team is in place, it will be extremely helpful to start the project with an education and goal-setting session. While t ...

DESIGN REFINEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION Optimization is simply the ongoing review of each design decision or mate- rial selection to ...

Every aspect of the design should be reevaluated systematically to achieve a better design. Materials should be dimensioned to m ...

CHAPTER 16 SUSTAINABLE DESIGN 311 The pre-bid conference should clearly outline the environmental goals and any unique features ...

PART THREE PRACTICE 312 issues at the weekly site superintendent meetings, much as they do for job site safety. This practice pu ...

to explain to users why the design decisions were made as they were. Sim- ple displays can be very effective in raising the over ...

Share and demonstrate sustainability. If we are to improve the envi- ronment for all, the knowledge of how to do so cannot be p ...

CHAPTER 16 SUSTAINABLE DESIGN 315 TABLE 16-1 LEED Green Building Rating System, Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council SUS ...

PART THREE PRACTICE 316 LEED Residential and LEED Interior Construction, which will more specif- ically address the needs of the ...

The rating system is generally performance-based rather than proscrip- tive. It encourages innovation and exploration of new ide ...

Environmental Design and Construction A bimonthly journal reviewing the latest in sustainable design and con- struction. Sustai ...

Sustainable Design Resources in Print A select list of resources we have found to be especially helpful... GENERAL Anderson, Ray ...

Good Wood Alliance. Good Wood Directory. Burlington, VT: Good Wood Alliance, 1996. E Build. GreenSpec. The Environmental Buildin ...

Vale, Brenda, and Robert Vale. Green Architecture: Design for an Energy-Con- scious Future. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1 ...

CHAPTER 322  Design Research and Methodology JUDITH HEERWAGEN, Ph.D. Copyright 2002 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click h ...

T The practice of interior design is like the practice of medicine in two important ways: first, design begins with problem iden ...