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Green buildings pay : design, productivity and ecology / Brian W. Edwards and Emanuele Naboni.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Edwards, Brian, 1944- author.
Naboni, Emanuele, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Architecture and energy conservation--Great Britain--Case studies.
Architecture and energy conservation.
Commercial buildings--Great Britain--Case studies.
Commercial buildings.
College buildings--Great Britain--Case studies.
College buildings.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (297 p.)
Edition:
Third edition.
Other Title:
Design, productivity and ecology
Place of Publication:
New York : Routledge, 2013.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
"There is growing recognition that the environmental quality of workplaces has a measurable impact on health, wellbeing and hence productivity. There is also increasing evidence that the environmental design of classrooms enhances learning and that green schools bring wider social and economic benefits beyond that of reduced energy consumption. The third edition of Green Buildings Pay presents new evidence and new arguments concerning the institutional and business case that can be made for green design. Green Buildings Pay examines, through case studies of commercial and educational buildings, how different approaches to green design can produce more sustainable patterns of development. Completely revised with all new chapters, cases, sections and introductory material the third edition provides the reader with:Over 20 new researched case studies drawn from the UK, Europe and the USA/CanadaExamples of buildings of high sustainable and high architectural quality Coverage of office buildings, universities, colleges and schools Each case study is written in collaboration with the architects, engineers, clients and user groups Cases which demonstrate current practice in the area of energy/eco-retrofits of existing buildingsDocumentation of the beneficial impact assessment schemes such as LEED and BREEAM have had upon client expectations and on design approaches over the past decadeBeautiful full colour illustrations throughout The green argument has moved a long way forward since the last edition and this is an extremely timely updating of a book which addresses some of the key bottom line issues faced by architect, engineer and client today"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
pt. 1. The greening of the property industry
pt. 2. The greening of architectural practice and design
pt. 3. Case studies of green office design
pt. 4. Educational buildings
pt. 5. Emerging projects
pt. 6. Conclusions.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 02, 2020)
ISBN:
9780415685351
0415685354
9781136178993
1136178996
9780203082386
0203082389
9781136179006
1136179003
OCLC:
857365017

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