Sustainable Buildings in Practice: What the Users Think

by George Baird

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'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415399327
• ISBN13: 9780415399326
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 10.8"