Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery

by Charles J. Kibert

Book Overview

Reflecting the latest developments in the green building movement, and updated to include coverage of LEED 2009, Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery, Second Edition guides construction and design professionals through the process of developing commercial and institutional high-performance green buildings in today's marketplace. In this revised edition, Charles Kibert delivers a detailed, and passionate, overview of the entire process of green building, covering the theory, history, state of the industry, and best practices in green building. Kibert uses not only the dominant LEED assessment system, but includes such newer ones as Green Globes and several noteworthy building assessment systems from other countries. Sections introduce the background of the green building movement and walk you through such aspects as the background of high-performance green building design, green-building assessment, the green building process, and ecological design. Broad enough to cover the needs of faculty and students in architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, interior design, and construction management, yet focused enough to serve as a reference for building owners and buyers of construction services, Sustainable Construction is a comprehensive look at an emerging process that is environmentally sounds while making good economic sense. Content from this book is available as two online continuing professional education courses at http: //www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-320255.html#life_cycle_assessment and http: //www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-320255.html#green_building. WileyCPE courses are available on demand, 24 hours a day, and are approved by the American Institute of Architects.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470114215
• ISBN13: 9780470114216
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 407 Pages
• Weight: 2.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.8" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

great book

thanks, this is a great book. It taught me a lot about green building and construction and it got me an A in my class!

Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery, Second Edition

This is a very useful book. I will recommend this book to the students and the professional for their reference.

Absolutely wonderful

This is a textbook required for my green design 2 class. It provides a huge amount of statistics and green construction methods. Compared to other books about sustainable construction, this one seems much more informative and looks at the real issues behind WHY we should be using sustainable construction.

A useful book for Going Green and Green Building Design and Delivery

Going Green is "the Next Big Thing" after the invention of the internet. It is one of the most important trends of this century. As Director of the Powell Center for Construction and Environment, and a professor in the M. E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction at the University of Florida, Charles J. Kibert, PhD, PE, made an important contribution to the revolutionary trend of Going Green with "Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery." "Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery" covers the background, the history, theory, trend and development of the green building movement, and the process and best practices in green building. It discusses not only LEED, but also Green Globes and several other green building rating systems. It includes 3 parts and 14 chapters: Introduction and Overview Part I Green Building Foundations Background Green Building Assessment The Green Building Process Ecological Design Part II Green Building Systems Sustainable Sites and Landscaping Energy and Atmosphere The Building Hydrologic System Closing Materials Loop Indoor Environmental Quality Part III Green Building Implementation Construction Operation Building Commissioning Economic Analysis of Green Building The Cutting Edge and Beyond "Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery" has 432 pages. It is a useful book for Going Green and Green Building Design and Delivery. Gang Chen, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Author of "LEED GA Exam Guide," "Architectural Practice Simplified," "Planting Design Illustrated," and other books on various LEED exams, architecture, and landscape architecture

Covers everything...

Since I am the 1st person to review this book, I want to just say that I started with a smaller book that gave me the basics of green architecture, terminology and the run down on LEED and the USGBC. Next I followed up with this book and I must say that this book was EXTREMELY informative and covered everything in some way. Most of it was covered in detail and what wasnt covered in detail was touched upon, so you had an understanding of every aspect. I would recommend this book to ANYONE who is starting out towards LEED Accredation.