Table of Contents

• A. About the Author
• B. McGRAW-HILL’S GREENSOURCE SERIES
• C. FOREWORD
• D. PREFACE
• E. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• 1. THE RECIPE FOR SUCCESS IN HIGH-PERFORMANCE PROJECTS
• 2. GREEN BUILDINGS TODAY
• 3. THE PRACTICE OF INTEGRATED DESIGN
• 4. THE ECO-CHARRETTE
• 5. BARRIERS TO HIGH-PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS: WHY SOME PROJECTS SUCCEED AND OTHERS FAIL
• 6. THE BUSINESS CASE FOR GREEN BUILDINGS
• 7. COSTS OF GREEN BUILDINGS
• 8. INTEGRATED PROJECT MANAGEMENT—COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF GREEN BUILDINGS
• 9. GETTING STARTED—PREDESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
• 10. CONCEPTUAL AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN
• 11. DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
• 12. CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS PHASE
• 13. CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS
• 14. LOOKING AHEAD—DESIGNING LIVING BUILDINGS
• A. INTEGRATED DESIGN RESOURCES

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Expanded Table of Contents

• A. About the Author
• B. McGRAW-HILL’S GREENSOURCE SERIES
• C. FOREWORD
• D. PREFACE
• E. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• 1. THE RECIPE FOR SUCCESS IN HIGH-PERFORMANCE PROJECTS
• 2. GREEN BUILDINGS TODAY
  • High-Performance Building Characteristics
  • The LEED Rating Systems
  • Other Green Building Rating Systems
  • Looking to the Future
  • The Larger Picture
  • Barriers to Green Building Growth
• 3. THE PRACTICE OF INTEGRATED DESIGN
  • Elements of the Integrated Design Process
  • An Architect’s Perspective
  • What Integrated Design Is Not
  • The Role of BHAGs
  • The Integrated Design Team
  • Integrated Design from the Engineer’s Perspective
  • Integrated Design in Practice—An Architect’s Experience
  • International Integrated Design: The New York Times Building
  • The Contractor’s Role in Integrated Design
  • A New Trend—The Integrated Office?
• 4. THE ECO-CHARRETTE
  • The Charrette Process
  • SWOT Analysis
  • The University of Pennsylvania Morris Arboretum Project
  • Adopt “Right Mind”
• 5. BARRIERS TO HIGH-PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS: WHY SOME PROJECTS SUCCEED AND OTHERS FAIL
  • Fewer Higher-Level Certifications
  • What Needs to Happen
  • Getting Consistent Results
• 6. THE BUSINESS CASE FOR GREEN BUILDINGS
  • Incentives and Barriers to Green Buildings
  • Benefits That Build a Business Case
  • Economic Benefits
  • Risk Management
  • Health Improvements
  • Public Relations and Marketing
  • Recruitment and Retention
  • Financing Green Projects
  • Political
  • Who Benefits?
• 7. COSTS OF GREEN BUILDINGS
  • Cost Drivers for Green Buildings
  • Additional Cost Considerations
  • Controlling Costs in LEED Projects
  • High Performance on a Budget
  • Summary of Cost Influences
  • Green Building Cost Studies
  • Integrated Design Can Reduce Costs
  • Gross Costs and Net Costs
• 8. INTEGRATED PROJECT MANAGEMENT—COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF GREEN BUILDINGS
  • Introduction to the Environmental Value-Added Method
  • LEED Rating System and EVA
  • Getting Started with Environmental Value-Added Analysis
  • Integrated Value Assessment
• 9. GETTING STARTED—PREDESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
  • Higher-Level Considerations: The Triple Bottom Line
  • General Considerations: Sustainable Design
  • Site Selection and Site Evaluation
  • Programming
  • Predesign Work
• 10. CONCEPTUAL AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN
  • Conceptual and Process Questions
  • Site Questions
  • Water-Related Questions
  • Energy-Related Questions
  • Materials and Resource Questions
  • Indoor Environmental Quality Questions
• 11. DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
  • General Sustainable Design Questions
  • Site Design Questions
  • Water Efficiency Questions
  • Energy Design Questions
  • Materials and Resources Questions
  • Indoor Environmental Quality Questions
• 12. CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS PHASE
  • Energy-Using Systems
  • A High-Performance Laboratory Project
  • Bidding and Negotiation
• 13. CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS
  • Construction
  • Occupancy and Operations
• 14. LOOKING AHEAD—DESIGNING LIVING BUILDINGS
  • Hard Bargain Farm, Accokeek, Maryland
• A. INTEGRATED DESIGN RESOURCES