Comments on: Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery, Second Edition (Hardcover)

By: ShamimSam

ShamimSam — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:22:33 +0000

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By: Joylyn

Joylyn — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:15:41 +0000

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, Author of "LEED AP Exam Guide" & "Planting Design Illustrated." LEED AP, AIA

By: Baeddan

Baeddan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:26:44 +0000

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.

By: Xaviere

Xaviere — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:28:40 +0000

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.

By: Vida

Vida — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:19:49 +0000

4.0 out of 5 stars Sustainable Construction
This book was specified to me as a textbook by our professor for preparation of LEED examination. I feel the book is a great source of learning and is highly recommended along...