1st Edition

Sustainable Buildings in Practice What the Users Think

By George Baird Copyright 2010
352 Pages
by Routledge

348 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction  1. Overview of the Buildings and their Performance  Part 1: Buildings in Cold – Temperate Climates  2. NRG Systems Facility, Hinesburg, Vermont, USA  3. Computer Science and Engineering Building, York University, Ontario, Canada  4. Military Families Resource Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  5. SciencePark, Gelsenkirchen, Germany  6. National Works Yard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada  7. Liu Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada  Part 2: Buildings in Medium – Temperate Climates  8. Gifford Studios, Southampton, England  9. Arup Campus, Solihull, England  10. Zicer Building, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England  11. Renewable Energy Systems, Kings Langley, England  12. City Hall, London, England  13. The Foundation Building, Eden Project, St Austell, Cornwall, England  14. The Mathematics and Statistics and Computer Science Building, Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand  15. St Mary’s Credit Union, Navan, Ireland  16. Scottsdale Forest Ecocentre, Tasmania, Australia  17. Tokyo Gas, Kohoku New Town, Yokohama  18. Nikken Sekkei Building, Tokyo  Part 3: Buildings in Warm – Temperate Climates  19. The Landcare Research Laboratory, Auckland, New Zealand  20. The Campus Reception and Administration Building, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand  21. 60 Leicester Street, Melbourne, Australia  22. 40 Albert Road, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia  23. The Red Centre Building, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia  24. Institute of Languages, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia  25. General Purpose Building, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia  26. Student Services Centre, University of Newcastle, Australia  27. Natural Resources Defence Council, Santa Monica, California, USA  Part 4: Buildings in Hot – Humid Climates  28. Institute of Technical Education, Bishan, Singapore  29. Ministry of Energy Water and Communications Building, Putrajaya, Malaysia  30. Menara Umno, Penang, Malaysia  31.Torrent Research Centre, Ahmedabad, India

Biography

George Baird is a Professor of Building Science at the School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington. A Fellow of the UK's Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers and New Zealand's Institution of Professional Engineers, he is an experienced researcher and writer and has been involved in the teaching of architects and building scientists for 40 years.