Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 The Recipe for Success
in High-Performance Projects
Chapter 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
Chapter 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？
Chapter 4 The Eco-Charrette
The Charrette Process
SWOT Analysis
The University of Pennsylvania Morris Arboretum Project
Adopt "Right Mind"
Chapter 5 Barriers to High-Performance Buildings:
Why Some Projects Succeed and Others Fail
Fewer Higher-Level Certifications
What Needs to Happen
Getting Consistent Results
Chapter 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？
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 9 Getting Started--Predesign Considerations
Higher-Level Considerations: The Triple Bottom Line
General Considerations: Sustainable Design
Site Selection and Site Evaluation
Programming
Predesign Work
Chapter 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
Chapter 11 Design Development
General Sustainable Design Questions
Site Design Questions
Water Efficiency Questions
Energy Design Questions
Materials and Resources Questions
Indoor Environmental Quality Questions
Chapter 12 Construction Documents Phase
Energy-Using Systems
A High-Performance Laboratory Project
Bidding and Negotiation
Chapter 13 Construction and Operations
Construction
Occupancy and Operations
Chapter 14 Looking Ahead--Designing Living Buildings
Hard Bargain Farm,
Accokeek, Maryland
Appendix A Integrated Design Resources
Index