The Green Building Handbook
The Green Building Handbook is the ultimate green building resource guide for built environment professionals, carrying critical information on the latest techniques, trends, technologies and materials in the green building movement and featuring profiles of the most innovative products and services available in the region.
Edited by Llewellyn Van Wyk from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa, the Green Building Handbook aids design and materials specification by providing practical insights into Energy, Water, Waste, Lighting, Indoor Environmental Quality, Building Envelope and BIM to name but a few.
The first 10,000 copies of the Green Building Handbook are distributed free to the top architects, engineers, construction executives, property owners, developers and government officials. It is also available for purchase online and through professional associations such as AIA and ICC, ensuring distribution to the most relevant and valuable audience. It will also be made available to over 50,000 Green Building Focus subscribers countrywide.
The handbook book contains approximately 300 high gloss pages and is conveniently sized at 5.5” x 8” allowing for easy portability and access ensuring constant reference over the course of years.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: An Overview of Green Building Rating Tools
Chapter 2: An Introduction to Building Rating Systems
Chapter 3: EcoBuilding: Towards an Appropriate Architectonic Expression
Chapter 4: Landscape Design
Chapter 5: Passive Energy Strategies
Chapter 6: Energy Generation
Chapter 7: Building Envelope
Chapter 8: The Building Hydrologic Cycle
Chapter 9: Lighting, Heating, Ventilation & Cooling
Chapter 10: Indoor Environmental Quality
Chapter 11: The Environmental Impact of Construction Materials Use: a Life Cycle Perspective
Chapter 12: Green Building Delivery Systems
Chapter 13: Enabling Technologies for Building Rating Systems
Chapter 14: EcoBuilding: The Shift in Industrial Production
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