Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery by Charles J. Kibert

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Textbook (Hardcover - REV)

  • 448pp
  • Sales Rank: 56,128

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  • ISBN-13: 9780470114216
  • Edition Description: REV
  • Edition Number: 2
  • Pub. Date: October 2007
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated

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  • Pub. Date: October 2007
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Format: Textbook Hardcover, 448pp
  • Sales Rank: 56,128

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Kibert (director, Powell Center for Construction and Environment) introduces the design and construction processes for large, high- performance green, commercial or institutional buildings. He uses the US Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Standards to explain the best practices in building procurement and delivery systems. The text also covers the theory and history of green building as well as the current state of the industry. Annotation © 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Biography

Charles J. Kibert, PhD, PE, is 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. He is a board member of the Green Building Initiative, the Florida Green Building Coalition, and the Gulf Coast Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. He is the cofounder and chairman of the Cross Creek Initiative, Inc., a nonprofit organization established to accelerate the implementation of sustainability principles in building design, construction, and operation. He teaches and supervises master's and doctoral students who are majoring in the sustainable construction program that he developed at the University of Florida.

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A useful book for Going Green and Green Building Design and Deliveryby Gang_Chen_LEED_AP_AIA

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January 15, 2009: 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