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Sustainable Buildings in Practice - What the Users Think (Hardcover)
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Sustainable Buildings in Practice - What the Users Think (Hardcover)
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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
buildings in the world, in terms of the users' perceived comfort,
health and productivity. The author has visited the buildings,
interviewed the design teams and examined the findings of a
sixty-question standardized user questionnaire. The book provides:
* thirty case studies covering mixed-mode, passive and
environmentally sustainable commercial and institutional buildings
* detailed insights into the principles underlying the design of
sustainable buildings worldwide, over several climatic zones and
eleven countries, together with clear explanations and
illustrations of innovative design practice * a discussion of
common issues and the lessons that may be learnt from a study of
the performance of sustainable buildings in practice, from the
point of view of the people who use them. This important book will
be of great benefit to architects and engineers, facility managers
of commercial and institutional buildings, as well as developers
and researchers, academics and students in these fields.
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