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9781597266680

Greening Our Built World

Costs, Benefits, and Strategies
  • ISBN-13: 9781597266680
  • Publisher: ISLAND PRESS
    Imprint: ISLAND PRESS
  • By Greg Kats
  • Price: AUD $87.99
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/01/2010
  • Format: Paperback 280 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Landscape art & architecture [AMV]
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“Greena buildings'buildings that use fewer resources to build and to sustain'are commonly thought to be too expensive to attract builders and buyers. But are they? The answer to this question has enormous consequences, since residential and commercial buildings together account for nearly 50% of American energy consumption'including at least 75% of electricity usage'according to recent government statistics.
 
This eye-opening book reports the results of a large-scale study based on extensive financial and technical analyses of more than 150 green buildings in the U.S. and ten other countries. It provides detailed findings on the costs and financial benefits of building green. According to the study, green buildings cost roughly 2% more to build than conventional buildings'far less than previously assumed'and provide a wide range of financial, health and social benefits. In addition, green buildings reduce energy use by an average of 33%, resulting in significant cost savings.
 
Greening Our Built World also evaluates the cost effectiveness of “green community developmenta and presents the results of the first-ever survey of green buildings constructed by faith-based organizations. Throughout the book, leading practitioners in green design'including architects, developers, and property owners'share their own experiences in building green. A compelling combination of rock-solid facts and specific examples, this book proves that green design is both cost-effective and earth-friendly.

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Contributors

Sponsoring Organizations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Costs and Benefits of Green Building

1.1. Methodology

1.2. The Cost of Building Green

1.3. Energy-Use Reductions

1.4. Advanced Energy-Use Reductions

Perspective: Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park

1.5. Water-Related Savings

Perspective: Water-Saving Strategies: Oregon Health Sciences University Center for Health and Healing

1.6. Green Affordable Housing: Enterprise's Green Communities Initiative

1.7. Health and Productivity Benefits of Green Buildings

Perspective: Birth of the Green Branch Bank

1.8. Green Health Care: Assessing Costs and Benefits

1.9. Employment Benefits of Green Buildings

Perspective: Green Building as Corporate Social Responsibility

1.10. Property Value Impacts of Building Green

Perspective: Investing in Brownfields

Perspective: Measuring Consumer Demand for Green Homes

1.11. Net Financial Impacts of Green Buildings for Owners and Occupants

Part II: Costs and Benefits of Green Community Design

2.1. What Is a Green Community?

2.2. Setting the Stage for Sustainable Urbanism

2.3. Financial Impacts of Green Community Design

2.4. Transportation and Health Impacts of Green Community Design

Perspective: Monitoring Performance at the LEED Platinum Center For Neighborhood Technology

2.5. Property Value and Market Impacts

2.6. The Market Rediscovers Walkable Urbanism

2.7. Social Impacts of Green Communities

2.8. Cost Savings in Ecologically Designed Conservation Developments

2.9. International Green Building

Perspective: Green Buildings in China

Perspective: A Greener Economic Recovery

2.10. Financial Impact of Green Communities

Part III: Communities of Faith Building Green

3.1. Faith Groups in the Green Vanguard

3.2. Methodology and Findings

3.3. Motivation

3.4. Impact of Green Buildings in Faith Communities

3.5. Financial Stewardship

3.6. Conclusion

Part IV: Green Design, Climate Change, and the Economy: Potential Impacts in the United States

4.1. Energy Consumption

4.2. Renewable Energy

4.3. Carbon Dioxide Emissions

4.4. Financial Impact

Conclusion

Appendix A: Data-Collection Methodology

Appendix B: Source List

Appendix C: Green Building Data Set

Appendix D: Comparison of Data Set to LEED-New Construction Buildings

Appendix E: Baselines Used in Cost and Benefits Estimates

Appendix F: Issues in Researching the Cost of Green Building

Appendix G: Cost of Energy-Efficiency and Renewable-Energy Measures

Appendix H: Energy-Use Baselines and Standards

Appendix I: Verifying the Energy Performance of LEED Buildings

Appendix J: Assumptions Used for Calculations of Water Savings

Appendix K: Green Building Survey Instrument

Appendix L: Global Assumptions for Part IV

About the Authors

Notes

Index

"Building green offers the potential for important health and economic benefits. As our nation faces the twin mandates to improve health and control costs, analyses such as this one— including full benefit accounting— are indispensable."
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