Sustainable Facilities: Green Design, Construction, and Operations
Keith Moskow
Language: English
Pages: 208
ISBN: B0018G4HFE
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Let a Team of Leading Architects Take You through 20 Large-Scale, Sustainable Facilities Designed with Green Methods and Materials!
A vital working tool for all building professionals interested in green architecture and construction, Sustainable Facilities presents an in-depth look at 20 facilities that were designed for environmental organizations and were constructed and now operate using green building methods and materials.
Featuring contributions by leading architects in green building, this expert resource examines each building_from planning through operations-- covering new construction, energy-efficient design, operational cost savings, historic preservation, renovation and expansion, land conservation, and LEED ratings.
Packed with 200 black & white and full-color illustrations, Sustainable Facilities takes readers through the Woods Hole Research Center… Chesapeake Bay Foundation Environmental Center…Conservation Law Foundation Headquarters… Marion Art and Environmental Center… …Thoreau Center for Sustainability… California EPA Headquarters Building…Forestech Centre…Institute for Forestry and Nature Research…and many other facilities. This skills-building reference features:
Authoritative and up-to-date, Sustainable Facilities now equips architects, engineers, and contractors with a state-of-the-art guide to green design, construction, and operations. The reference contains information on materials, methods, and costs that will enable them to take an integrated team approach to green design and building for facilities of all kinds.
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Bay Educational Center has given this program a permanent home on the edge of the bay supported by the classrooms, lab, outdoor amphitheater, boat house, and dock that are all located within or adjoining the south wing of the Bay Center. The main entry is formed by an opening in the long green roof/berm at the edge of arrival parking and provides a dramatic sun-shielded panorama of Narragansett Bay as you enter. The floor, oriented exactly to the view, is a three-color, laser-cut map of the entire.
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Feet wide and have 10-foot-high ceilings. The office wings are oriented north–south to capture softer east–west light and minimize harsh south light. The central wing, which does face south, contains a two-story gathering space that helps bring light deeper into this support wing. Open offices are on one side of each office wing, and alcoves for individual offices and meeting areas are on the other. Sliding glass panels provide privacy and borrowed light between the two areas. The energy efficient.
And toilet flushing. As a consequence, the building’s municipal water needs have been sharply reduced. While the payback for such systems may not be cost effective in the for-profit development, it is a very compelling technology for institutions that manage their physical assets over a long period. This technology, like many sustainable technologies, is an effective way to conserve water, but it is also self-capitalizing. Main entrance to the Environmental Action Center. T h e R o b e r t R e d f.
Timber stud walls • Timber roof trusses Mechanical System: • Natural ventilation • Ceiling fans • Isolated air conditioners Materials: • • • • 174 Forestech Corrugated iron to wall cladding Perforated corrugated iron ceiling panels Local timber cladding, veneer, feature grade floorboards Plywood (varying species) wall + ceiling lining BELOW LEFT: View west. BELOW RIGHT: Decks on the north side are concrete rather than timber decking to eliminate sparks or winddriven embers that are a.