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Sustainable construction : green building design and delivery
- Title
- Sustainable construction : green building design and delivery / Charles J. Kibert.
- Author
- Kibert, Charles J.
- Publication
- Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2016.
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- Description
- xvi, 583 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm
- Summary
- Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery is the must-have reference for this increasingly in-demand field. Author Charles Kibert covers broad ground without sacrificing detail, providing a comprehensive guide to the design, construction, and operation of high performance "green" buildings. Short essays by industry leaders provide insight into real-world practices, and wide-ranging topics answer to the needs of students and faculty of architecture, engineering, and construction.--COVER.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction and overview -- Pt. I. Green building foundations -- Background -- Ecological design -- Pt. II. Assessing high-performance green buildings -- Green building assessment -- The US Green Building Council LEED building rating system -- The green globes building assessment system -- Pt. III. Green building design -- The green building design process -- The sustainable site and landscape -- Low-energy building strategies -- Built environment hydrologic cycle -- Closing materials loops -- Built environment carbon footprint -- Indoor environmental quality -- Pt. IV. Green building implementation -- Construction operations and commissioning -- Green building economics -- The cutting edge of sustainable construction.
- Call Number
- TH880
- ISBN
- 9781119055174
- 1119055172
- LCCN
- 2015044564
- OCLC
- 930026781
- 930026781
- Author
- Kibert, Charles J., author.
- Title
- Sustainable construction : green building design and delivery / Charles J. Kibert.
- Publisher
- Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2016.
- Edition
- Fourth edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. TEXTBOOK--ADV. UNDERGRAD. W/ COMPANION WEBSITE.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Kibert, Charles J., author. Sustainable construction. Fourth edition. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2016 9781119055310 (DLC) 2015045967
- Research Call Number
- *R-SIBL TH880 .K53