Educational Objectives:

• To introduce the key concepts and important issues of sustainable buildings.
• To develop practical skills for planning and designing sustainable building projects.

After completing the course, students will be able to:

• Describe and apply the key concepts and design strategies to develop sustainable buildings.
• Understand the important issues and major considerations for planning and assessing sustainable buildings.
• Develop practical knowledge and information to study and implement sustainable building projects.

• Appleby P., 2011. Integrated Sustainable Design of Buildings, Earthscan, London & Washington, DC. [HKALL]
• ASHRAE, 2023. ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 228 -- Standard Method of Evaluating Zero Net Energy and Zero Net Carbon Building Performance, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA. [HKALL] https://www.techstreet.com/ashrae/standards/ashrae-228-2023?product_id=2562375
  
• ASHRAE 2023. ASHRAE GreenGuide : Design, Construction, and Operation of Sustainable Buildings, 6th ed., American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA. [On order] https://www.techstreet.com/ashrae/standards/ashrae-greenguide-design-construction-and-operation-of-sustainable-buildings-6th-edition?product_id=2522362
  
• ASHRAE 2018. ASHRAE GreenGuide : Design, Construction, and Operation of Sustainable Buildings, 5th ed., American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA. [HKALL]
• Attia S., 2018. Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB): Concepts, Frameworks and Roadmap for Project Analysis and Implementation, Butterworth-Heinemann, Kidlington, Oxford. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2016-0-03166-2
• Bansal, N. K. and Cook, J., 2001. Sustainability Through Building, Omega Scientific Publishers, New Delhi. [720.472 S96]
  
• BSRIA, 1999. Environmental Code of Practice for Buildings and Their Services, 2nd ed., Building Services Research and Information Association, Bracknell, Berkshire. [LB 692 H1]
  
• Ching F. D. K. & Shapiro I. M., 2014. Green Building Illustrated, Wiley, Hoboken. [HKALL]
  
• CIBSE, 2007. Sustainability, CIBSE Guide L, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, London. [720.47 C52 s9]
• City of New York, 1999. High Performance Building Guidelines, City of New York Department of Design and Construction, New York, 1999. [720.47 H63][http://www.nyc.gov/html/ddc/downloads/pdf/guidelines.pdf]
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1999. Guidelines for Creating High-Performance Green Buildings, Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. [720.4709748 G7][https://larryportzline.squarespace.com/s/HighPerfGreenBldg.pdf]
• Eley C., 2016. Design Professional's Guide to Zero Net Energy Buildings, Island Press, Washington, DC. [HKALL]
• European Commission, Directorate General XVII for Energy, 1999. A Green Vitruvius: Principles and Practice of Sustainable Architectural Design, James & James, London. [720.47 G79 E]
  
• Gevorkian P., 2007. Sustainable Energy Systems Engineering: the Complete Green Building Design Resource, McGraw-Hill, New York. [HKALL]
  
• Henderson H., 2012. Becoming a Green Building Professional, Wiley, Hoboken. [HKALL]
  
• HKGBC, 2023. HKGBC Guidebook for Sustainable Built Environment, Hong Kong Green Building Council Limited (HKGBC). https://www.hkgbc.org.hk/eng/resources/publications/HKGBC-Publication/Guidebook/HKGBC-Guidebook-for-Sustainable-Built-Environment.pdf
  
• HKGBC, 2023. HKGBC Retrofitting Guidebook, Hong Kong Green Building Council Limited (HKGBC). https://retrofitting.hkgbc.org.hk/guidebook/download.php
• HKGBC, 2021. Hong Kong Smart Green Building Design Best Practice Guidebook, Hong Kong Green Building Council Limited (HKGBC). https://www.hkgbc.org.hk/eng/resources/publications/Files/HKGBC_Smart-Green-Building-Design-Best-Practice-Guidebook.pdf
• Kabre C., 2018. Sustainable Building Design Applications Using Climatic Data in India, Springer, Singapore. [HKALL]
  
• Keeler M. & Burke B., 2016. Fundamentals of Integrated Design for Sustainable Building, 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, N.J. [HKALL]
  
• Keeping M. and Shiers D., 2017. Sustainable Building Design : Principles and Practice, Wiley-Blackwell, New York. [HKALL]
  
• Kibert C. J., 2016. Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery, 4th ed., John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, N.J. [HKALL]
  
• Kubba S., 2012. Handbook of Green Building Design and Construction: LEED, BREEAM, and Green Globes, Butterworth-Heinemann, Waltham, MA. [HKALL]
  
• Laurenzi M. P., 2007. Building Energy Efficiency: Why Green Buildings Are Key to Asia's Future, Asia Business Council, Hong Kong. [http://www.asiabusinesscouncil.org/ResearchBEE-1.html][http://www.asiabusinesscouncil.org/docs/BEE/BEEBook.pdf]
• Lerum V., 2016. Sustainable Building Design: Learning from Nineteenth-century Innovations, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon & New York, NY. [HKALL]
  
• Malina M., 2013. Delivering Sustainable Building: An Industry Insider's View, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, England. [HKALL]
  
• Mendler, S., Odell, W. and Lazarus, M. A., 2006. The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design, 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York. [720.47 M53]
• Mumovic D. and Santamouris M. (eds.), 2019. A Handbook of Sustainable Building Design and Engineering: An Integrated Approach to Energy, Health and Operational Performance, 2nd Edition, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY. [HKALL]
  
• Nazari-Heris M. (ed.), 2024. Natural Energy, Lighting, and Ventilation in Sustainable Buildings, Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41148-9
• Oldfield P. F., 2019. The Sustainable Tall Building: A Design Primer, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon & New York, NY. [HKALL]
  
• Pitts A. C., 2004. Planning and Design Strategies for Sustainability and Profit: Pragmatic Sustainable Design on Building and Urban Scales, Architectural Press, Oxford & Burlington, Mass. [HKALL]
  
• PTI, 1996. Sustainable Building Technical Manual: Green Building Design, Construction and Operations, Public Technology, Inc. (PTI), Washington, D.C. [721.0467 S964][https://pdhonline.com/courses/g240/Buiilding_%20Systems_%20and_IAQ-Sustainabledesignmanual.pdf]
• RAIA, 2001+. BDP Environment Design Guide [CD-ROM and online], Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Red Hill, A.C.T., Australia. [AVS 720.47 E61 R8]
• Environment Design Guide (EDG) (now incorporated under 'Environment' of Australian Institute of Architects) https://acumen.architecture.com.au/environment/]
• Ritchie A. & Thomas R. (eds.), 2009. Sustainable Urban Design: An Environmental Approach, 2nd ed., Taylor & Francis, London and New York. [LB 307.76 S96 T46]
• Salat S., 2006. The Sustainable Design Handbook: China: High Environmental Quality Cities and Buildings, CSTB, Cedex, France. [HKALL]
  
• Sayigh A. (ed.), 2022. Towards Net Zero Carbon Emissions in the Building Industry, Springer Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15218-4
  
• Szokolay S. V., 2014. Introduction to Architectural Science: the Basis of Sustainable Design, Third edition, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon and New York, NY. [720.47 S998 i61]
  
• Tam, A., 2006. Sustainable Building in Hong Kong: the Past, Present and Future, Insitu Pub. Ltd., Hong Kong. [720.47 T15]
• Vassigh S., Özer E. & Spiegelhalter T., 2013. Best Practices in Sustainable Building Design, J. Ross Publishing, Inc., Plantation, Florida. [HKALL]
  
• Yudelson, J., 2009. Green Building Through Integrated Design, McGraw-Hill, New York. [721.0467 Y947 g79]

• Green Building Design Strategies [PDF]
• Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) 香港綠色建築議會 http://www.hkgbc.org.hk/
• BEAM Plus Online Exhibition http://greenbuilding.hkgbc.org.hk/
• HKGBC Online Training Portal (OTP) https://onlinecpdtraining.hkgbc.org.hk/
• Sustainable Design for Buildings 建築物的可持續設計 [ArchSD] https://www.archsd.gov.hk/en/teachingkits/TK1/
• Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) http://www.wbdg.org
• World Green Building Council (WGBC) http://www.worldgbc.org/