SBS5413 Building Sustainability & Green Building Assessment

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The rise of sustainability

1. The concept of sustainability

2. Business case for sustainability

3. Business case for green buildings

4. How to design and specify green building
[Powerpoint file in PDF format]

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 Video presentation:

• The Rise of Sustainability (42:14) http://youtu.be/L_skrxnh7Ik
  
• - http://complexitylabs.io/the-rise-of-sustainability-2/
  
• Business Case for Sustainability (4:37) https://youtu.be/KlW8-WW0k3g

Further Reading:

• Edwards, B. and Naboni, E., 2013. Green Buildings Pay: Design, Productivity and Ecology, 3rd ed., Routledge, London.
  
• - http://webpac.vtc.edu.hk/record=b11074290 (ebook)
  
• - Chapter 1 How do green buildings pay?
  
• - Chapter 2 Designing green buildings
  
• WGBC, 2013. The Business Case for Green Building: A Review of the Costs and Benefits for Developers, Investors and Occupants, World Green Building Council (WGBC), London. https://group.skanska.com/4af531/globalassets/sustainability/reporting--publications/reports-on-green-building/business_case_for_green_building_report_web_2013-03-13.pdf
  
• Building the Business Case: Health, Wellbeing and Productivity in Green Offices http://www.worldgbc.org/sites/default/files/WGBC_BtBC_Dec2016_Digital_Low-MAY24_0.pdf
  
• Green building design strategies http://ibse.hk/GB_design_strategies.pdf

 Web links:

• How buildings impact the environment https://bosscontrols.com/buildings-impact-environment/
  
• The Business Case for Sustainability https://www.cbd.int/financial/mainstream/ifc-businesscase.pdf
  
• The Business Case for Green Buildings https://www.architects.org/sites/default/files/ppa-yudelson.pdf
  
• ASHRAE, 2013. ASHRAE Greenguide: the Design, Construction, and Operation of Sustainable Buildings, 4th ed., Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, Amsterdam and Boston. http://webpac.vtc.edu.hk/record=b11444456 (ebook)
  
• PTI, 1996. Sustainable Building Technical Manual: Green Building Design, Construction and Operations, Public Technology, Inc. (PTI), Washington, D.C. http://infohouse.p2ric.org/ref/04/03128.htm
  
• Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) http://www.wbdg.org/

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| Created: Sep 2017 | Update: 20 Jan 2018 |