Green
and Sustainable Buildings
18 and 20 August
2008 (Mon,
Wed)
Part One – Basic
Principles
and Design Strategies
1a Basic Principles
Basic principles
of green and
sustainable buildings
Major issues and
factors
1b Design
Strategies
Design strategies
and techniques
Integrated
building design
Part Two – Green
Building
Assessment and Applications
2a Green Building
Assessment
Building
environmental performance
Green building
assessment methods
2b Practical
Applications
Practical
examples
Evaluation
techniques
References and Resources
Reference Books:
AIA, 1999. Environmental
Resource
Guide on CD-ROM [computer file]: includes 1997 and
1998 updates,
American Institute of Architects, John Wiley, New York.
BSRIA, 1999. Environmental
Code
of Practice for Buildings and Their Services, 2nd ed.,
Building
Services Research and Information Association, Bracknell,
Berkshire, UK.
Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania,
1999. Guidelines for Creating High-Performance Green
Buildings,
Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection, Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania.
[available at http://www.gggc.state.pa.us/greenbuildings]
Edwards, B. (ed.),
1998. Green
Buildings Pay, E & FN Spon, London.
European
Commission, Directorate
General XVII for Energy, 1999. A Green Vitruvius:
Principles and Practice
of Sustainable Architectural Design, James &
James, London.
Mendler, S., Odell,
W. and Lazarus,
M. A., 2006. The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design,
2nd ed., John
Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, N.J.
RAIA, 2003. BDP
Environment
Design Guide [CD-ROM], Royal Australian Institute of
Architects, Red
Hill, A.C.T., Australia.
RMI, 1995. A
Primer on Sustainable
Building, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), Snowmass,
Colorado.
Sustainable
Building Sourcebook,
Green Building Program of the City of Austin, Texas (HTML by
Bill Christensen),
1998. [http://www.greenbuilder.com/sourcebook/]