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• FOREWORD
• PREFACE
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• Why We Wrote This Book
• What You’ll Find
• Our Hopes for the Future
• 1 SUSTAINABLE DESIGN: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
• Sustainability Defined and Refined
• Defining “Green”
• What Is Green Design?
• Overcoming the Obstacles to Sustainability
• The Integrated Profession
• Making Integrated Design Work
• The Design Charrette
• Taking the Mystery Out of Commissioning
• NOTES
• 2 GLOBAL ISSUES: AN OVERVIEW
• As the Earth Warms
• Living Lightly on the Land
• Wet Gold
• Want Not, Waste a Lot
• Healthy Buildings, Healthy People
• NOTES
• 3 SITES, WATER, AND ENERGY
• Matters of Site
• Reducing Water Use
• Optimizing Energy Use
• Lighting
• Heating and Cooling
• NOTES
• 4 THE MATERIALS MAZE
• Navigating the Materials Maze
• Life Cycle Studies: A Comparison
• Toxins
• Transparency—or Not
• Natural versus Synthetic Materials
• Furnishings and Finishes: An Overview
• Ceilings
• NOTES
• 5 THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT
• The Air That We Breathe
• The Elusive Thermal Comfort
• Noise:The Other Pollutant
• Let There Be (Day)light
• The Importance of Views
• NOTES
• 6 THE TOOLS OF OUR TRADE
• Green Building Organizations, Rating Systems, and Design Guides
• Product Standards and Certifications
• Green Product Information Programs
• Specifications
• The Sustainable Library
• NOTES
• 7 THE BUSINESS CASE FOR GREEN DESIGN
• Building a Tangible Symbol
• Making the Case
• An Integrated Whole
• NOTES
• 8 PRACTICING WHAT THEY PREACH
• Great Expectations
• Dynamic Energy
• Repurpose With Style
• Engage and Express
• The Three Cs
• Adaptive Reuse
• 9 SUBSTANCE AND STYLE
• A Bit of Britain in Manhattan
• Respecting the Past, Providing for the Future
• The Healing Properties of Nature
• High Tech, High Touch
• True to Its Roots
• Big Impact in a Small Footprint
• Collaborative Cube
• GLOSSARY
• RESOURCES
• INDEX
• END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT