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• SUSTAINABLE COMMERCIAL INTERIORS
• CONTENTS
• 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
• Ignorance
• Apathy and Denial
• Inconvenience
• Lack of Education and Experience
• Reluctance to Change
• Special Interests
• Lack of Standards, Guidelines, and Consensus
• Aesthetics
• Budget and Time Constraints
• Functional Limitations
• Fear of Litigation
• 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
• Eliminate and Reduce
• Reuse
• Recycle
• Recovery
• Healthy Buildings, Healthy People
• NOTES
• 3 SITES, WATER, AND ENERGY
• Matters of Site
• Building Selection
• Reducing Water Use
• Toilets
• Urinals
• Faucets
• Showerheads
• Optimizing Energy Use
• Lighting
• Turning Off the Lights
• Turning On the Lights
• Light Sources and Luminaires
• Controls
• Distribution
• Heating and Cooling
• Zoning and Controls
• Equipment and Appliances
• NOTES
• 4 THE MATERIALS MAZE
• Navigating the Materials Maze
• Life Cycle Studies: A Comparison
• Greenwashing
• Toxins
• Formaldehyde
• Flame Retardants
• Mercury
• Endocrine Disruptors
• Phthalates and PVC
• Transparency?or Not
• Pharos Project
• Health Product Declaration
• Material Safety Data Sheet
• Natural versus Synthetic Materials
• Plastics
• Furnishings and Finishes: An Overview
• Fabrics
• Carpet
• Resilient Flooring
• Hard Flooring
• Wood Flooring
• Wood and Millwork
• Furniture
• Paints, Wall Finishes, and Wallcoverings
• Surfacing Materials
• Ceilings
• NOTES
• 5 THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT
• The Air That We Breathe
• Ventilation
• Filtration
• Pollutant Source Control
• VOCs: What Are They and Why Do They Matter?
• Low-emitting Materials
• The Problems with Mold and Mildew
• The Elusive Thermal Comfort
• Noise: The Other Pollutant
• Let There Be (Day)light
• Daylighting: Making It Work
• Light Shelves
• Window Coverings
• Window Films
• Skylights
• The Importance of Views
• NOTES
• 6 THE TOOLS OF OUR TRADE
• Green Building Organizations, Rating Systems, and Design Guides
• Product Standards and Certifications
• Multi-Attribute Product Standards and Certifications
• Single Attribute Product Standards and Certifications
• Forestry Certifications
• Energy Performance Certifications
• Green Product Information Programs
• LCA Analysis Tools
• Product Guides
• The Very Last Word
• Specifications
• The Sustainable Library
• NOTES
• 7 THE BUSINESS CASE FOR GREEN DESIGN
• Building a Tangible Symbol
• Making the Case
• Costs and Benefits of Green Building
• An Integrated Whole
• NOTES
• 8 PRACTICING WHAT THEY PREACH
• Great Expectations
• U.S. Green Building Council Headquarters, Washington, DC
• Dynamic Energy
• Cannon Design, Chicago, Illinois
• Repurpose With Style
• HDR, San Francisco, California
• Engage and Express
• RTKL Associates Inc., Washington, DC
• The Three Cs
• HOK, Chicago, Illinois
• Adaptive Reuse
• Perkins+Will, Atlanta, Georgia
• 9 SUBSTANCE AND STYLE
• A Bit of Britain in Manhattan
• BBC Worldwide Americas, New York, New York
• Respecting the Past, Providing for the Future
• Federal Center South, 1202 Building, Seattle, Washington
• The Healing Properties of Nature
• Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
• High Tech, High Touch
• King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Academic Library, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
• True to Its Roots
• J. W. Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa, San Antonio, Texas
• Big Impact in a Small Footprint
• Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, New York
• Collaborative Cube
• Kaleida Health Gates Vascular Institute/SUNY at Buffalo Clinical Translational Research Center, Buff
• GLOSSARY
• RESOURCES
• INDEX
• EULA