2008 Green Buildings + Climate Change
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In this White Paper, the editors provide concrete ways in which AEC professionals can have a positive role in addressing climate change. The 64-page document includes a detailed Action Plan with eight recommendations and 22 specific action items for AEC professionals and firms to implement in their work. (One-time registration required.) |
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Chapter 1
Climate Change and the Built Environment
Chapter 2
Survey Shows Mixed Opinions on Climate Change
Chapter 3
National Climate Change Initiatives
Chapter 4
Regional Climate Change Initiatives
Chapter 5
State and Local Climate Change Initiatives
Chapter 6
How Existing Buildings Figure in the Climate Change Scenario
Chapter 7
Cap and Trade: Solution, Gimmick, or Giveaway?
Chapter 8
Holding at 450 ppm and 2ºC—But at What Cost?
Chapter 9
Climate Change Action Plan
Sponsors:
The Construction Specifications Institute
Holcim
Lafarge
North American Insulation Manufacturers Association
Océ
Southern California Edison
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. General Services Administration
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2007 Green Buildings Research White Paper
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This White Paper reports the results of 12 exclusive research studies of building owners, facility directors, end users, and AEC professionals in key sectors of the U.S. construction industry: healthcare, corporate offices, schools, higher education, hospitality, and residential. |
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Chapter 1
BD+C's fourth annual readership survey on green practices
Chapter 2
Corporate America setting green strategic plans
Chapter 3
Green days on the horizon for healthcare providers
Chapter 4
Higher education reaches the tipping point in green building
Chapter 5
K-12 school officials still learning the ABCs of green design
Chapter 6
Hotel industry slowly overcomes reservations about green building
Chapter 7
Restaurant industry finally gets cookin’ on green building
Chapter 8
Residential sector brings green building home
Chapter 9
Where respondents stand on 10 key issues
Sponsors:
The Construction Specifications Institute
Duro-Last Roofing Inc.
Extruded Polystyrene Foam Association(XPSA)
The Green Building Initiative
The Hardwood Council—American Hardwood Information Center
Lafarge
North American Insulation Manufacturers Association
Océ
Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association
The Vinyl Institute
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2006 Green Buildings and the Bottom Line
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Do green buildings command premium rents? Do they lease up faster than “conventional” buildings? Are they more valuable than other real estate investments? What is the market potential for green buildings in the future? These questions and more are addressed in BD+C's analysis of the financial aspects of the green building movement.
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Executive summary
Chapter 1
Financial opportunity in green building
Chapter 2
Where the AEC industry stands on sustainability
Chapter 3
Financing green office buildings
Chapter 4
Selling green to retail markets
Chapter 5
Hotels: A budding green market
Chapter 6
Restaurants on an energy diet
Chapter 7
The modern green home
Chapter 8
Greening the industrial sector
Chapter 9
Higher education goes green
Chapter 10
Greener days ahead for K-12
Chapter 11
Healthcare’s case for green
Chapter 12
The greening of government
White Paper Action Plan
Sponsors:
Alliance for Sustainable Built Environments
The Carpet & Rug Institute
Chemical Fabrics and Film Association—Vinyl Roofing Division
The Construction Specifications Institute
Duro-Last Roofing Inc.
Gensler
Green Building Initiative
The Hardwood Council
Lafarge
North American Insulation Manufacturers Association
The Vinyl Institute
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2005 Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability
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One of the most talked-about topics in the green building movement, life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool used to measure the environmental performance of products over their life cycle, from “cradle” (where the raw materials are extracted) to “grave” (where the product is finally disposed of). This White Paper discusses the importance of LCA and details the obstacles and challenges the industry faces in implementing true LCA programs.
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Chapter 1
Why LCA?
By Rita Schenck, PhD
Chapter 2
Life Cycle Assessment for Whole Buildings: Seeking the Holy Grail
By Nadav Malin
Chapter 3
LCA Tools Around the World
By Wayne Trusty, MA, and Scot Horst
Chapter 4
Can ISO Life Cycle Assessment Standards Provide Credibility for LCA?
By James A. Fava, PhD
Chapter 5
Life Cycle Impact Assessment for the Building Design and Construction Industry
By Jane Bare and Thomas Gloria, PhD
Chapter 6
The U.S. LCI Database Project and Its Role in Life Cycle Assessment
By Wayne Trusty, MA, and Michael Deru, PhD
Chapter 7
The Role of Life Cycle Assessment in Sustainable Product Certification
By Kirsten Ritchie, PE
Chapter 8
Applying a Life Cycle Perspective to Federal Construction Specifications
By Alison Kinn Bennett
Chapter 9
LCA’s Role in the Manufacture of Construction Materials
By Stanley P. Graveline
Chapter 10
USGBC’s ‘LCA into LEED’ Project
By Nigel Howard, C Chem FRSC, and Tom Dietsche
Chapter 11
The eLCie System: A New Addition to the LCA Toolkit
By Deborah Dunning and Rob Watson
Chapter 12
LCA and the Green Globes Environmental Assessment and Rating System for Commercial Structures
By Jiri Skopek, AA Dip., OAA, MCIP, RIBA
Chapter 13
MasterFormat 04 and LCA
By Paul R. Bertram, Jr., FCSI, CDT, LEED AP
Chapter 14
Integrating LCA into Green Building Design
By Shannon Lloyd, PhD, Anne Landfield, and Brian Glazebrook
Chapter 15
LCA into the Future: Going Global, Getting Social
By Gregory A. Norris, PhD
White Paper Action Plan
Sponsors:
The Carpet & Rug Institute
Chemical Fabrics and Film Association—Vinyl Roofing Division
The Construction Specifications Institute
Duro-Last Roofing Inc.
Green Building Initiative
The Hardwood Council
Lafarge
North American Insulation Manufacturers Association
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
Turner Construction Company
U.S. Department of Energy—Office of Building Technologies, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
U.S. General Services Administration—Public Buildings Service
The Vinyl Institute
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2004 Progress Report on Sustainability
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This Progress Report follows up on the recommendations made in our 2003 White Paper; reviews the latest developments in the U.S. Green Building Council’s “LEED” certification program; provides exclusive data on our readers’ involvement in sustainability; examines several key building types (notably education and healthcare facilities) that are crucial to the market we serve; and analyzes key trends and public-policy issues related to sustainable buildings.
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Executive Summary
Chapter 1
BD+C reader survey
Chapter 2
New LEED programs
Chapter 3
Green buildings and first-costs: The controversy that will not die
Chapter 4
Rethinking green building laws at the state and local level
Chapter 5
Progressive districts promoting high-performance schools
Chapter 6
Green building comes home
Chapter 7
Healthcare: The lost sheep of sustainable design
Chapter 8
Green Globes online auditing tool
Chapter 9
Construction waste recycling programs gain traction
Chapter 10
The great USGBC trade association debate
Chapter 11
The road ahead for green building
Progress Report Action Plan
Sponsors:
The Carpet & Rug Institute
The Construction Specifications Institute
Duro-Last Roofing Inc.
The Hardwood Council
Lafarge
Lonseal Inc.
North American Insulation Manufacturers Association
Turner Construction Company
U.S. Department of Energy—Office of Building Technologies, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
U.S. General Services Administration—Public Buildings Service
The Vinyl Institute
Wood Promotion Network
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2003 White Paper on Sustainability
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In this White Paper, the editors of BD+C offer a brief history of green building; present the results of a specially commissioned survey of our readers; and analyze the chief trends, issues, and published research, based on interviews with dozens of experts and participants in green building. The White Paper concludes with an "Action Plan," a set of recommendations designed to encourage further dialogue about sustainable development.
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Executive summary
Chapter 1
A brief history of green building
Chapter 2
The basics of LEED
Chapter 3
Where our readers stand on sustainability
Chapter 4
International green building developments
Chapter 5
The Federal role in green building
Chapter 6
State and local green initiatives
Chapter 7
Sorting through the green product maze
Chapter 8
Do green buildings cost more to build?
Chapter 9
Human and social benefits of green buildings
Chapter 10
The future of sustainable development
White Paper Action Plan
Sponsors:
Duro-Last Roofing Inc.
Interface Flooring Systems/Bentley Prince Street
Lafarge
North American Insulation Manufacturers Association
U.S. Department of Energy—Office of Building Technologies, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
U.S. General Services Administration—Public Buildings Service
The Vinyl Institute
Wood Promotion Network
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