Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery

thanks, this is a great book. It taught me a lot about green building and construction and it got me an A in my class!

This is a very useful book. I will recommend this book to the students and the professional for their reference.

This is a textbook required for my green design 2 class. It provides a huge amount of statistics and green construction methods. Compared to other books about sustainable construction, this one seems much more informative and looks at the real issues behind WHY we should be using sustainable construction.

Going Green is "the Next Big Thing" after the invention of the internet. It is one of the most important trends of this century. As Director of the Powell Center for Construction and Environment, and a professor in the M. E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction at the University of Florida, Charles J. Kibert, PhD, PE, made an important contribution to the revolutionary trend of Going Green with "Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery." "Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery" covers the background, the history, theory, trend and development of the green building movement, and the process and best practices in green building. It discusses not only LEED, but also Green Globes and several other green building rating systems. It includes 3 parts and 14 chapters: Introduction and Overview Part I Green Building Foundations Background Green Building Assessment The Green Building Process Ecological Design Part II Green Building Systems Sustainable Sites and Landscaping Energy and Atmosphere The Building Hydrologic System Closing Materials Loop Indoor Environmental Quality Part III Green Building Implementation Construction Operation Building Commissioning Economic Analysis of Green Building The Cutting Edge and Beyond "Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery" has 432 pages. It is a useful book for Going Green and Green Building Design and Delivery. Gang Chen, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Author of "LEED GA Exam Guide," "Architectural Practice Simplified," "Planting Design Illustrated," and other books on various LEED exams, architecture, and landscape architecture

Since I am the 1st person to review this book, I want to just say that I started with a smaller book that gave me the basics of green architecture, terminology and the run down on LEED and the USGBC. Next I followed up with this book and I must say that this book was EXTREMELY informative and covered everything in some way. Most of it was covered in detail and what wasnt covered in detail was touched upon, so you had an understanding of every aspect. I would recommend this book to ANYONE who is starting out towards LEED Accredation.