Yang / Brandon / Sidwell Smart and Sustainable Built Environments

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-75948-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, E-Book

This book brings together a group of international specialists toexplore the current state of the art and future potential forencouraging, developing and implementing smart and sustainablebuilt environment strategies.
It covers a broad spectrum of issues, ranging from technologicaladvancement, through the assessment of past experiences, tocommunication and education requirements and future strategies.
* provides a snapshot of current methods and technologies fordeveloping smart and sustainable built environment strategies
* over 30 fully refereed chapters from international experts
* addresses the particular requirements and problems ofdifference areas and climatic regions

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yang, Jay

Brandon, Peter S.

Sidwell, Anthony C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - bridging the gaps in smart and sustainable builtenvironments (J. Yang, P.S. Brandon and A.C. Sidwell).
Part I: Creating Smart and Sustainable Cities.
1. Smart sustainable office design - effective technologicalsolutions, based on typology and case studies (A.A.J.F. van denDobbelsteen, M.J. P Arets and A.C. van der Linden).
2. Sustainable building: perspectives for implementation inLatin America (V.G. Silva and M.G. Silva).
3. Demonstrating New Zealand's future residential buildings(K.M. Bayne, C.D. Kane, R.J. Burton and G.B. Walford).
4. Smart and sustainable city - a case study from Hong Kong(S.S.Y. Lau, J. Wang, and R. Giridharan).
5. Evaluation of scenarios of a Southern-European intelligentcity of the future (P. Ombardi adn S. Curwell).
Part 2: Emerging Technologies and Tools.
6. Building as power plant - BAPP (V.H. Hartkopf, D.H. Archerand V. Loftness).
7. Development of a self-contained micro-infrastructureappliance (U. Staschik, H. Hinz, D. Hart, G. Morrison and C.Ives).
8. Concept for a DC-low voltage house (M. Friedeman, A. vanTimmeren, E. Goelman and J. Schoonman).
9. Development of Phase change thermal storage wallcoverings inbuildings (K. IP, A. Miller, T. Corner and D.L. Dyball).
10. Investigating the energy efficiency of double-skin glassfacades for an office building in Istanbul (I. Cetiner and M.Aygun).
11. How to reduce energy-related greenhouse gas emissions inhomes and offices in New Zealand (R.M.E Hargreaves).
Part 3: Design, Construction and Operation Issues.
12. The potential for prefabrication in UK housing to improvesustainability (M.T. Gorgolewski).
13. Estimating the increasing cost of commercial buildings inAustralia because of green house emissions trading (D.H. Clark, G.Treloar and R. Blair).
14. Raised floor systems for the sustainable fit-out of officebuildings (J. Yang and G. Zhang).
15. Sustainable deconstruction of buildings (F.Schultmann).
Part 4: Evaluating Past Experiences and Strategies.
16. Time and the sustainable developments agenda (P.S.Brandon).
17. Is 'Smart' always 'sustainable' in building design andconstruction (J.Bell).
18. Balanced value - a review and critique of sustainabilityassessment methods (T. Woolley).
19. Sustainability criteria for housing - a whole-of-lifeapproach (F. Martin and A. Pears).
20. Development of Building environmental assessment tool on aWebsite and its implementation (N. Yokoo, Y. Kawazu and T.Oka).
Part 5: Managing the Sustainability Knowledge.
21. Managing the time factor in sustainability-a model for theimpact of the building lifespan on environmental performance(A.A.J.F. van den Dobbelsteen, A.C. van der Linden).
22. Constructability knowledge management in sustainable design(M.H. Pulaski and M.J. Horman).
23. Sustainability, the built environment and the legal system(D.E. Fisher).
24. Simple and smart SCADA -a survey of user expectations (F.Basiri and T-G Malmstrom).
Part 6: Development Processes.
25. Sustainable building and construction: contributions byinternational organizations (W. Bakens).
26. Some UK experience of gauging progress on introducingsustainable business practices in the construction sector (J.Cooper, D. Crowhurst, S. Platt and R. Woodall).
27. Developing a sustainable development approach for buildingsand construction processes (J. Gibberd).
28. Adoption of Local Agenda 21: local councils' vies onsustainability initiatives (S. Kham and B. Bajracharya).
29. Sustainability assessment considering asset and buildinglife cycles (D.G. Jones, K. Lyon Reid and D.G. Gilvert).
30. Energy efficiency uptake within the project house buildingindustry (M.D. Ambrose, S.N. Tucker, A.E. Delsante and D.R.Johnston).
Keywords Index.

Über Autor(innen)

The Editors
Dr Jay Yang is Senior Lecturer in Construction Management,Queensland University of Technology.
Professor Peter Brandon, formerly Pro-Vice Chancellor at SalfordUniversity, is an international figure in construction research,and a Blackwell author.
Professor Anthony Sidwell is Head of the School of ConstructionManagement & Property, Queensland Institute of Technology.