Smart and Sustainable Built Environments,9781405124225

Smart and Sustainable Built Environments

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ISBN13: 9781405124225
ISBN10: 1405124229
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2005-08-01
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

This book brings together a group of international specialists to explore the current state of the art and future potential for encouraging, developing and implementing smart and sustainable built environment strategies.It covers a broad spectrum of issues, ranging from technological advancement, through the assessment of past experiences, to communication and education requirements and future strategies. provides a snapshot of current methods and technologies for developing smart and sustainable built environment strategies over 30 fully refereed chapters from international experts addresses the particular requirements and problems of difference areas and climatic regions

Author Biography

The Editors

Dr Jay Yang is Senior Lecturer in Construction Management, Queensland University of Technology.

Professor Peter Brandon, formerly Pro-Vice Chancellor at Salford University, is an international figure in construction research, and a Blackwell author.

Professor Anthony Sidwell is Head of the School of Construction Management & Property, Queensland Institute of Technology.

Table of Contents

Preface viii
Introduction -- bridging the gaps in smart and sustainable built environments ix
J. Yang
P. S. Brandon
A. C. Sidwell
PART 1 CREATING SMART AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES
1(52)
Smart sustainable office design -- effective technological solutions, based on typology and case studies
3(11)
A. A. J. F. van den Dobbelsteen
M. J. P. Arets
A. C. van der Linden
Sustainable building: perspectives for implementation in Latin America
14(9)
V. G. Silva
M. G. Silva
Demonstrating New Zealand's future residential buildings
23(10)
K. M. Bayne
C. D. Kane
R. J. Burton
G. B. Walford
Smart and sustainable city -- a case study from Hong Kong
33(10)
S. S. Y. Lau
J. Wang
R. Giridharan
Evaluation of scenarios of a Southern-European intelligent city of the future
43(10)
P. Lombardi
S. Curwell
PART 2 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND TOOLS
53(66)
Building as power plant -- BAPP
55(20)
V. H. Hartkopf
D. H. Archer
V. Loftness
Development of a self-contained micro-infrastructure appliance
75(10)
U. Staschik
H. Hinz
D. Hart
G. Morrison
C. Ives
Concept for a DC--low voltage house
85(10)
M. Friedeman
A. van Timmeren
E. Boelman
J. Schoonman
Development of phase change thermal storage wallcoverings in buildings
95(8)
K. Ip
A. Miller
T. Corner
D. L. Dyball
Investigating the energy efficiency of double-skin glass facades for an office building in Istanbul
103(8)
I. Cetiner
M. Aygun
How to reduce energy-related greenhouse gas emissions in homes and offices in New Zealand
111(8)
R. M. E. Hargreaves
PART 3 DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION ISSUES
119(42)
The potential for prefabrication in UK housing to improve sustainability
121(8)
M. T. Gorgolewski
Estimating the increasing cost of commercial buildings in Australia because of greenhouse emissions trading
129(9)
D. H. Clark
G. Treloar
R. Blair
Raised floor systems for the sustainable fit-out of office buildings
138(10)
J. Yang
G. Zhang
Sustainable deconstruction of buildings
148(13)
F. Schultmann
PART 4 EVALUATING PAST EXPERIENCES AND STRATEGIES
161(60)
Time and the sustainable development agenda
163(13)
P. S. Brandon
Is `smart' always `sustainable' in building design and construction?
176(11)
J. Bell
Balanced value -- a review and critique of sustainability assessment methods
187(13)
T. Woolley
Sustainability criteria for housing -- a whole-of-life approach
200(9)
F. Martin
A. Pears
Development of building environmental assessment tool on a Website and its implementation
209(12)
N. Yokoo
Y. Kawazu
T. Oka
PART 5 MANAGING THE SUSTAINABILITY KNOWLEDGE
221(52)
Managing the time factor in sustainability -- a model for the impact of the building lifespan on environmental performance
223(11)
A. A. J. F. van den Dobbelsteen
A. C. van der Linden
Constructability knowledge management in sustainable design
234(11)
M. H. Pulaski
M. J. Horman
Sustainability, the built environment and the legal system
245(16)
D. E. Fisher
Simple and smart SCADA -- a survey of user expectations
261(12)
F. Basiri
T-G. Malmstrom
PART 6 DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES
273(72)
Sustainable building and construction: contributions by international organizations
275(14)
W. Bakens
Some UK experience of gauging progress on introducing sustainable business practices in the construction sector
289(11)
I. Cooper
D. Crowhurst
S. Platt
R. Woodall
Developing a sustainable development approach for buildings and construction processes
300(11)
J. Gibberd
Adoption of Local Agenda 21: local councils' views on sustainability initiatives
311(10)
S. Khan
B. Bajracharya
Sustainability assessment considering asset and building life cycles
321(14)
D. G. Jones
K. Lyon Reid
D. G. Gilbert
Energy efficiency uptake within the project house building industry
335(10)
M. D. Ambrose
S. N. Tucker
A. E. Delsante
D. R. Johnston
Keywords index 345

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