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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457231203321

Titolo

Achieving high-performance federal facilities [[electronic resource] ] : strategies and approaches for transformational change / / National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-37626-1

9786613376268

0-309-21169-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Disciplina

725.10472

Soggetti

Public buildings - United States

Sustainable buildings - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Committee on High-Performance Green Federal Buildings: Strategies and Approaches for Meeting Federal Objectives, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Context""; ""2 Objectives and Challenges Associated with Federal High-Performance Green Buildings""; ""3 Levers of Change""; ""4 Best Practices, Tools, and Technologies for Transformational Change""; ""5 Strategies and Approaches for Achieving a Range of Objectives Associated with Federal High-Performance Facilities""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Biosketches of Committee Members""; ""Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Speakers""

""Appendix C: Workshop Agenda and List of Participants""""Appendix D: Transformative Action Through Systems-Based Thinking--Robert Berkebile""; ""Appendix E: Sustainable Fort Carson: An Integrated Approach--Christopher Juniper""; ""Appendix F: Beyond Incrementalism: The Case of Arlington, Virginia--Peter Garforth""; ""Appendix G: Getting to Net-Zero Energy: NREL's Research Support Facility--Jeffrey M. Baker""; ""Appendix H: Sustainable Asset



Management: The Case of Los Angeles Community College District--Thomas L. Hall""

""Appendix I: The Economics of Sustainability: The Business Case That Makes Itself--Greg Kats""