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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465478403321

Autore

Yudelson Jerry

Titolo

Reinventing green building : why certification systems aren't working and what we can do about it / / Jerry Yudelson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gabriola Island, British Columbia : , : New Society Publishers, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-55092-611-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations, tables

Disciplina

690.028/6

Soggetti

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System

Sustainable buildings - Design and construction

Sustainable construction - Certification

Green technology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Reinventing Green Building: A Call to Action -- Part I: The Green Building Movement. 1 The Technological Challenge: The Age of Algorithms and Big Data -- 2 The Future of Green Building: Top Ten Megatrends -- 3 The Green Building Movement: A Brief History -- 4 The US Green Building Movement Today -- 5 The (Business) Case for Green Building --

Part II: Green Building Hits the Wall. 6 Successes: Positive Impacts of LEED and Other Rating Systems -- 7 Failures: LEED's Limited Appeal -- 8 LEED Fails to Transform the Marketplace -- 9 Forensics: Why Green Building Has Hit the Wall -- 10 Green Building Certification Costs Too Much --

Part III: Looking for Solutions. 11 LEEDv4: Can It Succeed? -- 12 Current Alternatives Won't Solve the Problem -- 13 Is Certification Really Necessary? -- 14 Focus on Carbon and Leverage New Technology --

Part IV: The Future of Green Building. 15 Reinventing Green Building -- 16 Green Building Futures -- Epilogue: The Future of Green Building Technology -- Appendix: 2015 LEED Projects Update.



Sommario/riassunto

"Residential and commercial buildings produce 50 percent of the carbon emissions in the developed world. Reinventing Green Building combines a unique insider's critique of the lack of large-scale carbon reduction from certified green buildings with a potent vision for the future. Yudelson's proposed data-driven approach takes maximum advantage of new cloud-based technologies to cut costs and expand marketplace adoption."--