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By: Wiley John , Bill ReedeBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
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"The members of 7group and Bill Reed are examples writ large of the kind of leadership that is taking this idea of green building and forming it into reality, by helping change minds, building practice, and design process."
—from the Foreword by S. Rick Fedrizzi President, CEO, and Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council
A whole-building approach to sustainability
The integrative design process offers a new path to making better green building decisions and addressing complex issues that threaten living systems. In The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building: Redefining the Practice of Sustainability, 7group's principals and integrative design pioneer Bill Reed introduce design and construction professionals to the concepts of whole building design and whole systems. With integrative thinking that reframes what sustainability means, they provide a how-to guide for architects, designers, engineers, developers, builders, and other professionals on incorporating integrative design into every phase of a project.
This practical manual:
Explains the philosophy and underpinnings of effective integrative design, addressing systems thinking and building and community design from a whole-living system perspective
Details how to implement integrative design from the discovery phase to occupancy, supported by process outlines, itemized tasks, practice examples, case studies, and real-world stories illustrating the nature of this work
Explores the deeper understanding of integration that is required to transform architectural practice and our role on the planet
This book, both practical and thoughtful, will help you deliver your vision of a sustainable environment.
7group, based in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, includes principals John Boecker, Scot Horst, Tom Keiter, Andrew Lau, Marcus Sheffer, and Brian Toevs, who bring a unique integration of expertise in design, engineering, energy and daylight modeling, materials assessments, commissioning, education, and communications to their work. Internationally recognized thought leaders in the green building movement, they have led countless teams through the practical implementation of integrative design on building projects of all types around the world. 7group also has been directly and deeply involved with the development of the LEED® Green Building Rating System, including experience on more than 100 LEED projects. Scot Horst currently serves as chair of the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Steering Committee.
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| Title of eBook: The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building | |
| Release Date: 10-11-2011 | |
| Publisher: Wiley |
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The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building
Chapter One
Many Minds
People don't like change. But make the change happen fast enough and you go from one type of normal to another ... -said by novelist Terry Pratchett's character Moist von Lipwig in Making Money
FROM MASTER BUILDER TO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: WHERE WE ARE AND HOW WE GOT HERE
The Master Builder
The Industrial Revolution had profound effects on human society, especially on how we build in our places. Only a little more than 150 years ago, local natural and human resources were the basis and the limit for what was designed and built. The resulting process was far different from contemporary practice. The architects of that time were called Master Builders.
Master builders were schooled through local apprenticeships, and the techniques and technologies they learned were developed from an understanding of local issues and passed down through generations. Mechanized transportation was limited, so people possessed an intimate knowledge of local materials, as well as workforce skills, economies, cultural imagery and traditions, microclimates, and soil conditions. They understood the flow of local resources and what local conditions could be limiting. The built environment was designed and constructed from a deep connection to each individual place, with the master builder conceptualizing the overall pattern and each artisan, craftsman, and journeyman then contributing layers of richness and diversity at smaller scales. What resulted were buildings and communities that truly were integrated with their environment and that lived, breathed, and grew to become t
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