--- product_id: 7760213 title: "Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery" price: "€ 162.79" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/7760213-sustainable-construction-green-building-design-and-delivery store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery **Price:** € 162.79 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery - **How much does it cost?** € 162.79 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/7760213-sustainable-construction-green-building-design-and-delivery) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery [Kibert, Charles J.] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery Review: The Built Environment - This book is wicked. I really enjoyed the perspective it brings to the built environment. It's not too heavy handed on the environment angle but it brings up interesting thought provoking points. The level of depth is more intermediate level than beginner or advanced but I found it to be a great place to start learning and thinking about the built environment. Review: Good book if you have a construction background - I need to disagree with the two earlier reviewers in assessing this book. I used it in the context of a low-end graduate course on Sustainable Construction and found it to be both informative and relevant to the topic of making construction sustainable. This book does not provide technical coverage of the systems discussed or construction in general, and should only be utilized by practitioners or students who already have such a background, but goes through many major areas in which sustainability can be in-built into buildings. These ares include: - Site selection, including how to orient buildings in the most climate-efficient manner under varying conditions and other site-relevant topics - Glazing and insolation, including techniques to optimizing glazing performance by controlling insolation to best meet climate and seasonal requirements for a variety of building uses - Alternative climate controls, including a heavy emphasis on natural ventilation, geothermal methods, and operational procedures that optimize indoor climate with minimal energy consumption - Water conservation, including both bathroom and general areas, as well as rainwater collection, irrigation, and other topics - Energy conservation, including on-site generation and optimization of lighting and HVAC systems, which currently comprise the majority of energy consumption by buildings - Material conservation, including the use of emerging material technologies, design-for-deconstruction, and similar methods I found the greatest fault of this book to be the lack of coverage on implementation, which the earlier reviewers harped on. The majority of techniques covered require significant computer-based modelling techniques in order to be applied correctly. While the detail-level operation of these tools is clearly beyond the scope of the text, it would have been helpful if some software titles and general workflows were discussed. Despite this shortcoming, the material provided more than adequate food for thought to make the book and course very worthwhile. The book also speaks very highly of LEED certification, which I agree is an important step, but not sufficient alone, in spreading awareness and implementation of green building techniques. It does not, however, provide adequate background for taking the LEED Green Associate or Accredited Professional examinations, for which a purpose-written preparation book would be in order. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #3,349,112 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3,839 in Home Design & Construction (Books) #5,377 in Construction Engineering (Books) #215,596 in Textbooks (Special Features Stores) | | Customer Reviews | 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (39) | | Dimensions | 8.9 x 1.4 x 11.3 inches | | Edition | 3rd | | ISBN-10 | 0470904453 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0470904459 | | Item Weight | 3.4 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 560 pages | | Publication date | January 1, 2012 | | Publisher | WILEY | ## Images ![Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81AGyitMcVL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Built Environment *by J***Y on October 16, 2014* This book is wicked. I really enjoyed the perspective it brings to the built environment. It's not too heavy handed on the environment angle but it brings up interesting thought provoking points. The level of depth is more intermediate level than beginner or advanced but I found it to be a great place to start learning and thinking about the built environment. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good book if you have a construction background *by E***N on August 10, 2013* I need to disagree with the two earlier reviewers in assessing this book. I used it in the context of a low-end graduate course on Sustainable Construction and found it to be both informative and relevant to the topic of making construction sustainable. This book does not provide technical coverage of the systems discussed or construction in general, and should only be utilized by practitioners or students who already have such a background, but goes through many major areas in which sustainability can be in-built into buildings. These ares include: - Site selection, including how to orient buildings in the most climate-efficient manner under varying conditions and other site-relevant topics - Glazing and insolation, including techniques to optimizing glazing performance by controlling insolation to best meet climate and seasonal requirements for a variety of building uses - Alternative climate controls, including a heavy emphasis on natural ventilation, geothermal methods, and operational procedures that optimize indoor climate with minimal energy consumption - Water conservation, including both bathroom and general areas, as well as rainwater collection, irrigation, and other topics - Energy conservation, including on-site generation and optimization of lighting and HVAC systems, which currently comprise the majority of energy consumption by buildings - Material conservation, including the use of emerging material technologies, design-for-deconstruction, and similar methods I found the greatest fault of this book to be the lack of coverage on implementation, which the earlier reviewers harped on. The majority of techniques covered require significant computer-based modelling techniques in order to be applied correctly. While the detail-level operation of these tools is clearly beyond the scope of the text, it would have been helpful if some software titles and general workflows were discussed. Despite this shortcoming, the material provided more than adequate food for thought to make the book and course very worthwhile. The book also speaks very highly of LEED certification, which I agree is an important step, but not sufficient alone, in spreading awareness and implementation of green building techniques. It does not, however, provide adequate background for taking the LEED Green Associate or Accredited Professional examinations, for which a purpose-written preparation book would be in order. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent information for experienced or newcomers to the construction industry *by A***R on October 4, 2016* Excellent information for experienced or newcomers to the construction industry. Ordered the book for class, but will use it as a resource going forward. Kibert's analysis and recommendations are based on thorough research of the subject. 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