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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Occupants in the building design decision-making process. 4. Methods to obtain the occupant perspective. 5. …”

“…Occupant-Centric Simulation-Aided Building Design promotes occupants as a focal point for the design process. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…<P>Preface</p> <p>Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview 1</p> <p>The Shifting Landscape of Green Buildings</p> <p>The Roots of Sustainable Construction</p> <p>The Vocabulary of Sustainable Development and Sustainable Construction</p> <p>Rationale for High-Performance Buildings</p> <p>State and Local Green Building Initiatives</p> <p>Green Building Progress and Obstacles</p> <p>Trends in High-Performance Green Building</p> <p>Book Organization</p> <p>Case Study: Bloomberg European Headquarters</p> <p>Summary and Conclusions</p> <p>Part I Green Building Foundations </p> <p>Chapter 2 Background </p> <p>The Driving Forces for Sustainable Construction</p> <p>Ethics and Sustainability</p> <p>Basic Concepts and Vocabulary</p> <p>Major Environmental and Resource Concerns</p> <p>The Green Building Movement</p> <p>Case Study: OWP 11, Stuttgart, Germany</p> <p>Summary and Conclusions</p> <p>Chapter 3 Ecological Design </p> <p>Design Versus Ecological Design</p> <p>Contemporary Ecological Design</p> <p>Key Green Building Publications: Early 1990s</p> <p>Key Thinking about Ecological Design</p> <p>Evolving the Concept of Ecological Design</p> <p>Thermodynamics: Limits on Recycling and the Dissipation of Materials</p> <p>Case Study: Kroon Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut</p> <p>Synthesis</p> <p>Summary and Conclusions</p> <p>Part II Assessing High-Performance Green Buildings </p> <p>Chapter 4 Green Building Assessment </p> <p>Purpose of Green Building Assessment Systems</p> <p>Major Green Building Assessment Systems Used in the US</p> <p>International Building Assessment Systems</p> <p>Summary and Conclusions</p> <p>Chapter 5 The US Green Building Council LEED Building Rating System </p> <p>Brief History of LEED</p> <p>Structure of the LEED Suite of Building Rating Systems</p> <p>LEED Credentials</p> <p>LEED v4.1 Structure and Process</p> <p>Green Building Certification Institute Relationship to the USGBC and LEED</p> <p>LEED Certification Process</p> <p>LEED Building Design and Construction Rating System</p> <p>Regional Priority</p> <p>Case Study: Stephen C. …”

Materias: “…Steel framing (Building) Design and construction…”

Materias: “…Sustainable buildings Design and construction…”