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CONTENTS

Foreword xi

Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii

Chapter 1 The Recipe for Success
in High-Performance Projects 1

Chapter 2 Green Buildings Today 15
High-Performance Building Characteristics 19
The LEED Rating Systems 24
Other Green Building Rating Systems 31
Looking to the Future 40
The Larger Picture 43
Barriers to Green Building Growth 44

Chapter 3 The Practice of Integrated Design 45
Elements of the Integrated Design Process 45
An Architect’s Perspective 46
What Integrated Design Is Not 48
The Role of BHAGs 50
The Integrated Design Team 53
Integrated Design from the Engineer’s Perspective 54
Integrated Design in Practice—An Architect’s Experience 56
International Integrated Design: The New York Times Building 58
The Contractor’s Role in Integrated Design 63
A New Trend—The Integrated Office? 66
Chapter 4 The Eco-Charrette 67
The Charrette Process 69
SWOT Analysis 69
The University of Pennsylvania Morris Arboretum Project 71
Adopt “Right Mind” 78

Chapter 5 Barriers to High-Performance Buildings:
Why Some Projects Succeed and Others Fail 81
Fewer Higher-Level Certifications 85
What Needs to Happen 89
Getting Consistent Results 91

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