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The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction : Sustainable Construction for Engineers

Title: The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction : Sustainable Construction for Engineers
Author: Liv Haselbach
ISBN: 0071745122 / 9780071745123
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 464
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Year: 2010
Availability: In Stock

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An Up-to-Date Guide to the Latest LEED-New Construction GuidelinesFully revised for version 3.0 of the LEED-New Construction rating system (LEED-2009), this GreenSource book helps you acquire the skills needed to apply LEED-NC to sustainable construction projects.

The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction, second edition, offers comprehensive coverage of the environmental systems and impacts on which many of the LEED-NC subcategories are based. Detailed equations and exercises in the book can be used to perform the calculations outlined in LEED-NC. Valuable information on real-world applications of LEED-NC in military, low-impact development (LID), and other sectors is included in this practical resource.
 

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THE ENGINEERING GUIDE TO LEED-NEW CONSTRUCTION COVERS:
* Introduction to the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED-NC rating system
* Sustainable sites
* Water efficiency
* Energy and atmosphere
* Materials and resources
* Indoor environmental quality
* Innovation in design and regional priorities
* A systematic view of green and minimum program requirements
* Department of Defense sustainable construction and indoor air quality (IAQ)
* Low-impact development

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Preface
Acknowledgement

Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : LEED Sustainable Sites
Chapter 3 : LEED Water Efficiency
Chapter 4 : LEED Energy and Atmosphere
Chapter 5 : LEED Materials and Resources
Chapter 6 : LEED Indoor Environmental Quality
Chapter 7 : LEED Innovation in Design Process and Regional Priorities
Chapter 8 : A Systematic View of Green and Minimum Program Requirements
Chapter 9 : Department of Defense (DoD) Sustainable Construction
Chapter 10 : Low-Impact Development and Stormwater Issues

Appendix
Index

 

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