Smart and Sustainable Built Environments

This book brings together a group of international specialists to explore the current state of the art and future potential for encouraging, developing and implementing smart and sustainable built environment strategies.It covers a broad spectrum of issues, ranging from technological advancement, through the assessment of past experiences, to communication and education requirements and future strategies. provides a snapshot of current methods and technologies for developing smart and sustainable built environment strategies over 30 fully refereed chapters from international experts addresses the particular requirements and problems of difference areas and climatic regions

The Editors

Dr Jay Yang is Senior Lecturer in Construction Management, Queensland University of Technology.

Professor Peter Brandon, formerly Pro-Vice Chancellor at Salford University, is an international figure in construction research, and a Blackwell author.

Professor Anthony Sidwell is Head of the School of Construction Management & Property, Queensland Institute of Technology.

Preface

viii

Introduction -- bridging the gaps in smart and sustainable built environments

ix

J. Yang

P. S. Brandon

A. C. Sidwell

PART 1 CREATING SMART AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES

1

(52)

Smart sustainable office design -- effective technological solutions, based on typology and case studies

3

(11)

A. A. J. F. van den Dobbelsteen

M. J. P. Arets

A. C. van der Linden

Sustainable building: perspectives for implementation in Latin America

14

(9)

V. G. Silva

M. G. Silva

Demonstrating New Zealand's future residential buildings

23

(10)

K. M. Bayne

C. D. Kane

R. J. Burton

G. B. Walford

Smart and sustainable city -- a case study from Hong Kong

33

(10)

S. S. Y. Lau

J. Wang

R. Giridharan

Evaluation of scenarios of a Southern-European intelligent city of the future

43

(10)

P. Lombardi

S. Curwell

PART 2 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND TOOLS

53

(66)

Building as power plant -- BAPP

55

(20)

V. H. Hartkopf

D. H. Archer

V. Loftness

Development of a self-contained micro-infrastructure appliance

75

(10)

U. Staschik

H. Hinz

D. Hart

G. Morrison

C. Ives

Concept for a DC--low voltage house

85

(10)

M. Friedeman

A. van Timmeren

E. Boelman

J. Schoonman

Development of phase change thermal storage wallcoverings in buildings

95

(8)

K. Ip

A. Miller

T. Corner

D. L. Dyball

Investigating the energy efficiency of double-skin glass facades for an office building in Istanbul

103

(8)

I. Cetiner

M. Aygun

How to reduce energy-related greenhouse gas emissions in homes and offices in New Zealand

111

(8)

R. M. E. Hargreaves

PART 3 DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION ISSUES

119

(42)

The potential for prefabrication in UK housing to improve sustainability

121

(8)

M. T. Gorgolewski

Estimating the increasing cost of commercial buildings in Australia because of greenhouse emissions trading

129

(9)

D. H. Clark

G. Treloar

R. Blair

Raised floor systems for the sustainable fit-out of office buildings

138

(10)

J. Yang

G. Zhang

Sustainable deconstruction of buildings

148

(13)

F. Schultmann

PART 4 EVALUATING PAST EXPERIENCES AND STRATEGIES

161

(60)

Time and the sustainable development agenda

163

(13)

P. S. Brandon

Is `smart' always `sustainable' in building design and construction?

176

(11)

J. Bell

Balanced value -- a review and critique of sustainability assessment methods

187

(13)

T. Woolley

Sustainability criteria for housing -- a whole-of-life approach

200

(9)

F. Martin

A. Pears

Development of building environmental assessment tool on a Website and its implementation

209

(12)

N. Yokoo

Y. Kawazu

T. Oka

PART 5 MANAGING THE SUSTAINABILITY KNOWLEDGE

221

(52)

Managing the time factor in sustainability -- a model for the impact of the building lifespan on environmental performance

223

(11)

A. A. J. F. van den Dobbelsteen

A. C. van der Linden

Constructability knowledge management in sustainable design

234

(11)

M. H. Pulaski

M. J. Horman

Sustainability, the built environment and the legal system

245

(16)

D. E. Fisher

Simple and smart SCADA -- a survey of user expectations

261

(12)

F. Basiri

T-G. Malmstrom

PART 6 DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES

273

(72)

Sustainable building and construction: contributions by international organizations

275

(14)

W. Bakens

Some UK experience of gauging progress on introducing sustainable business practices in the construction sector

289

(11)

I. Cooper

D. Crowhurst

S. Platt

R. Woodall

Developing a sustainable development approach for buildings and construction processes

300

(11)

J. Gibberd

Adoption of Local Agenda 21: local councils' views on sustainability initiatives

311

(10)

S. Khan

B. Bajracharya

Sustainability assessment considering asset and building life cycles

321

(14)

D. G. Jones

K. Lyon Reid

D. G. Gilbert

Energy efficiency uptake within the project house building industry

335

(10)

M. D. Ambrose

S. N. Tucker

A. E. Delsante

D. R. Johnston

Keywords index

345

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