Sustainable Commercial Interiors applies the concept of environmental responsibility to the design of interiors, and employ the organization of the LEED Green Building Rating System® to sort the design process into five categories: sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy issues, materials, and indoor environmental quality.

Features:

• In-depth information about interior finishes and furnishings
• Best contemporary examples of sustainable commercial interior design projects, including photos and drawings of the design
• Outside-the-boundaries thinking about sites, water, and energy issues
• Materials, with a strong emphasis on life-cycle thinking
• Indoor environmental quality, including acoustics, thermal comfort, daylighting, and views
• Green design tools, including standards, certification programs, and specifications

Contents

Sustainable Design: Past, Present, and Future

• Sustainability Defined and Refined
• Defining “Green”
• What Is Green Design
• Overcoming the Obstacles to Sustainability
• The Integrated Profession
• The Design Charrette
• Taking the Mystery Out of Commissioning

Global Issues: An Overview

• As the Earth Warms
• Living Lightly on the Land
• Wet Gold
• Want Not, Waste a Lot
• Healthy Buildings, Healthy People

Sites, Water, and Energy

• Matters of Site
• Reducing Water Use
• Optimizing Energy Use
• Lighting
• Equipment and Appliances

The Materials Maze

• Starting the Dialogue
• Natural versus Synthetic Materials
• Toxins
• Material Safety Data Sheet
• Life Cycle Assessment
• Life Cycle Studies: A Comparison
• Furnishings and Finishes: An Overview
• From Trash Comes Treasure

The Indoor Enviroment

• The Air That We Breathe
• The Elusive Thermal Comfort
• Noise: The Other Pollutant
• Let There Be (Day)light
• The Importance of Views

The Tools of Our Trace

• Green Building Organizations, Rating Systems, and Design Guides
• Product Standards and Certifications
• Specifications
• The Sustainable Library

The Business Case for Green Design

• Building a Tangible Symbol
• Making the Case
• A Sustainable, Sustaining Workplace

Index

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