Browsing by Subject "Sustainable buildings--Design and construction--Standards"

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    Arup's environmental strategies: engineering + sustainability + architecture. Based on a lecture by Michael Sweeney.
    (2009-11) Storer, Lisa; Yang, Chia-Hui
    This paper looks at SPeAR (Sustainable Project Appraisal Routine), the standard created by the architectural design firm Arup to benchmark sustainability in architectural projects. It examines the practical application of SPeAR in evaluating three projects: the San Francisco Federal Building, the California Academy of Sciences, and Dongtan, a planned Eco-City to be constructed near Shanghai, China.
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    Green building materials: determining the true definition of green
    (2009-10) Fithian, Cody; Sheets, Andrea
    As of fall 2009, there are over fifty regional and national green labeling programs throughout the United States. Each of these have similar yet quite different versions of rating systems and qualifying characteristics that they look for in a green building. This paper looks at four of the most prominent programs-- LEED, EnergyStar, Green Globe, and Green Seal--and discusses the methods and limitations of each; it also looks at some building materials that are occasionally marketed as eco-friendly, and analyzes how they measure up for overall "greenness".