Best Practices in Sustainable Building Design

Best Practices in Sustainable Building Design is clearly structured into learning modules, allowing the reader to quickly grasp the various concepts of passive and active strategies influenced by building form, envelopes, structural system, technical control systems, and other elements. I congratulate the three authors on their marvelous achievement, publishing this work as both a book and an interactive DVD. Steffen Lehmann, UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Urban Development for Asia and the Pacific, and EditorinChief of the Journal of Green Building This book is clearly organized and appropriately prioritizes the key issues in the design of sustainable buildings. The writing style is succinct, providing information in a minimum of text, and utilizes the graphics smoothly by providing links to the interactive software. Perhaps the real strength of the platform is the combination of book and software formats. This will be the direction of the future in architectural design and education. Marc Schiler, Professor, School of Architecture, University of Southern California This unique book and DVD is an interactive learning environment composed of seven content areas: building form, envelopes, structures, climate control systems, renewable energy, lighting, and landscape design. Each of these content areas is subdivided into learning modules introducing the subject matter and investigates best practices for climate responsive and ecologically sustainable building design and construction. The DVD will help visualize and engage with concepts that may otherwise be too ambiguous or difficult to comprehend in a book format.