The Green Library Planner
What Every Librarian Needs to Know Before Starting to Build or Renovate- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2013
Summary
Green buildings are better buildings. In fact, buildings use 36% of the energy in the United States, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, so green buildings that use less energy help to address the very real challenges of reliance on fossil fuel and climate change. More than only being environmentally responsible, green libraries are beautiful, cost-effective, high-performance buildings that enhance occupant health and comfort.
The Green Library Planner is designed for members of library building design teams who typically are not actively engaged in architecture, construction, or engineering, but who need an introduction to the rationale for green buildings, the elements of green building, and the language of the field. It will be equally useful for public officials, boards, or administrators who are considering a new green library building, a renovated library structure, or sustainable elements for a current library facility.
Mary M. Carr, a library director who is also a LEED-Accredited Professional with national certification, first introduces the basic tenets of green building. She then covers the gamut of green building from design, through all phases of construction or renovation, to operations and maintenance.
Chapter highlights include:
Fundamentals of Sustainable Building
The Importance of Place
Energy and Lighting
Indoor Environmental Quality
Water Conservation and Quality
Sustainable Construction Management Techniques
Commissioning Sustainable Operations and Maintenance
With this information the librarian, and related library staff and administrators, will be able to design, build or renovate, and operate the library in the best way possible, while considering the environmental and economic challenges faced, locally and globally, in the 21st century.
Search publication
Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2013
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-8108-8736-7
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-8108-8737-4
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 136
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Imagining Sustainability No access
- Building vs. Renovation No access
- Your Sustainable Library No access
- Green Resources and Green Credentials No access
- Notes No access
- What Is Sustainability? No access
- The Importance of Buildings in Sustainability Efforts No access
- Why Build Green? No access
- Basic Principles of Sustainability No access
- Green Building Standards No access
- Conclusion No access
- Your Project Notes No access
- Notes No access
- Resources No access
- A Sense of Place No access
- The Process of Site Assessment No access
- Project Goals No access
- Stakeholders and Planning Team Members No access
- The Planning Process No access
- The Eight Steps of Site Analysis No access
- Green Footstep: A Carbon Emissions Tool No access
- Examples No access
- Your Project Notes No access
- Notes No access
- Resources No access
- What Is Energy and Where Does It Come From? No access
- Climate Change No access
- Three Types of Energy No access
- Building Envelope No access
- Heat Transfer, R-Value, and U-Value No access
- Designing Sustainable Building Energy Systems No access
- Energy System Design Elements No access
- Modeling and Design Tools No access
- Examples No access
- Your Project Notes No access
- Notes No access
- Resources No access
- Consumption and Resource Use No access
- Green Definitions No access
- Characteristics of Green Materials and Products No access
- The Chemical Composition of Materials No access
- Materials Analysis: Using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) No access
- Product Standards and Guidelines No access
- A Brief List of Green Product Directories, Standards, and Certifications No access
- Cradle to Grave: Durability and Deconstruction No access
- Examples No access
- Green Products Checklist No access
- Your Project Notes No access
- Notes No access
- Resources No access
- What Is Indoor Environmental Quality? No access
- Sick Building Syndrome and Building-Related Illness No access
- Green Materials No access
- Temperature/Humidity Levels No access
- Pollutants No access
- Ventilation No access
- Pollutant Management during Demolition and Construction No access
- Green Cleaning No access
- Thermal, Ergonomic, Visual, and Acoustical Comfort No access
- Individual Comfort No access
- Commissioning No access
- Post-Occupancy Surveys No access
- Relevant Codes and Standards for IEQ No access
- Examples No access
- Your Project Notes No access
- Notes No access
- Resources No access
- What Is Water? No access
- Water, Water Everywhere No access
- Water Challenges No access
- Water Use Definitions No access
- Overview of Sustainable Water Approaches No access
- Indoor Water Use No access
- Sustainability Pricing No access
- Outside Water Management and Use No access
- Cooling and Heating Systems No access
- Commissioning and Audits No access
- Examples No access
- Your Project Notes No access
- Notes No access
- Resources No access
- Managing a Sustainable Construction Process No access
- Construction Documents No access
- Selecting the Contractor No access
- Construction Debris Management No access
- Construction Waste Management Plan (CWMP) No access
- Soil and Water Management Plan No access
- Construction Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Management Plan No access
- Examples No access
- Your Project Notes No access
- Notes No access
- Resources No access
- The Need for Commissioning and Building Operations and Maintenance No access
- Building Commissioning No access
- Who Can Commission? No access
- Sustainable Facility Management (SFM) No access
- Operations and Maintenance No access
- Examples No access
- Your Project Notes No access
- Notes No access
- Resources No access
- If You Build It . . . No access
- The Library Building as a Teaching Tool No access
- Library Resources No access
- Everyday Green No access
- Notes No access
- Index No access Pages 133 - 136
