Cover -- Copyright -- Authors and Reviewers -- Foreword -- Contents -- Foreword by Jonathan F. P. Rose -- 1 Introduction -- A Greener Future -- Shades of Green -- Converging Ideologies -- Barriers to Sustainable Development -- The Benefits of Sustainable Development -- A Marketable Advantage -- 2 Sustainable from the Start -- Defining Sustainability -- Creating a Vision -- Tools for Achieving the Vision -- Measuring Success -- Selecting and Managing the Project Team -- Multiple Players, Multiple Challenges -- Having an Exit Strategy -- Aligning the Product with the Market -- Leaving a Legacy -- 3 Integrated Planning and Design -- The Integrated Process -- Site Selection -- Green Infrastructure -- Sustainable Community Form -- Sustainable Mobility -- Landscape Design -- Reducing Energy Consumption -- Water Usage Strategies -- Holistic Development -- 4 The Costs and Benefits of Sustainable Development -- Getting a Handle on Costs -- Costing Methodologies -- Integrated Design Solutions and Cost Shifting -- Putting It All Together -- 5 Green Building Design -- Setting Priorities -- Responding to Regional Conditions -- Conserving Resources -- Optimizing the Building Envelope -- Selecting Green Materials -- Weighing Material Choices -- Ensuring Indoor Air Quality -- System-Wide Strategies -- 6 Maintaining Sustainability -- Open Space Conveyances -- Keeping Green Infrastructure Green -- Green Building Compliance -- Operational Sustainability -- Sustainable Economics -- Disaster and Replacement Strategies -- Sustaining Species and Amenities -- Code Flexibility -- Adaptability -- 7 Case Studies -- Brewery Blocks, Portland, Oregon -- Daybreak, South Jordan, Utah -- Glenwood Park, Atlanta, Georgia -- Greenwich Millennium Village, London, United Kingdom -- Harvest Lakes, Perth, Australia -- Hidden Springs, Ada County, Idaho.

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