Sustainable Renovation: Strategies for Commercial Building Systems and Envelope -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Sustainability Defined -- The Urgency of Sustainability in Buildings -- The Importance of Existing Buildings -- Renovation Contrasted with Replacement -- Facility Management and Incremental Renovation -- The Benefits of Sustainable Renovation -- Health and Comfort -- Economic Returns -- Reduction of Climate Change Impact -- Chapter 2: Whole Building Design -- Introduction -- Existing Building Context -- Climate and Function -- Building Energy Simulation Models -- Testing and Benchmarking Performance -- Understanding Existing Building Strategies -- Daylight -- Ventilation -- Permanent Materials -- Building Envelope -- Building Systems -- Modern Building Code Implications -- Chapter 3: Facility Management Upgrades -- Introduction -- Immediate Improvement -- Behaviors -- Testing and Analyzing Performance -- Retrocommissioning -- Lighting -- Plug Loads -- Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning -- Water Use -- Beyond Energy-Green Operations and Maintenance -- Indoor Environmental Quality -- Regional Issues -- Putting Your Program Together -- Chapter 4: Building Envelope Redesign -- Introduction -- Air Infiltration Losses -- Insulation Strategies -- Cold Climate -- Humid Middle Latitude Climate -- Hot Humid Climate -- Hot Dry Climate -- Continental Climate -- Pre-War Buildings -- Thermal Mass and Climate Zones -- Masonry Wall Design -- Window Replacement and Shading -- Roof Structure and Insulation -- Roofing -- Mid-Century Modern Buildings -- Curtain Wall Replacement, Modification, and Shading -- Insulation Options -- Window Replacement -- Roofing -- Late Modern Buildings -- Introducing Daylight -- Correcting Roof Structures and Slope -- Insulation Options -- Window Replacement -- Roofing.

Chapter 5: Building Systems Replacement -- Building System Needs -- Thermal Comfort -- Water Use -- Light -- Building Controls and Environmental Responsiveness -- Pre-War Buildings -- Renovation or Replacement of Steam and Hydronic Systems -- Improving Ventilation and Fire Safety -- Restoring or Improving Daylighting -- Water Saving Strategies -- Electric Power and Controls Replacement -- Mid-Century Modern Buildings -- Renovation or Replacement of Hydronic Systems -- Creating New Passive Ventilation Options -- Improving or Replacing Forced Air Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning -- Restoring or Improving Daylighting -- Water-Saving Strategies -- Electric Power and Controls Replacement -- Late Modern Buildings -- Strategies for Deep Floor Plates -- Creating New Passive Ventilation Options -- Improving or Replacing Forced Air Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning -- Restoring or Improving Daylighting -- Water-Saving Strategies -- Electric Power and Controls Replacement -- Systems Replacement Summary -- Chapter 6: Building Materials -- Environmentally Beneficial Products -- Rating Systems and Lifecycle Assessment -- LCA Tools -- Recycling, Salvage, and Reuse -- Resource Efficiency -- Reduction in Operational Energy and Waste -- Low-Emitting Materials -- "Natural" Materials -- Concrete and Stone -- Metals -- Wood -- Carpet -- Resilient Flooring -- Wall Finishes -- Pre-War Buildings -- Salvage of Masonry and Finishes -- Strategies for Obsolete Plaster and Partition Systems -- Mid-Century Modern Buildings -- Disassembly Options -- Late Modern Buildings -- Hazardous Material Issues -- Disposal Reduction -- Chapter 7: Construction Operations -- Introduction -- Initial Construction Activities -- Assembling the Team -- Exploratory Demolition and Investigations -- Demolition Documents versus Site Discussions -- Hazardous Materials Abatement.

Construction Debris -- Occupied Rehabs -- Relocation -- Phasing -- Separation and Noise -- Notification -- Elevators -- Commissioning -- Chapter 8: High Performance Renovation -- Transformation -- Renovation versus Transformation -- Change of Use -- Additions and Deletions -- Preservation of Significant Historic Characteristics -- Retrofitting Active Energy Systems -- Combined Heat and Power -- Solar Heating and Power -- Wind Power -- Geothermal Heat Exchange -- Waste Water Strategies -- Graywater Recirculation -- Reuse of Building System Water -- Living Machine Waste Water Treatment -- Passive House (Passivhaus) Design and Existing Buildings -- Passive Solar Design -- Superinsulation -- Sealing the Envelope -- Introducing Fresh Air-Heat and Energy Exchange -- Chapter 9: The Future of Renovation -- Introduction -- Energy Conservation and Building Lifecycle Strategy -- Low and No Cost Strategies -- 2025 Improvements -- 2040 Improvements -- Building Integrated Power Generation -- Deconstruction -- Conclusion -- Index -- Color Insert.