Smart & Sustainable Built Environments -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction - bridging the gaps in smart and sustainable built environments -- PART 1 CREATING SMART AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES -- 1 Smart sustainable office design - effective technological solutions, based on typology and case studies -- 2 Sustainable building: perspectives for implementation in Latin America -- 3 Demonstrating New Zealand's future residential buildings -- 4 Smart and sustainable city - a case study from Hong Kong -- 5 Evaluation of scenarios of a Southern-European intelligent city of the future -- PART 2 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND TOOLS -- 6 Building as power plant - BAPP -- 7 Development of a self-contained micro-infrastructure appliance -- 8 Concept for a DC-low voltage house -- 9 Development of phase change thermal storage wallcoverings in buildings -- 10 Investigating the energy efficiency of double-skin glass facades for an office building in Istanbul -- 11 How to reduce energy-related greenhouse gas emissions in homes and offices in New Zealand -- PART 3 DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION ISSUES -- 12 The potential for prefabrication in UK housing to improve sustainability -- 13 Estimating the increasing cost of commercial buildings in Australia because of greenhouse emissions trading -- 14 Raised floor systems for the sustainable fit-out of office buildings -- 15 Sustainable deconstruction of buildings -- PART 4 EVALUATING PAST EXPERIENCES AND STRATEGIES -- 16 Time and the sustainable development agenda -- 17 Is 'smart' always 'sustainable' in building design and construction? -- 18 Balanced value -a review and critique of sustainability assessment methods -- 19 Sustainability criteria for housing - a whole-of-life approach -- 20 Development of building environmental assessment tool on a Website and its implementation.

PART 5 MANAGING THE SUSTAINABILITY KNOWLEDGE -- 21 Managing the time factor in sustainability - a model for the impact of the building lifespan on environmental performance -- 22 Constructability knowledge management in sustainable design -- 23 Sustainability, the built environment and the legal system -- 24 Simple and smart SCADA - a survey of user expectations -- PART 6 DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES -- 25 Sustainable building and construction: contributions by international organizations -- 26 Some UK experience of gauging progress on introducing sustainable business practices in the construction sector -- 27 Developing a sustainable development approach for buildings and construction processes -- 28 Adoption of Local Agenda 21: local councils' views on sustainability initiatives -- 29 Sustainability assessment considering asset and building life cycles -- 30 Energy efficiency uptake within the project house building industry -- Keywords index.