High Performing Buildings - Spring 2009 - (Page 35) ASHRAE GreenGuide The Design, Construction, and Operation of Sustainable Buildings Since its first printing, the ASHRAE GreenGuide has been invaluable reference for architects, building owners, building managers/operators and contractors–everyone in the building industry who needs to understand the technical issues of high-performance design. Using an integrated building systems perspective, the ASHRAE GreenGuide covers the entire building life cycle step-by-step, from the planning stages all the way through construction, operation, maintenance and eventual demolition. It emphasizes teamwork and close coordination between interested parties–factors that are both critical to effective and efficient execution but typically overlooked “in the heat of things”. With almost four hundred pages, the second edition of the ASHRAE GreenGuide has been significantly improved. Representing the collected experience and knowledge of a host of field experts, it includes: mechanical engineers the local indoor and outdoor environment version of the greentip focusing on specific building types path, from pre-design to post-occupancy updates in building automation systems, renewable construction issues diagrams providing a more complete overview disciplines, such as plumbing and lighting of mechanical systems, electrical systems and architectural design ASHRAE/Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier ORDER TOLL-FREE AT 1-800-527-4723 (US/CANADA) (404) 636-8400 (WORLDWIDE) OR VISIT WWW.ASHRAE.ORG/BOOKSTORE HPB.hotims.com/25005-13 http://WWW.ASHRAE.ORG/BOOKSTORE http://HPB.hotims.com/25005-13
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