Preparing a Building Service Life Plan for Green Buildings - Hardcover

Meadows, Dru

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071834427 ISBN 13: 9780071834421

Verlag: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2014

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Expert guidance on developing a green building service life plan

Filled with step-by-step instructions, Preparing a Building Service Life Plan for Green Buildings explains how to create a framework for managing theperformance requirements and life-cycle impacts--including end-of-life--of major building elements for the duration of a green building’s intended lifespan.

The book discusses operation and maintenance; inspections and assessments; repairs, upgrades, and replacements; documentation; and removal, reuse, recycling, dismantling, and end-of-life disposal of building components. A customizable template for creating a comprehensive green BSLP is included in this practical resource.

Covers major building elements:

• Standard foundations
• Slab on grade
• Basement walls
• Floor construction
• Roof construction
• Exterior walls
• Exterior windows and doors
• Roof coverings
• Interior partitions and doors
• Fittings
• Stair construction
• Wall, floor, and ceiling finishes
• Elevators and lifts
• Plumbing, HVAC, and electrical
• Fire protection
• Pedestrian paving
• Site development--fences, retaining walls,fountains, and other site improvements
• Storm sewer

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dru Meadows, principal with the Green Team Inc., is an architect, specifier, author, teacher and environmentalist with 20+ years of experience in sustainability consulting and green building. She is the author of theU.S. Federal Green Construction Guide.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0071834427
• ISBN 13: 9780071834421
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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