This new 2nd edition has been completely updated with the latest in green building technologies, design concepts, standards, and costs. Includes Means’ Green Building CostWorks CD at no additional cost.
A Unique Cost Reference for Architects, Engineers, Contractors, & Building Owners/Managers… Now updated & expanded. Includes CostWorks Green Cost Data on CD-ROM.
By RSMeans and leading practitioners of Green Building
Since the widely read first edition of this book, green building has gone from a growing trend to a major force in design and construction. This 2nd edition has been completely updated with the latest in green building technologies, design concepts, standards, and costs. It includes Means' Green Building CostWorks CD at no additional cost. The CD contains more than 300 new assemblies (from high-efficiency HVAC and lighting, to living roofs, fuel cells, gray water systems, and much more) and over 7,000 unit price line items for green materials and products. CostWorks also offers tools like a key word index, "virtual notes" to highlight individual lines, extensive estimating reference tables, and localized costs for your geographic area.
The chapters, case studies, resources, cost data, and more, give you the whole picture on green building, including the latest on:
Green building approaches, materials, systems, and standards.
Energy efficiencies-with energy modeling tools.
Health, comfort, and productivity-goals and techniques.
Evaluating the cost versus value of green products over their life cycle.
Specifying green building projects-complete with a list of often-specified products/materials and a sample spec.
Low-cost green strategies-and special economic incentives and funding.
Assembling the green project team and commissioning the building.
With a new chapter on deconstruction-a key element of sustainable building.
Among the Contributors:
Mark Kalin, FAIA, FCSI, author of the original GreenSpec; Alexis Karolides, principal and team leader for the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), Seiglinde K. Fuller, Ph.D, leader of the NIST/DOE collaborative n economic analysis for energy and water conservation; Andy Walker, Ph.D, PE, senior engineer with NREL; and Joseph Macaluso, AACE, certified cost consultant.
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Author RSMeans Engineering Staff A team of engineering professionals compiled the cost data featured in this product.
Author Arthur Adler, PE, CEM is principal of Applied Energy Engineering & Commissioning located in Manchester, Massachusetts. He has more than 20 years of experience in operating, analyzing, and optimizing HVAC systems for commercial, high tech, industrial, and institutional clients. His company performs energy analysis and commissioning of building mechanical, electrical, and control systems. Mr. Adler has extensive knowledge of sustainable building design and construction practices and is an accredited professional with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system.
Author James E. Armstrong, CPE CEM is senior energy engineer at KEMA Services, where he develops and manages energy efficiency programs for utility programs around the country. He has been responsible for commissioning projects as a program manager/account executive for energy and engineering consultants for NSTAR Electric & Gas and as senior project/application engineer for Shooshanian Engineering and Trigen Boston Energy Corporation. Mr. Armstrong’s earlier experience includes managing utilities and facilities for MassDevelopment at the Devens Commerce Center (formerly Fort Devens) and for institutions such as Colby Sawyer College and the Boston Museum of Science. He also served on the Green Schools Certification Task Force, which developed MASS CHPS, now part of the school construction legislation in Massachusetts. Mr. Armstrong is a graduate of the Calhoon MEBA
Author Economist Seiglinde K Fuller, Ph.D U.S. Commerce Department’s Technology Administration An economist with the Office of Applied Economics of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Commerce Department’s Technology Administration. Her areas of expertise include benefit-cost analysis, economic impact studies, and the pricing of publicly supplied goods and services. As project leader of the NIST/DOE collaborative effort to promote the use of economic analysis for energy and water conservation and renewable energy projects, she has been involved in developing techniques, workshops, instructional materials, and computer software for calculating the life-cycle costs and benefits of such projects in accordance with federal legislation.
Author Mark Kalin, FAIA, FCSI A registered architect, certified construction specifier, and author of the original GreenSpec, and Kalin Associates’ Master Specifications. Kalin Associates Inc., is one of the nation’s leading independent specifications firms, specializing in preparation of technical specifications and bidding documents for construction projects, and of guide specifications for building product manufacturers. Kalin Associates’-related services include specifications for LEED projects, development of master specifications for agencies and design firms, computer automation of technical documents, and specification coordination for large projects.
Author Principal Alexis Karolides Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), Snowmass, Colorado A registered architect, her projects at RMI have included a prototype energy-efficient supermarket for Stop & Shop, a green renovation of a historic building at Hickam Air Force Base, campus-wide energy planning and building retrofit strategies for Berea College, a Hines residential development, the greening of the California State Capitol, and a monastery in Tibet. She is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences and has provided educational seminars and design workshops for communities, businesses, and institutions, including Shell; Perrier; Sherwin Williams; the cities of Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati; and the Departments of Environmental Protection and Urban Planning in Tianjin, China.
Author Joseph Macaluso, CCC, AACE is a Certified Cost Consultant and a member of Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International, where he is chair of the Government and Public Works Special Interest Group. He works as a construction cost estimator for Empire State Development Corporation, New York State's economic development agency, which provides financial and technical assistance to businesses, local governments, and community-based not-for-profit corporations for economic development and large-scale real estate projects. Over the past 20 years, Mr. Macaluso has prepared construction cost estimates and schedules, reviewed construction budgets, and negotiated change orders for major public works and public/private collaborative projects. He has worked for the NYC School Construction Authority, NYC Transit Authority, and NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation. He has prepared numerous construction cost estimates for new schools and major renovation projects and was instrumental in automating the construction cost estimating/tracking process and initiating a construction cost database. Mr. Macaluso has also taught cost estimating at Long Island University and LaGuardia Community College and has written several on articles on the subject.
Author Senior Engineer Howard Andy Walker, PhD, PE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Also Task Leader for Design Assistance in the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP). FEMP Design Assistance includes modeling, monitoring, analysis, and alternative financing assistance to support energy conservation and renewable energy projects in federal buildings. Mr. Walker’s NREL experience includes serving as Technology Manager for the FEMP Program (1997, 1998) and Task Leader for the Residential Homebuilder Program (Building America), and the Exemplary Buildings Program (1993-1997).
This new 2nd edition has been completely updated with the latest in green building technologies, design concepts, standards, and costs. Includes Means’ Green Building CostWorks CD at no additional cost.