Green Building: Project Planning & Cost Estimating
The Latest Information On Green Building Technologies, Design Concepts, Standards and Costs

By RSMeans and leading practitioners of Green Building
Contributing Authors: Arthur Adler, James E. Armstrong, Seiglinde K. Fuller, Mark Kalin, Alexis Karolides, Joseph Macaluso & Howard Andy Walker

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.

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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452 Pages, Soft-cover

Published: December 2006
ISBN: 978-0876298268

Paperback, 452 pages