Sustainable school architecture: design for elementary and secondary schools

Intended for architects of k-12 schools primarily, and the school adminstrators who hire the architects secondarily, this is a comprehensive book on the sustainable design of schools. Complete with case studies of the best contemporary sustainable schools, the book is organized by the phases of the construction process: planning, programming, design, materials, bidding & construction, operations & maintenance.Lisa Gelfand, AIA, LEED-AP, one of the preeminent experts in green school design and construction, is managing principal of Gelfand Partners Architects (gelfand-partners.com) in San Francisco. With more than three decades of experience, she has served on the technical committee of the California Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS). Her firm, which has designed many award-winning sustainable schools and has been the district architect for several school districts, has pioneered innovative ways to serve public and not-for-profit clients with practical and affordable sustainable architecture. Eric Corey Freed, LEED-AP, the founding principal of organicARCHITECT (organicarchitect.com) based in San Francisco and Palm Springs, California, is a nationally known sustainability expert who is the author of Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies, published by Wiley.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-44543-3
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 07/04/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés