The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building: Redefining the Practice of Sustainability(Wiley Series in Sustainable Design)

"The members of 7group and Bill Reed are examples writ large of the kind of leadership that is taking this idea of green building and forming it into reality, by helping change minds, building practice, and design process." —from the Foreword by S. Rick Fedrizzi President, CEO, and Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council A whole-building approach to sustainability The integrative design process offers a new path to making better green building decisions and addressing complex issues that threaten living systems. In The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building: Redefining the Practice of Sustainability, 7group's principals and integrative design pioneer Bill Reed introduce design and construction professionals to the concepts of whole building design and whole systems. With integrative thinking that reframes what sustainability means, they provide a how-to guide for architects, designers, engineers, developers, builders, and other professionals on incorporating integrative design into every phase of a project. This practical manual: Explains the philosophy and underpinnings of effective integrative design, addressing systems thinking and building and community design from a whole-living system perspective Details how to implement integrative design from the discovery phase to occupancy, supported by process outlines, itemized tasks, practice examples, case studies, and real-world stories illustrating the nature of this work Explores the deeper understanding of integration that is required to transform architectural practice and our role on the planet This book, both practical and thoughtful, will help you deliver your vision of a sustainable environment.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments ix Foreword xi Introduction xiii Chapter 1: Many Minds 1 From Master Builder to the Twenty-first Century: Where We Are and How We Got Here 1 The Master Builder 1 The Siena Duomo 5 The Age of Specialization 8 Stop and Reflect: Our Current Process 9 Siloed Optimization 9 The Abyss between Design and Construction Professionals 10 Doing Less Damage by Adding Technologies 11 The Call Before Us 13 Chapter 2: Building as an Organism 15 A Shift in Thinking: No Part or System in Isolation 15 Buildings as Organisms 23 Tunneling through the Cost Barrier 24 Lessons Learned from High-Performance Windows 25 Project Teams as Organisms 29 Fostering an Interdisciplinary Process: “A Deer in the Headlights” 31 A Team of Colearners and the Learning Wheel 34 The Composite Master Builder 39 Chapter 3: Reframing Sustainability 41 What Is Sustainability? 41 The Trajectory of Sustainability Practice 44 The Technical Story of the Willow School 47 A More Compelling and Vital Story of Place 47 Re-Membering Our Role in Nature 48 Reciprocal Relationships within the Larger System 51 The Role of the Mental Model: From Products to a New Mind-set 52 Nested Subsystems 54 Solving for Pattern 58 Chapter 4: Aligning Values, Purpose, and Process 61 Introduction to the Discovery Phase X 61 The Four Es 62 Questioning Assumptions 63 Creating Alignment 64 Aligning the Team 64 Aligning with the Client 66 Fostering an Iterative Process 68 Integrating Intentions with Purpose 68 The Four Key Subsystems 70 Aligning Dollars and Resources 80 The “Touchstones” Exercise 82 Aligning with Values 87 Redefining Success 98 Chapter 5: The Discovery Phase 99 This Is Not a Cookbook 99 Here’s Where We Are 101 Stop and Reflect 101 What’s Working? 102 What’s Not Working? 102 How Can We Do (and Think about) This Differently? 103 Integrative Process Overview 103 Three-part Structure 107 Part A: Discovery 108 Part B: Design and Construction 108 Part C: Occupancy, Operations, and Performance Feedback 108 Part A: Discovery 109 Stage A.1—Research and Analysis: Preparation 110 Stage A.2—Workshop No. 1: Alignment of Purpose and Goal-Setting 127 Stage A.3—Research and Analysis: Evaluating Possible Strategies 145 Stage A.4—Workshop No. 2: Conceptual Design Exploration 157 Stage A.5—Research and Analysis: Testing Conceptual Design Ideas 168 Chapter 6: Schematic Design 197 Entering Part B—Design and Construction 197 Here’s Where We Are 202 Stop and Reflect 203 What’s Working? 203 What’s Not Working? 203 How Can We Do (and Think about) This Differently? 205 Questioning Assumptions 205 Engaging an Interdisciplinary Process 206 Creating Alignment 209 Mental Model Shift 214 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Tools and Environmental Benefits 214 Energy-Modeling Tools and Costs Benefits 218 Revisiting Nested Subsystems 219 Part B: Design and Construction 220 Stage B.1—Workshop No. 3: Schematic Design Kickoff—Bringing It All Together (without committing to building form) 221 Stage B.2—Research and Analysis: Schematic Design—Bringing It All Together (and now committing to building form) 237 Chapter 7: Design Development and Documentation 259 Here’s Where We Are 260 Stop and Reflect 262 What’s Working? 262 What’s Not Working? 258 How Can We Do (and Think about) This Differently? 263 Stage B.3—Workshop No. 4: Design Development Kickoff—It Is Brought Together; Does It Work? 267 Stage B.4—Research and Analysis: Design Development—Optimization 278 Stage B.5—Workshop No. 5: Construction Documents Kickoff—Perfomance Verification and Quality Control 299 Stage B.6—Construction Documents—No More Designing 304 Chapter 8: Construction, Operations, and Feedback 309 The Evolving Commissioning Process 310 Learning From Feedback 312 Here’s Where We Are 314 Stop and Reflect 315 What’s Working? 315 What’s Not Working? 316 How Can We Do (and Think about) This Differently? 322 Stage B.7—Bidding and Construction—Aligning with the Builder: Becoming a Team 330 Part C—Occupancy, Operations, and Performance Feedback 346 Stage C.1—Occupancy: Feedback from All Systems 347 The Call for Performance Feedback 347 Epilogue—Evolving the Field 375 A Transformational Process 376 Shifting the Paradigm 377 The Fifth System 385 Index 387

About the Author :
7group, based in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, includes principals John Boecker, Scot Horst, Tom Keiter, Andrew Lau, Marcus Sheffer, and Brian Toevs, who bring a unique integration of expertise in design, engineering, energy and daylight modeling, materials assessments, commissioning, education, and communications to their work. Internationally recognized thought leaders in the green building movement, they have led countless teams through the practical implementation of integrative design on building projects of all types around the world. 7group also has been directly and deeply involved with the development of the LEED Green Building Rating System, including experience on more than 100 LEED projects. Scot Horst currently serves as chair of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Steering Committee. Bill Reed is an architect and internationally recognized proponent and practitioner of integrative design. He is a principal in three firms: the Integrative Design Collaborative, Regenesis, Inc., and Delving Deeper—organizations working to lift development into full integration with living systems. He served as co-chair of the LEED Technical Committee from its inception in 1994 through 2003, is a member of the LEED Advanced faculty, and one of the first of twelve USGBC trainers of the LEED Rating System.

Review :
"The book is an in-depth study of sustainable design practices, but particularly as it relates to new building construction. The book's primary audience is commercial construction consultants. However, their concepts apply to residential design, too." (The Designer, Winter 2009/2010)