Better Buildings

Learning from buildings in use

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Despitean increasing demand for energy-efficient design, it is generally accepted thatarchitects rarely return to their creations to ensure that they are performingas intended: to talk to users, observe how the buildings work and have beenadapted, and whether the environments created are enjoyable places to be in. Whilemost building professionals recognise the value of follow-through andinvolvement after handover, there are many perceived barriers to undertakingthis work in practice. This book provides a bold vision for how some of theseperceived barriers can be overcome.BetterBuildingsprovides architects with the inspiration and tools they need to deliver trulysustainable design. Through essays and illustrated case studies, this essentialbook explores how sustainable buildings are occupied and work and sheds lighton the methods used to observe this. It illustrates that in observing buildingperformance in-use, sustainable architecture has moved beyond simply creatingbeautiful spaces, to deliver on the low-energy performances promised.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-04-03
Mått220 x 220 x 15 mm
Vikt700 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor192
Upplaga2
FörlagRIBA Publishing
ISBN9781859465868

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Richard Partington is a co-founder and director of Richard Partington Architects. He is a sustainability expert to the Ministerial Advisory Group in Northern Ireland and is a Design Council CAME enabler. He has been a visiting lecturer at Cambridge University, UCL, and University of Wales, Cardiff. Simon Bradbury is a lecturer in Sustainable Design at the University of Plymouth. Simon's research focuses on performance in housing and its relationship to socio-economic constraints, as well as urban systems, sustainable cities and adaptation and mitigation policy.

IntroductionEssays:1. Building Performance Evaluation? - Richard Partington2. Learning from the Innovate UK Building Performance Evaluation Programme - Tom Kordel3. Low energy buildings: Delivering theory in practice - Bill Gething4. Designing low energy buildings - Simon Bradbury5. Learning through practice - Mark Lumley6. Sustainable buildings a design challenge - Judit Kimpian7. Energy performance - Bill BordassCase Studies:Introduction to the case studies1. Woodlands Trust2. Greenfields Office3. John Hope Gateway4. Crawley library5. St Lukes School6. Wilkinson School7. WWF Headquarters8. One Brighton9. Derwenthorpe10.Lancaster co-housingConclusion