Handbook of Green Building Design and Construction, Second Edition

Book Preface

Since its first printing in 2012, Handbook of Green Building Design and Construction has provided thousands of professionals and students with invaluable assistance in understanding the concept of sustainability and green construction. Furthermore, the Handbook has also assisted many students and professionals on understanding the importance of being certified (e.g., becoming a LEED™ AP), in addition to helping and explaining to corporations and property owners how to achieve LEED certification for their proposed green building projects.

The sustainability and green building profession has gained tremendous momentum and has had a profound impact on our environment. The second edition of this reference handbook provides a solid foundation for the study of green building design and construction. It explains many of the important tenets of green building and sustainability, while providing the latest strategies for its implementation all designed to broaden the reader’s knowledge of sustainability and green building.

This second edition has been revised and fully updated to fill in many of the blanks and questions caused by LEED™ v4. Likewise, this edition takes into account most of the major changes that have taken place in the green building industry over the past two decades. Sam Kubba, PhD, LEED AP