Alison G. Kwok, Ph.D., AIA, LEED-AP, ASES Fellow, is a registered architect and a professor of architecture at the University of Oregon. She has also taught in architecture programs in California, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, and New York.

Walter Grondzik, PE, LEED-AP, ASES and ASHRAE Fellow, is an architectural engineer and a professor of architecture at Ball State University. He has also taught in architecture and architectural engineering programs in Florida, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Saudi Arabia.

Acknowledgments

Preface

CHAPTER 1 The Green

CHAPTER 2 The Studio

CHAPTER 3 The Handbook

CHAPTER 4 Design Strategies

Envelope

Site Analysis

Insulation Materials

Strawbale Construction

Structural Insulated Panels

Glazing

Double Envelopes

Green Roofs

Lighting

Daylight Factor

Daylight Zoning

Toplighting

Sidelighting

Light Shelves

Internal Reflectances

Shading Devices

Electric Lighting

Heating

Direct Gain

Indirect Gain

Isolated Gain

Active Solar Thermal Energy Systems

Ground Source Heat Pumps

Cooling

Cross Ventilation

Stack Ventilation

Evaporative Cool Towers

Night Ventilation of Thermal Mass

Earth Cooling Tubes

Earth Sheltering

Absorption Chillers

Energy Production

Plug Loads

Air-to-Air Heat Exchangers

Energy Recovery Systems

Photovoltaics

Wind Turbines

Microhydro Turbines

Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Combined Heat and Power Systems

Water and Waste

Water Accounting

Water Reuse/Recycling

Water Catchment Systems

Pervious Surfaces

Bioswales

Retention Ponds

Living Machines

Composting Toilets

CHAPTER 5 Case Studies

A Roadmap to Strategies and Case Studies

Centre for Mathematical Sciences

Council House (CH2)

Exploratorium

GRoW Home Decathlon House

NASA Sustainability Base

Rocky Mountain Institute Innovation Center

SOS Children's Villages

Stellar Apartments

TechStyle Decathlon House

ZEB House

APPENDICES

1. Before You Commit to a Strategy
2. Estimating Design Heat Loss and Cooling Load
3. Psychrometric Charts
4. Glossary of Buildings
5. Glossary of Case Studies from the 1st and 2nd Editions of The Green Studio Handbook
6. Going Green . . . and Going Greener
7. Glossary of Terms

INDEX