Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-144) and index.

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Sustainability, Ubiquitous Sustainability -- ch. 2 You, the Clients and Other Decision-makers -- ch. 3 Sustainable Buildings -- ch. 4 Looking for Ideas About `Needs' - Some Thoughts from the Economists -- ch. 5 Time and Risk -- ch. 6 Quantification: Undertaking an Analysis -- ch. 7 So We Have Some Numbers - But What do They Mean? -- ch. 8 All Sustainability Decisions are Complex: Multi-attribute Decision-making -- ch. 9 A Simple Building Example -- ch. 10 Pulling the Decision Apart: Four Simple Assessment Matrices -- ch. 11 Learning from the Past: Heritage and Sustainability -- ch. 12 When Things Become More Complex: Future Decisions and Flexibility -- ch. 13 Building Lives into the Future: Uncertainty, Adaptability, Flexibility and the Real Options Concept -- ch. 14 Applying Real Options Concepts and Tools -- ch. 15 And Finally...