Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Green -- ch. 2 The Studio -- ch. 3 The Handbook -- ch. 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

Note continued: Water Reuse/Recycling -- Water Catchment Systems -- Pervious Surfaces -- Bioswales -- Retention Ponds -- Living Machines -- Composting Toilets -- ch. 5 Case Studies -- A Roadmap to Strategies and Case Studies -- Centre for Mathematical Sciences -- Council House 2 (CH2) -- Exploratorium -- GRoW Home Decathlon House -- NASA Sustainability Base -- Rocky Mountain Institute Innovation Center -- SOS Children's Village -- Stellar Apartments -- Techstyle Haus -- ZEB Pilot 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.

"The Green Studio Handbook remains an essential resource for design studios and professional practice. This extensive and user-friendly tool presents practical guidelines for the application of green strategies during the schematic design of buildings. Students and professionals can quickly get up to speed on system viability and sizing. Each of forty-three environmental strategies includes a brief description of principles and concepts, step-by-step guidance for integrating the strategy during the early stages of design, annotated tables and charts to assist with preliminary sizing, key issues to consider when implementing the strategy, and pointers to further resources. Ten new in-depth case studies illustrate diverse and successful green buildings integrated design projects and how the whole process comes together This third edition features updated tables and charts that will help to save energy, water, and material resources during the early stages of design. More than 500 sketches and full-color images illustrate how to successfully apply strategies." -- Provided by publisher.