Part One – Basic Principles and Design Strategies

• 1a Basic Principles
• Basic principles of green and sustainable buildings
• Major issues and factors
• 1b Design Strategies
• Design strategies and techniques
• Integrated building design

• 2a Green Building Assessment
• Building environmental performance
• Green building assessment methods
• 2b Practical Applications
• Practical examples
• Evaluation techniques

Reference Books:

• AIA, 1999. Environmental Resource Guide on CD-ROM [computer file]: includes 1997 and 1998 updates, American Institute of Architects, John Wiley, New York.
• BSRIA, 1999. Environmental Code of Practice for Buildings and Their Services, 2nd ed., Building Services Research and Information Association, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK.
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1999. Guidelines for Creating High-Performance Green Buildings, Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. [available at http://www.gggc.state.pa.us/greenbuildings]
• Edwards, B. (ed.), 1998. Green Buildings Pay, E & FN Spon, London.
• European Commission, Directorate General XVII for Energy, 1999. A Green Vitruvius: Principles and Practice of Sustainable Architectural Design, James & James, London.
• Mendler, S., Odell, W. and Lazarus, M. A., 2006. The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design, 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, N.J.
• RAIA, 2003. BDP Environment Design Guide [CD-ROM], Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Red Hill, A.C.T., Australia.
• RMI, 1995. A Primer on Sustainable Building, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), Snowmass, Colorado.
• Sustainable Building Sourcebook, Green Building Program of the City of Austin, Texas (HTML by Bill Christensen), 1998. [http://www.greenbuilder.com/sourcebook/]
• Sustainable Building Technical Manual: Green Building Design, Construction and Operations, Public Technology, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1996. [http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/articles/ptipub.shtml]
• Woolley, T., et al., 1997. Green Building Handbook: a Guide to Building Products and Their Impact on the Environment, E & FN Spon, London.

• The Brundtland Report (Our Common Future), full text
• www.un-documents.net/wced-ocf.htm
• www.worldinbalance.net/agreements/1987-brundtland.html
• CIBSE Sustainability Tool, http://sustain.cibse.org/
• Engineering for Sustainability [by ASHRAE], www.engineeringforsustainability.org
• ASHRAE GreenTips, http://www.engineeringforsustainability.org/docs/greentips_2006.pdf
• Advanced Energy Design Guidance (Free Access), http://aedg.ashrae.org/
• High Performing Buildings Magazine, http://hpbmagazine.org/
• Sustainability DVD, http://www.engineeringforsustainability.org/dvd.php
• ASHRAE Standards:
• Standard 55-2004, Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy
• Standard 62.1-2007, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality
• Standard 90.1-2007, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
• Standard 189.1P, Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
• Standard 191P, Standard for the Conservation of Water Use in Building, Site and Mechanical Systems
• Green Building Videos [Governor's Green Government Council, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania], http://www.gggc.state.pa.us/gggc/cwp/view.asp?a=515&q=157090
• Pennsylvania’s First Green Building (29 min.) [* presented in this workshop]
• Lessons Learned: The First Years (28 min.)
• Furnishing High Performance Green Buildings (18 min.)
• Office Recycling - A Model Program (15 min.)
• Better Places to Learn (20 min.)
• Making the Case (17 min.)
• HKU Sustainable Buildings Resources:
• Case Studies on Sustainable Buildings, http://www.hku.hk/mech/sbe/case_study/index/top.htm
• Web Links on Sustainable Buildings, http://www.hku.hk/mech/sbe/web_links/index.html
• References on Sustainable Buildings, http://www.hku.hk/mech/sbe/refs/index.html
• Sustainable Building Systems (guest lectures), http://www.hku.hk/mech/cmhui/sbs/index.html
• Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide, www.SustainableDesignGuide.umn.edu
• Santa Monica Green Buildings Design & Construction Guidelines, http://greenbuildings.santa-monica.org
• U.S. Green Building Council, www.usgbc.org
• WBDG - The Whole Building Design Guide, www.wbdg.org

• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
• ASHRAE Hong Kong Chapter
• ASHRAE Region XIII
• Green Building Assessment
• BREEAM - UK, www.breeam.org
• LEED Green Building Rating System, www.leedbuilding.org
• CASBEE (Comprehensive Assessment System for Building Environmental Efficiency), Japan, www.ibec.or.jp/CASBEE/
• Korea’s Green Building Rating System, www.gbc-korea.co.kr
• Taiwan Green Building Label, www.cabc.org.tw, www.abri.gov.tw
• Taiwan Green Building Material, www.cabc.org.tw/gbm
• HK-BEAM, www.hk-beam.org.hk
• GBTool, http://greenbuilding.ca/GBIC.htm