Industrialised, Integrated, Intelligent sustainable Construction - I3con

SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION HANDBOOK 2
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Value Oriented Product/Service Offerings for Sustainable Living
Buildings
Wim Gielingh, Sander van Nederveen
This chapter describes the Living Buildings business model for construction
that maximises both natural resources and energy inputs to a building over
its lifecycle. Concludes with a case study of the model based on a school in
the Netherlands.
Integrated Practice for Sustainable Design and Facilities Management:
Aspiration in a Fragmented Industry
Abbas Elmualim, Marios Pastou, Rider Levett Bucknall, Roberto Valle, Michelle
Aghahossein
Reviews the fragmented nature of the UK construction industry highlighting
the lack of an FM at the design stage. Reports on research that shows some
of the barriers within different segments of the industry that need to be
overcome before sustainable facilities management of construction projects
can be achieved.
Beyond Biomimicry: What Termites Can Tell Us About Realizing the
Living Building
J Scott Turner and Rupert C Soar
Uses a case study to show how climate control of buildings can be based on
the airflow patterns created within termite mounds. Explains the airflow
patterns within a termite mound and the effect of external wind that can
create the living building.