Essay Bibliography
Bradley, C. (2009, March). Practice makes perfect making strides in high-performance elementary schools. Environmental Design & Construction, pp. 18-22. Retrieved from the Avery index.
Corky Bradley’s (2009) “Practice makes perfect, making strides in high-performance elementary schools” published in Environmental Design & Construction, reviews the work of RB+B Architects out of Fort Collins, Colorado. Bradley covers the recent work of the firm in their prototypes for sustainable elementary schools in the Colorado area. The points made in the article discuss the evolution of several designs throughout the years RB+B has been in charge of designing these green schools, with an emphasis on going green without losing green. I feel this is a good article to start my research with as it deals with several different case studies throughout several years. This article showed how one firm was able to refine their design strategies to maximize sustainability without having to really on active systems.
Harmon, F. (2009, July). Practice beacon for sustainability. Environmental Design & Construction, pp. 58-59. Retrieved from the Avery index.
Frank Harmon’s (2009) “Beacon for sustainability” published in Environmental Design & Construction, talks about a building for the Duke campus and what kind of sustainable strategies are used. The article reviews several of the design cues made and then hits on a little of the reasons why its LEED rated. This article is fairly brief and to the point. The only thing I really like about the article was the way it mentioned how it meet the LEED guidelines. Other than that it was a very quick intro of Duke, and the project.
Lechner, N. (2009). Heating, cooling, lighting sustainable design methods for architecture. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.
Lechner does a very thorough job of laying down the basics for sustainable design. His book covers everything from orientation and layout of a building all the way up to community and city design strategies. Along those paths, Lechner introduces the three tier approach to designing, which goes: design, passive systems, and mechanical systems. The book then breaks up different aspects to be considered into one of those categories. I found this book to be very informative for designing sustainably. It covers everything from the type of windows you would want and how much they should be shaded or exposed to sun, or whether you want solar panels and what angles they should be at. Overall the book has just about anything you would need to look up to determine where it sits sustainably wise. Lechner’s perspective deals widely with the use of passive systems, which is the most sustainable way to go, and we are seeing that now with future technologies.
Sommerhoff, E. W. (2003, April). Carbon-neutral neighborhood. Architecture, pp. 87-89. Retrieved from http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/results/external_link_maincontentframe.jhtml?_DARGS=/hww/results/results_common.jhtml.42
This article from Architecture magazine, presents the Beddington Zero Energy Development, or BedZED. With a run through of what makes up the project and what its reason for development was. It covers how the floor plans are laid out and what type of sustainable feature the units utilize. I liked this article because I really like the BedZED project and was thinking of including it in my essay as a case study. This article gave plenty of information about the sustainable aspects of it and how the people have reacted to it, which has been very positive.
Hightower, E. (2008, February). The thrill is gone. Outside Magazine.
Hightower’s (2008) article seems almost more journal like in the fact that it’s the authors account of a green conference/ protesting that occurred. There is a lot of information presented as to what went down at the conferences and gatherings of students. Hightower makes the point that green fatigue exists still, but he calls it a luxury. I thought that this article made a strong point in showing that the younger generation is taking over the green talks and is quite passionate about it. I also thought that according to the author, at least some people don’t mind sort of passing the reigns along.
Greenberg, S. H. (2008, July 7). Do Americans have green fatigue? Newsweek.
This article is about how the author is growing tired of being told to go green. Greenberg gives examples of this being a public thing as well with the information on eco-anxiety and eco-psychology. Greenberg also provides several examples of how she went green but wonders what the point of it all is. I thought this article was a fairly good representation of how people feel on green fatigue. As Greenberg mentions, we need to see something get done or else people just kind of get bored with the idea, and I think that statement is quite true.
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