List of figures xi List of tables xvii Notes on contributors xx Preface xxiv PARTI Introduction 1 1 Transforming the built environment through construction innovation 3 PETER NEWTON, KEITH HAMPSON AND ROBIN DROGEMULLER PART II Materials 29 2 Future materials and performance 31 TERRY TURNEY 3 Material environmental life cycle analysis 54 DELWYN JONES, SELWYN TUCKER AND AMBALAVANAR THARUMARAJAH 4 Service life prediction of building materials and components 72 IVAN COLE AND PENNY CORRIGAN 5 Minimizing waste in commercial building refurbishment projects 97 GRAHAM MILLER AND MARY HARDIE viiiContents PART III Design 113 6 Building information models: future roadmap 115 ARTO KIVINIEMI 7 Integrated design platform 132 ROBIN DROGEMULLER, STEPHEN EGAN AND KEVIN MCDONALD 8 Understanding collaborative design in virtual environments 154 LEMAN FIGEN GUL AND MARY LOU MAHER 9 The challenges of environmental sustainability assessment: overcoming barriers to an eco-efficient built environment 171 PETER NEWTON 10 Automated environmental assessment of buildings 190 SEONGWON SEO, SELWYN TUCKER AND PETER NEWTON 11 Estimating indoor air quality at design 207 STEPHEN BROWN, SELWYN TUCKER, LIDIA MORAWSKA AND STEPHEN EGAN 12 Designing for disassembly 224 PHILIP CROWTHER 13 Energy-efficient planning and design 238 MICHAEL AMBROSE 14 Design for urban microclimates 250 ROBIN DROGEMULLER, MEDHA GOKHALE AND FANNY BOULAIRE 15 Technological innovation in the provision of sustainable urban water services 267 STEVEN KENWAY AND GRACE TJ AND R A ATM ADJ A PART IV Construction 2 91 16 Virtual design and construction 29; MARTIN FISCHER AND ROBIN DROGEMULLER 17 Internet-based construction project management 31i ACHI WEIPPERT AND STEPHEN KAJEWSKI 18 Project diagnostics: a toolkit for measuring project health 33! ACHI WEIPPERT 19 Engineering sustainable solutions through off-site manufacture 35: NICK BLISMAS AND RON WAKEFIELD PART V Facilities management and re-lifing 37 20 Towards sustainable facilities management 37. LAN DING, ROBIN DROGEMULLER, PAUL AKHURST, RICHARD HOUGH, STUART BULL AND CHRIS LINNING 21 Life cycle modelling and design knowledge development in virtual environments 39 RABEE REFFAT AND JOHN GERO 22 Right-sizing HVAC 40 STEVE MOLLER AND P.C. THOMAS 23 Evaluating the impact of sustainability on investment property performance 42 TERRY BOYD 24 Estimating residual service life of commercial buildings 43 SUJEEVA SETUNGE AND ARUN KUMAR 25 Indoor environment quality and occupant productivity in office buildings 45 PHILLIP PAEVERE Contents ART VI nnovation: capture and implementation 471 6 Effectively diffusing innovation through knowledge management 473 DEREK WALKER 7 The business case for sustainable commercial buildings 493 KENDRA WASILUK AND RALPH HORNE 8 Innovation drivers for the built environment 514 KAREN MANLEY, MARY HARDIE AND STEPHEN KAJEWSKI 9 Seeking innovation: the construction enlightenment? 528 PETER BRANDON Index 544