A colour plate section falls between pages 106-107 The authors ix Acknowledgements xi Picture credits xii Foreword xiii Brian Wilson MP Minister of State for Energy PART ONE: The greening of the property industry Chapter I How do green buildings pay? 2 Brian Edwards Direct benefits 2 Indirect benefits 5 Wider global benefits 6 Integrating energy, environmental and ecological perspectives 9 Briefing for sustainable design 13 Summary of principles 17 References 17 Chapter 2 The risks and benefits of green design 18 Brian Edwards References 26 Chapter 3 Green buildings and the UK property industry 28 William McK.ee New tenant needs 28 The running costs of a green building 31 Conclusion 33 Chapter 4 Market advantage through green design .34 Alan Rowe New Mill House, 183 Milton Park, occupied by Research Machines 37 160 Milton Park, occupied by Marston Book Services 37 The Business Campus, 90-92 Milton Park 40 Conclusion 41 Reference , 41 Chapter 5 The relevance of green buildings to the procurement and marketability of offices 42 Graham Francis Definition of the green office 42 The green investor 44 Design implications 45 The urban site 46 Compiling the brief ' 46 A learning experience 49 C Conclusion .- 51 Chapter 6 Achieving institutional levels of office design through sustainable approaches 52 David Partridge Market appeal 52 The Argent solution to speculative green design 53 Conclusion 56 Chapter 7 Balancing human, energy and building costs 58 Marilyn Standley Developing a people-centred brief 58 Why build a green building? 59 Environmental factors 60 The importance of user groups 60 Drawing up the design plan 63 Controlling light and ventilation 63 Conclusion 65 References 65 PART TWO: Case studies of best practice The Workplace Chapter 8 Mistral Building, Reading 68 Ken Shuttleworth Commerzbank, Frankfurt, and other European projects 68 The Mistral Building for British Gas 70 Conclusion 77 Chapter 9 PowerGen Building, Coventry 78 Rob Bennetts Evolution of the design strategy 78 Factors that determined the building's configuration 82 Conclusion 83 References 85 Chapter 10 Daimler Chrysler Building, Berlin 86 Lennart Grut Environmental strategy 86 Natural ventilation using a plenum 88 Atrium roof shading versus office shading 89 Solar gains on facades 89 Natural ventilation in offices 91 Daylighting 93 Conclusion 93 Chapter I I Leeds City Office Park 94 Steve Baker The key elements 94 Maximizing natural daylight 96 Green solutions and cost restraints 98 Conclusion 100 References 101 Chapter 12 The Environmental Building,The Building Research Establishment,Watford 102 William Gething Demonstrating the potential of low-energy design 102 The brief 105 Ventilation 105 The wave floor 105 Ventilation stacks 107 Lighting and energy demand 109 Recycling 109 Architectural form113 Conclusion113 Chapter 13 Barclaycard Headquarters, Northampton 114 Brian Edwards References 120 Educational Buildings Chapter 14 The importance of the school to learning 122 Brian Edwards with Alison Gorf Green school design and teacher stress131 The particular problem with early passive solar schools 138 A lesson from Hampshire schools 141 Eco-schools in the UK 143 References ' 145 Chapter 15 Design guidance for green schools 146 Brian Edwards The advantage of different plan types 150 Selecting the plan type 154 References157 Chapter 16 John Cabot City Technology College, Bristol 158 Brian Edwards References 165 Chapter 17 Greenwich Millennium Village Primary School 166 Brian Edwards References .171 Chapter 18 Queen's Building.Anglia Polytechnic University, Chelmsford 172 David Turrent and Met Bar/ex The design stage 172 Finding an energy-efficient solution 174 Innovation within a budget 174 Monitoring performance 176 Conclusion 179 Chapter 19 Elizabeth Fry Building, University of East Anglia, Norwich 180 Peter Yorke and Richard Brearley Low-energy design principles 180 Planning the building 183 Energy-saving solutions185 Conclusion 187 References 187 Chapter 20 Cable and Wireless College, Coventry 188 David Prichard and John Beotson The brief 188 Commitment to biodiversity 190 Environmental conrol 191 Conclusion ' 193 Further reading 93 Conclusions Chapter 21 Sustainability for the longer term: new technologies and building design 194 Peter F. Smith and Brian Edwards Global warming 194 September I Ith 2001 195 Renewable energy 197 Lessons from Probe studies 204 References 209