Preface ix
Chapter 1. The evolution of design process 1
Process: Linear and Cyclical Design 3
Building Design Process 6
Program or Problem Statement 7
Skeletal Form or Schematic 7
Systems Development 7
Technical Detailing and Documentation/Implementation 8
A Transitional Model 8
The Synthovation/Regenerative Model 14
The Necessity for Synthesis-Integrated Innovation in Sustainable Design 22
Models from Nature of lntegrated Systems Design 24
Principles of Biomimicry 25
Emerging Tools for Collaboration, Synthesis, and Innovation in Design 26
Open-Source Software 27
Think Cycle 27
BIM Tools 28
Integration and Collaboration 30
Notes and References 30
Chapter 2. First principles 33
The Cascade of Science 33
Physics 36
Thermodynamics 36
Systems 37
Motion 41
Green Mechanics 42
Environmental Determinate Statics 43
Applications of Physics in Green Engineering 4 7
Mass and Work 48
Power and Efficiency 55
More about Forces 57
Environmental Dynamics 60
Fluids 61
Bioenergetics 74
Systematic Design and the Status Quo 74
N ates and References 80
Chapter 3. Transitions 83
A Brief History 83
How Clean Is Clean? 84
Donora, Pennsylvania 92
Love Canal, New York 100
The Bhopal Incident 109
Control 115
Ad Hoc and Post Hoc Life-Cycle Perspectives 122
Intervention at the Source of Contamination 122
Intervention at the Point of Release 124
Intervention as a Contaminant Is Transported in the Environment 124
Intervention to Control the Exposure 125
Intervention at the Point of Response 125
Thermodynamics and Stoichiometry 126
Applying Thermal Processes for Treatment 127
Thermal Destruction Systems 130
Calculating Destruction Removal 135
Formation of Unintended By-products 136
Processes Other Than Incineration 139
Pyrolysis 141
Emerging Thermal Technologies 141
Indirect Pollution 142
Biology Is the Green Engineer's Friend 144
Pollution Prevention 146
Notes and References 153
Chapter 4. Place and time 157
Thermodynamics of Time and Space 158
Soil: The Foundation of Sustainable Sites 164
Green Architecture and the Sense of Place 168
Pruitt Igoe: Lessons from the Land Ethic in 21st-Century Design 169
Sustainability 174
The Tragedy of the Commons 176
Ethics of Place 177
Implementing Sustainable Designs 179
What's Next? 184
Notes and References 186
Chapter 5. Sustainable design and social responsibility 191
Revisiting the Harm Principle: Managing Risks 192
Justice: The Key to Sustainable Design 207
Evolution of Responsible Conduct 208
Concurrent Design 210
Benchmarking 213
Notes and References 220
Chapter 6. The sustainability imperative 221
Green Practice and the Case for Sustainable Design 222
Social Responsibility: The Ethical and Social Dimensions of
Sustainable Design 224
The Green Categorical Imperative 225
Environmental Justice 233
Environmental Impact Statements and the Complaint Paradigm 238
The Role of the Design Professions 251
Professional Competence 255
Green Design: Both Integrated and Specialized 255
Notes and References 256
Chapter 7. The carbon quandary: essential and detrimental 259
Carbon and Rain 269
Global Warming 272
Carbon Sequestration 281
The Good, the Bad, and the Misunderstood 297
Notes and References 298
Chapter 8. We have met the future and it is green 301
Predictions for the Future 304
Science304
The Professions 304
The Government 304
Education 305
Energy 306
Economics 306
From Sustainable to Regenerative Design 307
Mass Production to Mass Customization 307
Lessons from the First-Years 309
Studio I: Survey of the Literature 310
Studio II: Application of Sustainability Principles and Concepts 310
Studio III: Innovation 311
Low-Tech Design Based on Outside-the-Box Thinking 312
Integrated Life-Cycle Thinking 319
Human Factors and Sustainability 322
Seeing the Future through Green-Colored Glasses 325
Notes and References 326
Index 327