Energy, People, Buildings : Making Sustainable Architecture Work

Energy performance feedback is an essential tool in addressing the current climate crisis. However, this is not simply another theoretical text about energy performance in buildings. This book is for anyone who wants to better understand how energy is used in buildings, and how to drive down operational energy use – whether you’re an architect, student, client, building services engineer, contractor, building operator or other stakeholder. Focusing on evidence from feedback on buildings in use, it explains what it takes to get them to perform as expected, as well as the reasons why they often fail.

Energy, People, Buildings draws extensively on the findings of studies, UK government-funded building performance evaluations and on original research into seven case studies from across the UK and abroad that have achieved exemplary energy use through building performance feedback.

Providing a clear roadmap to understanding aspects that impact building users’ comfort and satisfaction, it also outlines the factors behind energy use and how to track it across the life of a project to ensure that your building performs as intended.

Case studies include: the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool; Rocky Mountain Institute Innovation Center, Colorado; and Carrowbreck Meadow, Norwich.

Featured architects: AHMM, AHR, Architype, Hamson Barron Smith, Haworth Tompkins, Henning Larsen Architects and ZGF Architects.

Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Foreword
Introduction

Chapter 1 : The Challenge
Chapter 2 : Design for People
Chapter 3 : Energy Basics and Benchmarks
Chapter 4 : Design for Feedback
Chapter 5 : Building Context and Configuration
Chapter 6 : Fabric First
Chapter 7 : Integrating Technical Systems
Chapter 8 : Control Systems and User Experience
Chapter 9 : Case Studies
Chapter 10 : Contract for Performance

Conclusion
Glossary
Further Reading
References
Index
Image Credits