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  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  The Economic Case
9 The Costs and Financial Benefits of High Performance Buildings
Greg Kats, Capital E
21 Examining The Cost of Green Ethan Burrows and Lisa Matthiessen, Davis Langdon  
27 Defining LEED Costs for the US General Services Administration
John Amatruda, Steven Winter Associates
   

  The Market For High Performance Buildings
33 Developing Long-Term Competitive Value: A Primer on Sustainable Development
Bert Gregory, Mithun
39 Public Policy and Action: Mainstreaming High Performance Buildings
Timothy Carey, Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority
43 Looking To The Future
Bob Berkebile, BNIM Architects
   

  Office
47 The New York Times: A Melding of High Design and Performance
Bruce Fowle, Fox & Fowle
51 Getting It Right: Providing Energy Efficiency and Comfort in an All-Glass Building
Stephen Selkowitz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
55 Building On a Mission: Sustainability and Good Business
Sara Fox, Swiss Re
57 The Hearst Headquarters: The Green Matrix
Thomas Scarola, Tishman Speyer
   

  Institutions
65 Brooklyn Children's Museum: Green Building, Green Kids!
Rafael Vinoly, Rafael Vinoly Architects
69 Clearview Elementary: A High Performance Low Cost School
John Boecker, L. Robert Kimball & Associates
75 Architecture, Energy, Urbanism: The New York Sports and Convention Center
William Pedersen, Kohn Pedersen Fox
   

  Residential
79 Living Green in a Gold Building
George Aridas, Albanese Development Corporation
85 The Helena: Achieving LEED in Multifamily Urban Residential Housing
Craig Wasoff, Rose Associates, Inc. and Pamela Lippe, e4, inc.
89 Greening Affordable Housing at the 1400 Fifth Condominium
Carlton Brown, Full Spectrum of NY, LLC
94 From Green Buildings to Green Neighborhoods
Bert Gregory, Mithun
 
   

  High Performance Systems
102 Thermal Storage: Dollars and Sense
Eugene Garcia, ECM Energy Management Services, and Todd Coulard, Trane New York
105 Distributed Generation and Combined Heat & Power
Chris Wissemann, Northern Power Systems
108 Geothermal at the Center for Architecture
Frederic Bell, AIA, New York Chapter and Joyce Lee, NYC OMB
111 Discovering the Fifth Facade: Green Roofs Make Good Sense
Amanda Clontz, Earth Pledge
   

  Construction Best Practices
114 The CMs Role in Achieving LEED Certification
Michael Deane, Bovis Lend Lease
117 21st Century Demolition
Robert Licopoli, Skanska
119 Avoiding Mold Through Good Construction and Maintenance Practices
Eileen Lee, PhD, National Multi Housing Council
   

  Tools and Resources
121 Tools of The Trade
US Department of Energy, The Whole Building Design Guide, US Green Building Council, Building Green, Sustainable Buildings Industry Council, NYS Energy Research & Development Authority
126 Listings
129 Index Listings
IBC Cooperating Organizations (Inside Back Cover)
   
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