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Book Synopsis Improving the Design Quality of Federal Buildings by : National Research Council
Download or read book Improving the Design Quality of Federal Buildings written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1989-02-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Improving the Design Quality of Federal Buildings Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :72 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (318 download)
Book Synopsis Improving the Design Quality of Federal Buildings by : National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Improving the Design Quality of Federal Buildings
Download or read book Improving the Design Quality of Federal Buildings written by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Improving the Design Quality of Federal Buildings and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Design Criteria for Federal Buildings by : Committee on Federal Construction Design Criteria
Download or read book Design Criteria for Federal Buildings written by Committee on Federal Construction Design Criteria and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Report to Congress: Need for Improving Reviews of Designs of Federal Buildings to Achieve Better Utilization of Space, May 28, 1968 by : United States. General Accounting Office
Download or read book Report to Congress: Need for Improving Reviews of Designs of Federal Buildings to Achieve Better Utilization of Space, May 28, 1968 written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities by : National Research Council
Download or read book Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-11-07 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The design, construction, operation, and retrofit of buildings is evolving in response to ever-increasing knowledge about the impact of indoor environments on people and the impact of buildings on the environment. Research has shown that the quality of indoor environments can affect the health, safety, and productivity of the people who occupy them. Buildings are also resource intensive, accounting for 40 percent of primary energy use in the United States, 12 percent of water consumption, and 60 percent of all non-industrial waste. The processes for producing electricity at power plants and delivering it for use in buildings account for 40 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S. federal government manages approximately 429,000 buildings of many types with a total square footage of 3.34 billion worldwide, of which about 80 percent is owned space. More than 30 individual departments and agencies are responsible for managing these buildings. The characteristics of each agency's portfolio of facilities are determined by its mission and its programs. In 2010, GSA's Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings asked the National Academies to appoint an ad hoc committee of experts to conduct a public workshop and prepare a report that identified strategies and approaches for achieving a range of objectives associated with high-performance green federal buildings. Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities identifies examples of important initiatives taking place and available resources. The report explores how these examples could be used to help make sustainability the preferred choice at all levels of decision making. Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities can serve as a valuable guide federal agencies with differing missions, types of facilities, and operating procedures.
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :152 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (31 download)
Book Synopsis The Need for Architectural Improvement in the Design of Federal Buildings by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds
Download or read book The Need for Architectural Improvement in the Design of Federal Buildings written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sustainable Federal Facilities by : Federal Facilities Council
Download or read book Sustainable Federal Facilities written by Federal Facilities Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-04-30 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1990s, several of the sponsor agencies of the Federal Facilities Council began developing and implementing initiatives and policies related to sustainable development. Guidance related to life-cycle costing and value engineering was recognized as being supportive of sustainable development, in particular when used in the conceptual planning and design phases of acquisition, where decisions are made that substantially effect the ultimate performance of a building over its life cycle. However, specific concerns were raised that when federal agencies apply value engineering in the final stages of design or during construction in response to cost overruns, design features that support sustainable development may be eliminated. The primary objective of this study, therefore, was to develop a framework to show how federal agencies can use value engineering and life-cycle costing to support sustainable development for federal facilities and meet the objectives of Executive Order 13123.
Book Synopsis Inspection and Other Strategies for Assuring Quality in Government Construction by : National Research Council
Download or read book Inspection and Other Strategies for Assuring Quality in Government Construction written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1991-02-01 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reports on the costs, effectiveness, and risks associated with agency and private sector inspection practices. It provides advice to senior and mid-level agency managers on the relative merits of alternative strategies in the range of projects typically encountered in federal construction programs.
Book Synopsis Need for Improving Reviews of Designs of Federal Buildings to Achieve Better Utilization of Space by : United States. General Accounting Office
Download or read book Need for Improving Reviews of Designs of Federal Buildings to Achieve Better Utilization of Space written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Fourth Dimension in Building by : National Research Council
Download or read book Fourth Dimension in Building written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1993-02-01 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public facilities are valuable assets that can provide decades of high quality of service if they are effectively utilized. Despite effective planning, design, and management, sometimes users or owners change and have requirements different from those that the facility was initially intended to fulfill. In addition, the technologies sometimes change, making facilities obsolete before they have worn out or otherwise failed. This book explores the meaning of obsolescence as the term applies to buildings. It discusses the functional, economic, technological, social, legal, political, and cultural factors that can influence when obsolescence will occur and considers what design professional and building owners and users can do to delay and minimize the costs of obsolescence. The analyses apply to all buildings, but public facilities are given added attention because of their special management problems.
Book Synopsis Complete Catalog of Books and Periodicals by : National Academy Press (U.S.)
Download or read book Complete Catalog of Books and Periodicals written by National Academy Press (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sustainable Federal Facilities by : Federal Facilities Council
Download or read book Sustainable Federal Facilities written by Federal Facilities Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-03-30 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1990s, several of the sponsor agencies of the Federal Facilities Council began developing and implementing initiatives and policies related to sustainable development. Guidance related to life-cycle costing and value engineering was recognized as being supportive of sustainable development, in particular when used in the conceptual planning and design phases of acquisition, where decisions are made that substantially effect the ultimate performance of a building over its life cycle. However, specific concerns were raised that when federal agencies apply value engineering in the final stages of design or during construction in response to cost overruns, design features that support sustainable development may be eliminated. The primary objective of this study, therefore, was to develop a framework to show how federal agencies can use value engineering and life-cycle costing to support sustainable development for federal facilities and meet the objectives of Executive Order 13123.
Book Synopsis Green Schools by : National Research Council
Download or read book Green Schools written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-01-25 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evidence has accumulated that shows that the quality of indoor environments can affect the health and productivity of adults and children. One consequence is that a movement has emerged to promote the design of schools that have fewer adverse environmental effects. To examine the potential of such design for improving education, several private organizations asked the NRC to review and assess the health and productivity benefits of green schools. This report provides an analysis of the complexity of making such a determination; and an assessment of the potential human health and performance benefits of improvements in the building envelope, indoor air quality, lighting, and acoustical quality. The report also presents an assessment of the overall building condition and student achievement, and offers an analysis of and recommendations for planning and maintaining green schools including research considerations.
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water Resources, Transportation, and Infrastructure Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :162 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (9 download)
Book Synopsis Oversight of the Public Buildings Service and the Promotion of Public Building Design Excellence by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water Resources, Transportation, and Infrastructure
Download or read book Oversight of the Public Buildings Service and the Promotion of Public Building Design Excellence written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water Resources, Transportation, and Infrastructure and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Starting Smart by : National Research Council
Download or read book Starting Smart written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-01-05 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although most federal facilities projects are successfully completed (i.e., they reasonably meet the agency's requirements and expectations), the perception is that development of the scope of work for design for these projects is challenging and in some cases poorly performed. Based on this perception, a study was commissioned by the Federal Facilities Council (FFC) of the National Research Council to identify the elements that should be included in a scope of work for design to help ensure that the resulting facility is one that supports the fulfillment of a federal agency's program or mission. Its objectives also included identifying key practices for developing effective scopes of work for design involving new construction or major renovation projects and identifying key practices for matching the scope of work with the acquisition strategy, given a range of project delivery systems and contract methods.
Book Synopsis The Role of Public Agencies in Fostering New Technology and Innovation in Building by : National Research Council
Download or read book The Role of Public Agencies in Fostering New Technology and Innovation in Building written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1992-02-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores innovation in the U.S. construction-related industries (i.e., design services, construction, building materials and products manufacture, and facilities operation and maintenance) and recommends a strategy for fostering new technology. These industries account for about ten percent of the U.S. economy; federal agencies themselves spend some $15 billion annually on construction. A government strategy based on federal agencies that encourage applications of new technology for their own projects, activities to enhance the pursuit and effective transfer of new technology to the U.S. private sector, and increased support for targeted efforts to develop new technologies in specific areas will yield many benefits. These include better cost, quality, and performance in government facilities, generally improved quality of life, and enhanced U.S. industrial competitiveness in international markets.
Download or read book Report to Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
