The second volume in our Lessons Learned series, exploring the challenges, opportunities, and solutions encountered by those working in the green building field.

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Table of Contents

A NEW WAY OF THINKING

Understanding Natural Capitalism

Paul Hawken, Natural Capital Institute

Amory and Hunter Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute

Design: As Is Life Depends On It

William McDonough, McDonough & Partners

VISONARY BUSINESS LEADERSHIP FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

Ray Anderson, Chairman & CEO, Interface, Inc.

Sir John Browne, Group Chief Executive, BP Amoco

Douglas Durst, President, The Durst Organization

Dan Tishman, President & CEO, Tishman Construction

THE BOTTOM LINE

Putting the Dollars Together – The Superior Economics of High Performance Buildings

William Browning, Green Development Services, Rocky Mountain Institute

How to Boost Profits and Productivity While Cutting Greenhouse Gases Emissions

Dr. Joseph Romm, Center for Energy and Climate Solutions

You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Measure!

Gregory Kats, U.S. Department of Energy

Why Commission Your Building?

Deborah Dodds, Portugal Energy Conservation, Inc. (PECI)

LEARNING BY EXAMPLE

SC Johnson Wax Building – Commercial Products Headquarter

William Odell, Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection South Central Region Office Building

James Toothaker, PA Department of Environmental Protection

John A. Boecker, Kulp Boecker Architects

Building Renovation: Increasing Real Estate Value Through an Integrated Approach to Energy Efficiency

Helen Kessler, AIA, and Roger Hill, Sieben Energy Associates

HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS

Process and Integration

Barry Donaldson, Barry Donaldson & Associates

Pamela Lippe, Earth Day New York

Clean Energy Technologies

Nathaneal Greene, Natural Resource Defense Council

Energy Efficiency

Alan Traugott, Flack + Kurtz Consulting Engineers, LLP

Resource Conservation

Pamela Lippe, Earth Day New York

Indoor Environmental Quality

John J. Leitner, William Esposito, Jr., CIH, Ambient Group, Inc.

PROCESS, TECHNOLOGY & MATERIALS

Smart Design and Integration: The Key to High Performance Buildings

Probert F. Fox Jr., AIA, Fox & Fowle Architects

High Performance Engineering

David Richards, Ove Arup & Partners

Secrets of Designing High Performance HVAC Systems

Dan H. Nall, AIA, PE, Flack + Kurtz Consulting Engineers, LLP

Underfloor Air

Douglass C. Mass, PE, Cosentini Associates

Thermal Storage and Demand Management

Barry Donaldson, Barry Donaldson & Associates

Daylight and Electric Lighting Control

Gregg D. Ander, AIA, Southern California Edison

Solar Electric Buildings

Steven J. Strong, Solar Design Associates, Inc.

Greening Your Specifications: The Key to Implementing Green Design©2000

MODEL PROGRAMS AND INCENTIVES

A Model for the Nation: New York State’s Green Building Tax Credit Legislation

Dale Bryk, Natural Resources Defense Council

Deborah Beck, Real Estate Board of New York

NYSERDA’s Green Buildings Program

Craig Kneeland, NYSERDA

New York City Department of Design and Construction’s High Performance Buildings Program

Hillary Brown, AIA, Office of Sustainable Design

Brownfields Redevelopment: Federal and New York State Governments Act

David J. Freeman, Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker

Gregory R. Belcamino, Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker

Building Codes – The Last Frontier

David Eisenberg, Development Center for Appropriate Technology