Smith
Group: Analysis of Alternative Integrated
Building Systems
At the Energy 2001
Conference, Smith Group presented an
energy cost study of alternative building
systems. |
Clayco
Inc.: Raised Floor Workplace
Lawrence J. Chapman,
Jr., principal of Clayco Inc., has compiled
a cost comparison between a raised floor
office building and a conventional office
building. According to Clayco Inc., their
experience with raised floor systems has
been more economical in both initial construction
and operating costs. |
RTKL
Associates: Analysis
of Raised Access Floor vs. Conventional Distribution:
Command & Control Center, Fort Stewart,
Georgia
At the briefing at
Ft. Stewart on 10/7/03 RTKL described the
benefits of a raised access floor with underfloor
air distribution, communications and power
distribution as an integrated sustainable
design solution. These benefits include flexibility
in reconfiguration of workstation layouts,
easy connectivity of power and data, increased
ceiling heights and improved daylighting. |
Davis
Langdon: Costing Green: A Comprehensive
Cost Database & Budgeting Methodology
This paper uses extensive
data on building costs to compare the cost
of green buildings with buildings
housing comparable programs, which
do not have sustainable goals. The
foundations are also laid to analyze
incremental costs over starting budgets,
and to compare the costs for different
specific measures and technologies.
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Costing Green Full Report  370KB
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Greg
Kats : The Costs and Financial Benefits of
Green Buildings
This report was developed
for the Sustainable Buildings Task Force,
a group of over 40 California state government
agencies. It demonstrates conclusively that
sustainable building is a cost-effective
investment, and its finding should encourage
communities across the country to "build green".
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Green
Buildings Summary 270
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Ellerbe
Becket: GSA Access Floor Study
The purpose of this
report is to perform a Twenty-Five Year Present
Value Analysis and study the use of access
floor systems in GSA office facilities to
determine the best value to the taxpayer
and the government for open office plans.
Three access floor systems were studied and
compared to base building scenarios using
a full blend ceullular floor in a steel framed
building and a header duct system in a concrete
framed building. |
Sustainable
Development Alternatives for Speculative Office
Buildings:
A Case Study of the Soffer Tech Office Building
This report documents
the analysis of sustainable design alternatives
for the Tech Office Building - a two-story,
64,000 sq.ft. speculative office building
developed by the Soffer Organization in Pittsburgh,
PA (figure 1). The architects are Garder+Pope,
and the mechanical/electrical consultant
is RAY Engineering. The attached drawings
show the plans, sections, elevations and
system details of the building. The purpose
of this study was to assess alternative enclosure,
HVAC and lighting design options in terms
of their environmental performance and cost-benefit
justifications. |
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology: HVAC Systems Analysis
Over the past year,
Vanderweil Engineers and the Stata Center
Design Team have explored various options
for the HVAC system in the Stata Center.
Based on the results of this exploration,
the Design Team proposed an HVAC system based
on the displacement ventilation concept,
which distributes conditioned air to occupied
spaces through an accessible raised floor. |
