The Green Studio Handbook: Strategies for Decarbonization

Making the complexities of green architecture accessible to the design studio, The Green Studio Handbook remains a must-read for current and future architects.

The heart of this book provides 43 comprehensive design strategies covering the building envelope, lighting, heating, cooling, energy and electricity, and water and waste – each with a description, key architectural issues, implementation considerations, and a step-by-step design procedure for integration early in the design process. Each design strategy has been thoroughly reviewed and updated to reflect the latest evidence-based guidance, best practices, and standards in consideration of all climatic zones.

In addition to more than 80 building examples provided throughout, ten in-depth case studies illustrate successful integration of numerous strategies.

All case studies are brand-new to this fourth edition and include a wide range of building types, from the USA, Colombia, Rwanda, Malaysia, Denmark, Bhutan, Canada, and Australia.

Envelope design strategies have been significantly revised and expanded to include new strategies on:

• Foundation systems for the reduction of embodied carbon
• Framing systems using mass-timber, bamboo, and other natural material-based systems
• Low-complexity wall systems using "natural" elements such as earth, lime, straw, and hemp
• High-complexity wall systems for enhanced thermal performance and strength
• Additional roofing systems beyond green roofs

Alison G. Kwok, PhD, FAIA, CPHC, LEED-AP, and ASES Fellow, is a registered architect and a Professor of Architecture at the University of Oregon. She has also taught in architecture programs in California, Hawaii, New York, Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea.

Walter T. Grondzik, PE, CPHC, ASES and ASHRAE Fellow, is an architectural engineer and a Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Ball State University. He has also taught in architecture and architectural engineering programs in Florida, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Saudi Arabia.

Tom Hahn, MArch, RA, CPHC, LFA, is a registered architect and former builder and now a Senior Instructor of Architecture at the University of Oregon. He previously taught at Taliesin, Ecosa, and ASU. He has designed, built with or consulted on many of the systems included in the book.