Mainstreaming Environmentally Responsible Design With public Library Building Projects: The Leed Rating system and the 1998 Los angeles Library Bond Construction program

摘要

A significant aspect of the Los Angeles City Library Bond Program is the adoption of hte LEED Ssytem for assessing a building's level of sustainability. The paper outliens the structure of a large scale civic program to demosntrate environmental responsibility; specifies the significance of public library projects in mainstreaming susatinability; identifies multiple strategies for meeting program needs with environmental sensitivity; and shows design details of a branch library project. It includes a summary table of LEED criteria adopted for the program, performance data from energy design modeling, and drawings showing architectural features of the case study project.