High-Performance Buildings: Synergy through Vision

摘要

The recent confluence of global economic, energy, and environmental concerns has highlighted the importance of building-system integration and how it can transform conventional buildings into synergistic, high-performance systems. This increased awareness has also stimulated action to understand the critical determinants of high-performance buildings and integrate them into everyday design and construction practices. Although recent high-performance building initiatives have been numerous and varied, all of these undertakings appear to share two important visions: