The Book

Sustainable Design for Interior Environments, 2nd Edition, builds on the first edition’s premise that the interior design profession has a social and moral responsibility to protect the health, safety, and welfare of people and the environment. The text equips professors, students, and practitioners to design sustainable interiors by addressing LEED certification, environmental concerns, ecosystems, ethics, values, worldviews, and the ways in which science and technology can be used to address environmental challenges. Through content, organization, and pedagogical features, the book integrates complex sustainability topics directly into the design process, thereby enabling readers to apply the concepts of sustainability with the same ease as they do the elements and principles of design.

Table of Contents

Exploring Sustainable Design and Development: Global Perspectives
Introduction to Sustainable Design and Development
Green Building and Product
Assessment Standards
Environmental Issues
Sustainability and the Integrated Interior Environment
Sustainable Strategies for Integrated Designs: Building Components
Sustainable Strategies for Integrated Designs: Finishes and Furnishings
Sustainable Strategies for Integrated Designs: Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)
Sustainable Strategies for Integrated Designs: Daylighting and Electrical Lighting Systems
Regulations, Programs, and Organizations
Sustainability and the Integrated Design Process
Sustainable Strategies for Integrated Designs: Commercial and Residential Interiors
Sustainable Strategies for the Integrated Design Process
Appendices
A Professional Organizations, Government Agencies, and Trade Associations
B Federal and Private Agencies and Programs Related to Sustainable Development/Design
C Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Limits for Finishes
D Standards for Preservation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, and Reconstruction
E Site and Built Environment Assessment
GLOSSARY
RESOURCES
INDEX

About The Authors

Susan M. Winchip, LEED AP, is a Professor Emeritus of Interior and Environmental Design in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at Illinois State University. She has over 20 years of experience designing residential, corporate, and institutional interiors with specialties in lighting and sustainability.