“The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design,” one of the most influential real-world guides for improving building performance, health, productivity and long-term value through sustainable design, has been revised and expanded. The newly published second edition is reorganized to provide step-by-step guidance throughout the design process, while highlighting key issues for different building types.

Co-authored by HOK design professionals Sandy Mendler, Bill Odell and Mary Ann Lazarus, with a new foreword by environmental visionary Paul Hawken, the 480-page second edition serves as a practical reference guide for integrated, sustainable, high-performance design.

The new book documents HOK's commitment over the past 12 years to transform the practice of architecture by advancing the firm's projects and the entire facility planning and design profession toward sustainable design.

Structured around 10 steps of integrated design, the book offers practical, easily transferable information on project planning, team building, budgeting, design, construction and operations. It is structured to support use of the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System for both visioning and goal setting, as well as for design optimization. By cross-referencing LEED and HOK's 10-step design process, design professionals can use the book as a roadmap for working toward LEED certification or simply for improving their projects.

Also featured in the book are:

• 18 detailed planning and design case studies of projects worldwide.
  
• Post occupancy evaluations of 10 completed sustainable facilities.
  
• Concise, hands-on checklists of issues to consider at each stage of the design process, as well as focused descriptions of key sustainable strategies. This includes an extensive discussion of the energy modeling process and guidelines for sustainable material selection.

Source: "Second Edition of Influential “HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design” is Published by John Wiley & Sons," E-Wire, November 9, 2005. Read the release.