Public Building - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

It is acknowledged that delivering a sustainable building is a holistic concept that integrates the building and its services. The building’s envelope has a longer life cycle than its supporting mechanical systems and based on the plan depth can contribute to about 30–40% of its energy demand [12]. This chapter presents case studies with an underlying commonality; they have all achieved an environmental performance on a ‘core and shell’ principle achieving a BREEAM rating of ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’. This means that it is generally expected that, once these buildings are occupied by different users with different technology demands, the energy performance of the building will vary and exceed the predicted performance.