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Introduction--Annie Pearce and John Zhai
Introduction--Annie Pearce and John Zhai
Pages 81-82
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However, just like their ecological counterparts, complex humandesigned systems such as buildings sometimes exhibit emergent behaviors that make their sustainability difficult to model and evaluate, and thus design and optimize, especially in situations where the performance of those systems depends on dynamic interactions among nature, humans, and systems. Modern design concepts of high-performance buildings, associated with the usage of new building materials and advanced mechanical and electrical systems, result in an increased need for understanding the integration of building elements and systems, includ ing humans who design and operate them.
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uses industry case studies and surveys to summarize the difficulties that building design teams have defining and searching through solution spaces and how this results in unsustainable designs. He presents an emerging platform of industrial and academic tools that are helping professional and student teams execute far more efficient and effec tive design processes.
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