Judit Kimpian is an architect and environmental policy expert based in London. After 20 years in practice, she currently teaches low-energy architecture and planning at UCL and chairs the Architects Council of Europe’s Sustainable Architecture Group, focusing on embedding feedback in design and construction to deliver a net zero built environment.Sofie Pelsmakers is an environmental architect, educator, and researcher in sustainable housing design and architecture at Tampere University, Finland. She is author of the Environmental Design Pocketbook (RIBA, 2015), and guest-edited Everything Needs to Change – Architecture and the Climate Emergency (Design studio, RIBA, 2021)Hattie Hartman is sustainability editor at the Architects’ Journal, London. She participates widely in industry juries, chairs events and lectures on mainstreaming green design. She is the author of London 2012 Sustainable Design (Wiley, 2012).

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• AcknowledgementsAbout the authorsForewordIntroduction Chapter 1 The challengeChapter 2 Design for peopleChapter 3 Energy basics and benchmarksChapter 4 Design for feedbackChapter 5 Building context and configurationChapter 6 Fabric firstChapter 7 Integrating technical systemsChapter 8 Control systems and user experienceChapter 9 Case study 1: Everyman Theatre, UKCase study 2: Morelands rooftop offices, UKCase study 3: Carrowbreck Meadow, UKCase study 4: Rocky Mountain Institute Innovation Center, USACase study 5: Frederiksbjerg School, DenmarkCase study 6: Kenysham Civic Centre, Library & Information Service, UKCase study 7: UEA’s Enterprise Centre, UKChapter 10 Contract for performanceConclusionReferencesGlossaryFurther readingIndexImage credits

Judit Kimpian is an architect and environmental policy expert based in London. After 20 years in practice, she currently teaches low-energy architecture and planning at UCL and chairs the Architects Council of Europe’s Sustainable Architecture Group, focusing on embedding feedback in design and construction to deliver a net zero built environment.Sofie Pelsmakers is an environmental architect, educator, and researcher in sustainable housing design and architecture at Tampere University, Finland. She is author of the Environmental Design Pocketbook (RIBA, 2015), and guest-edited Everything Needs to Change – Architecture and the Climate Emergency (Design studio, RIBA, 2021)Hattie Hartman is sustainability editor at the Architects’ Journal, London. She participates widely in industry juries, chairs events and lectures on mainstreaming green design. She is the author of London 2012 Sustainable Design (Wiley, 2012).

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• AcknowledgementsAbout the authorsForewordIntroduction Chapter 1 The challengeChapter 2 Design for peopleChapter 3 Energy basics and benchmarksChapter 4 Design for feedbackChapter 5 Building context and configurationChapter 6 Fabric firstChapter 7 Integrating technical systemsChapter 8 Control systems and user experienceChapter 9 Case study 1: Everyman Theatre, UKCase study 2: Morelands rooftop offices, UKCase study 3: Carrowbreck Meadow, UKCase study 4: Rocky Mountain Institute Innovation Center, USACase study 5: Frederiksbjerg School, DenmarkCase study 6: Kenysham Civic Centre, Library & Information Service, UKCase study 7: UEA’s Enterprise Centre, UKChapter 10 Contract for performanceConclusionReferencesGlossaryFurther readingIndexImage credits

Judit Kimpian is an architect and environmental policy expert based in London. After 20 years in practice, she currently teaches low-energy architecture and planning at UCL and chairs the Architects Council of Europe’s Sustainable Architecture Group, focusing on embedding feedback in design and construction to deliver a net zero built environment.Sofie Pelsmakers is an environmental architect, educator, and researcher in sustainable housing design and architecture at Tampere University, Finland. She is author of the Environmental Design Pocketbook (RIBA, 2015), and guest-edited Everything Needs to Change – Architecture and the Climate Emergency (Design studio, RIBA, 2021)Hattie Hartman is sustainability editor at the Architects’ Journal, London. She participates widely in industry juries, chairs events and lectures on mainstreaming green design. She is the author of London 2012 Sustainable Design (Wiley, 2012).

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• AcknowledgementsAbout the authorsForewordIntroduction Chapter 1 The challengeChapter 2 Design for peopleChapter 3 Energy basics and benchmarksChapter 4 Design for feedbackChapter 5 Building context and configurationChapter 6 Fabric firstChapter 7 Integrating technical systemsChapter 8 Control systems and user experienceChapter 9 Case study 1: Everyman Theatre, UKCase study 2: Morelands rooftop offices, UKCase study 3: Carrowbreck Meadow, UKCase study 4: Rocky Mountain Institute Innovation Center, USACase study 5: Frederiksbjerg School, DenmarkCase study 6: Kenysham Civic Centre, Library & Information Service, UKCase study 7: UEA’s Enterprise Centre, UKChapter 10 Contract for performanceConclusionReferencesGlossaryFurther readingIndexImage credits