Environmental Design Library @ UC Berkeley

Building Science Resources

Building Science Resources is a bibliographic research guide that focuses on environmental quality, performance measurement, technology, materials, historical sources, and strategies for finding materials at UC Berkeley and on the Internet. For additional assistance consult the Environmental Design Library reference staff.

The Basics

• Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
• Finding Books and Articles
• Indexes
• Journals

Specialized Resources

• Design Standards and Handbooks
• Details and Drawing
• CAD and Graphics
• Performance and Evaluation
• Design Specifications
• Materials
• Associations

UC Berkeley faculty, registered students, and staff who are off campus may use items marked UCB Only or UC Only by connecting via the Library's Proxy Service or the Virtual Private Network (VPN).

Content reviewed: February 2010. Compiled by Susan Koskinen, updated by David Eifler.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias for terminology, illustrations, definitions, names, dates, sites, methods.

• AccessScience http://www.accessscience.com/ UC Only Online version of the the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms.
  Print: Bios, Chem, Engi, Phys, Moff Ref Q121.M3 2002 Ref v. 1-20
• Dictionary of Architectural and building technology / Henry J. Cowan. 4th ed. London; New York: New York. E and FN Spon; USA and Canada by Routledge, 2004. Summary of vocabulary used in the building industry. Includes technical terms, illustrations and cross-references, si and metric units are included. Valuable for students and practitioners.
  EnvDesign NA31 .C63 2004 Reference desk
• Elevator and escalator micropedia / G.C. Barney, D.A. Cooper, J. Inglis; edited by G.C. Barney. 3rd ed.Sedbergh: GBA, c2001. Includes history of the technology, glossary, drawings, tables and formulae.
  EnvDesign TJ1376.B27 2001 Reference
• Encyclopaedia of architectural technology / Jacqueline Glass. Chichester: Wiley-Academy, 2002.
  Env Design NA31.G53 2002 Reference desk
• Encyclopedia of architecture: design, engineering and construction / Joseph A. Wilkes, editor-in-chief, Robert T. Packard, assoc. ed. New York: Wiley, c1988-c1989.
  EnvDesign NA31 .E59 1988 Reference v.1-5 (1988-c1990)
• Encyclopedia of engineering materials. NY: M. Decker, 1988-89.
  Engin TA402 E525 1988
• Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/referenceworks/0080431526 UCB Only. Covers all areas of materials science including structural materials, functional materials, structural phenomena, functional phenomena, polymers and materials chemistry.
• Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technolgy. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/referenceworks/0122274105 UCB Only. An extensive encyclopedia that includes lengthy, peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of physical science and technology. Covers chemistry, molecular biology and biotechnology, physics, earth sciences, environment and atmospheric sciences, computers and telecommunications, electronics, optics, and lasers, mathematics, astronomy, astrophysics, and space technology, energy and power, materials, and engineering.
• Illustrated dictionary of building design + construction / Ernest Burden. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005.
  EnvDesign TH9.B87 2005 Reference, also in Engi.
• The illustrated dictionary of building terms / Tom Philbin. New York: McGraw-Hill, c1997. Entries include details, illustrations and history. See Plywood - includes the production history and its uses.
  EnvDesign TH9.P45 1997 Reference
• Oxford Reference Online - Art and Architecture http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/SUBJECT_SEARCH.html?subject=s1&authstatuscode=200 - UCB Only Access to six art and architecture dictionaries published by Oxford University Press. Search sources collectively or within an individual title.

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To Find BOOKS or ARTICLES use the following SEARCH TERMS in library catalogs and indexes.

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Indexes for articles on current research. (check dates of coverage) also use, Architecture Indexes

• Applied science and technology abstracts. UCB Only. Indexes and abstracts approx. 400 science and technology journals, provides full text support.
  Online: 1983 -
  Print: 1958-1991, Eng.: T1 I3
• Art Full Text / Art Index Retrospective via WilsonWeb. UC Only. Citations to international publications, including journals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, film reviews, bibliographies, conference reports, review articles, interviews and exhibition listings.
  EnvDesign N18 A72 Indexes
  Print: 1890-1995
  Online: 1984-present, full text: 1997-present and 1929-present
• Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals via CSA. UC Only. 1860's-present. Indexes 1,000+ journals in architecture, building science, construction, landscape architecture, and urban design.
  Online ed.: 1860's -- present
  Print ed.: 1890-1995; EnvDesign C64 1973 Indexes
• Center for the Built Environment Reports and Publications includes a bibliography of UC Berkeley's Center for the Built Environment's publications dating back to 1980.
  Available: 1980 -- present
• Compendex. UCB Only. - via Engineering Village 2. updated quarterly. The electronic version of Engineering Index. Citations and abstracts for journals, conference proceedings, and books includes construction and materials topics.
  Online 1884 --
  Print ed.: ENG. T1E51 Abstracts
• Energy Citations Database http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/ Access to over 2.6 million science research citations in disciplines such as chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, and computer science including report literature, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents. Regular updates from Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information.
  Available: 1943 -- present
• History of Science, Technology and Medicine http://uclibs.org/PID/9767 UC Only. Contains citations from journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, the history of technology. Subjects covered include construction, chemistry, energy, engineering, geology, mathematics, medicine, music, philosophy, physics, social sciences, town planning, transport engineering, and zoology.
  Available: 1976 -- present
• INSPEC UCB Only. Indexes journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, and dissertations. You can search both Inspec and the Inspec Archive, 1898-1968, under multiple databases.
  Online: 1969 -- present. Archive: 1898-1968
• Lexis-Nexis Academic UCB Only. Contains full text and abstracts of news, business, legal information to 6,000+ titles.
  Online: recent 20 years
• NTRL (National Technical Reports Library) NTRL is the gateway to indexes, abstracts, and technical reports of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). Especially good for construction and related technical architectural information. Indexes and archives US government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information from 1964 to present. Central source for the sale of unclassified and publicly available information from research reports, journal articles, data files, computer programs and audio-visual products from Federal sources. Information from other international government departments and organizations including those from Canada, Japan, the former Soviet Union, Western and Eastern European countries is also available. Some full text.
• PapersFirst or ProceedingsFirst [via FirstSearch/OCLC]. UC Only. Papers presented at conferences, symposia, meetings, expositions, workshops, and congresses.
  Online: 1993--present
• Web of Science UCB Only. Includes: Science Citation Index Expanded--1945-present, Social Sciences Citation Index--1970-present, Arts and Humanities Citation Index A&HCI)--1975-present

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Journals (selected) - (use the e-journals list to find others)

• ASHRAE journal. New York, American Society of Refrigerating Engineers.
• Applied thermal engineering, Vol. 16, no. 1 (Jan. 1996)-
• Automation in Construction, Vol. 16, no. 1 (Jan. 1996)-
• Building Design & Construction, Vol 30, 1989 -
• Architectural science review http://uclibs.org/PID/13479 UC Only Melbourne, Research Publications Pty. Articles via Expanded Academic ASAP.
  EnvDesign TH845.A1.A272 . Library has: 1(1958)
• Builder / NAHB, National Association of Home Builders. Washington, D.C.: NAHB, c1981-
  EnvDesign TH4805 .B8 and CDL ABI; 1997-present
• Building (London, England)
  EnvDesign NA1.B8 Library has: 210:9(Mar 4, 1966)-present
• Building and environment. Oxford, New York, Pergamon Press.
• Building design and construction. Chicago, Cahners Publishing Co.
  EnvDesign TH1 .B6 11(1970)-
• Building research and information: the international journal of research, development and demonstration. UC Only. London : E and FN Spon, an imprint of Chapman and Hall, 1991. Library has:19(1991)- Electronic location: Selected article text for v.25(1997)- [Latest 12 months not online]. EBSCO.
  EnvDesign TH1.B8452.Shelved: current periodical shelves; bound vols in periodical stacks.
• Building science, v.1(1965)-v.10(1975).
• Building services engineering research & technology
• Built environment. [London] Kogan Page
  EnvDesign NA9000.B7772 1978
• Construction and building materials
• Detail (English ed.) Detail : Review of architecture and construction details. English ed. Munchen: Institut fur Internationale Arkitektur-Dokumentation, 2005. Excellent details, each issue focuses on an element of architecture.
  EnvDesign NA3.D378 Library has: 2005-present
• Detail (Munich, Germany) Detail. Munchen : Verlag Architektur + Baudetail GmbH. Library has: 1961-
  EnvDesign NA3.D37 Shelved: Recent issues on current periodical shelves; bound vol in periodical stacks
• Energy and buildings
• Engineering, construction and architectural management. Oxford : Blackwell Science, 1994 - Online v. 6, 1999--
  Engin HD9715.A1 E54 1(Sept 1994)-present
• ENR - Engineering News Record. New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, c1987- Online:http://enr.construction.com/ current issue
  EnvDesign TA1.E61 Current year only // Engineering TA1.E61 Library has:(1987)-present
• Environmental design and construction
• Facilities design and management. New York, NY: Gralla Publications, 1982-
  EnvDesign HF5547.2 .F22 1(1982)- ABI 1991-
• HVAC & R research : international journal of heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, and refrigerating research. Atlanta, GA : American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
• Indoor air. Copenhagen : Danish Technical Press.
• Indoor + built environment: the journal of the International Society of the Built Environment
• International journal of construction education and research
• International journal of thermal sciences
• Journal of architectural engineering. http://ojps.aip.org/aeo/ New York, N.Y.: ASCE, Architectural Engineering Division, 1995. Online ed: Vol. 5 (1999)-
  Engineering TH1.J65. (1995)-present
• Journal of Building Physics. http://uclibs.org/PID/58754 UC Only London: Sage Publications, c2005. Continues: Journal of thermal envelope and building science Library has: v.29(2005)-
  Engineering TH1715.A1.J68
• Journal of performance of constructed facilities. http://scitation.aip.org/cfo/ UCB Only New York, N.Y. : ASCA, 1987. Library has: 1(Feb. 1987)- Online access: Materials included: v.9(1995)- .
  Engineering TH441.J687
• Journal of solar energy engineering
• Journal of thermal analysis
• Journal of thermal envelope and building science
• Lighting research & technology
• Places. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
  EnvDesign NA1.P54. Library has: 1(fall 1983)-
• Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers
• ResearchWorks - newsletter of U.S. HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research. Includes publication announcements, relevant case studies, and success stories. For the research and practitioner communities. http://www.huduser.org/portal/periodicals/Researchworks.html
• Reeves journal: Plumbing, Heating, cooling
• Solar and wind technology
• Solar cells
• Solar energy
• Solar energy materials
• Solar energy materials and solar cells
• Structures and buildings
• The Structural design of tall buildings
• Thermal Science
• What's new in building
• Techniques et Architecture. Paris.
  EnvDesign TH2 .T4 Recent issues on current periodicals

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Design Standards and Handbooks for standard dimensions, structural systems, illustrations and design.

• Architects' data / Ernst and Peter Neufert. 3rd ed., edited by Bousmaha Baiche and Nicholas Walliman. Oxford; Malden, MA: Blackwell Science, 2000.
  EnvDesign TH151.N513 2000 Reference, copy 2 circulates
• Architectural graphic standards. New York: Wiley. 1932 --- This is a recommended classic. New edition includes regulations, standards, building methods, structural systems, and materials in use. Data sheets have installation and design configurations, performance specifications for building systems and components such as door frames, roof designs, and air ducts, outdoor sports facilities and historic preservation. New accessibility and security design, building systems, lighting designs, materials, and environmental construction.
  EnvDesign TH2031 R3 Shelved: Latest ed reserve; copy 2 Reference
• Architectural graphic standards for residential construction / Janet Rumbarger, editor in chief; Richard J. Vitullo, graphics editor., Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley, c2003.
  EnvDesign TH2031 .A84254 2003 Reference
• Architecture source book: a guide to resources on the practice of architecture / edited by Kathryn Wayne. Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, 1996. See Chapter 17, for core handbooks and manuals, including lighting, codes and standards, HVAC.
  EnvDesign NA2750.A12.A72 1996. copy 1 Reference Desk
• ASHRAE Standard 55: Thermal environmental conditions for human occupancy
• ASHRAE Standard 62.1: Ventilation for acceptable indoor air quality
• ASHRAE Standard 62.2: Ventilation and acceptable indoor air quality in low-rise residential buildings
• ASHRAE Standard 90.1: Energy standard for buildings except low-rise residential buildings
• ASHRAE Standard 189.1: Standard for the design of high-performance green buildings except low-rise residential buildings
• ASM Handbook, the Materials Information Society. UCB Only. Searchable full-text of twenty ASM Handbook volumes plus two ASM Desk Editions.
  http://products.asminternational.org/hbk/index.jsp
• Building technology: mechanical and electrical systems / Stein, Benjamin.
  EnvDesign TH6010 .M24 1997 Reference
• ENGnetBASE. http://uclibs.org/PID/3805 UCB Only. A collection of engineering handbooks published by CRC Press. Includes civil, mechanical, industrial, systems and electrical engineering, and more.
• Entourage: a tracing file and color sourcebook / Ernest Burden. 4th ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, 2003. This is a classic. Illustrations range from people, trees, cars, boats, outdoor furnishings, plants. Figure drawings reflect the population.
  EnvDesign NA2780.B873 2003
• ENVIROnetBASE. http://uclibs.org/PID/9548 UCB Only. A collection of environmental science handbooks published by CRC Press. Includes ecology, environmental engineering, resource management and sustainability, and more.
• Indoor ventilation : minimum best practices guide : based on ASHRAE 62.2 / California Energy Commission, Building Standards Implementation Office, Craig Hoellwarth. Includes standard dimensions, structural systems, illustrations and design.
• Interior graphic standards / Maryrose McGowan, editor in chief; Kelsey Kruse, graphics editor. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, c2004
  EnvDesign TH2031.M34 2004 Reference
• Integrated buildings: the systems basis of architecture / Leonard R. Bachman. New York: J. Wiley and Sons, c2003.
  EnvDesign NA2543.T43.B33 2003
• Knovel. http://www.knovel.com UCB Only. Collection of full-text engineering and scientific handbooks and databases, with built-in software tools. Includes civil engineering and construction materials, environment and environmental engineering, mechanics and mechanical engineering, and more.
• Standard method for measuring floor area in office buildings. Washington, D.C.: Building Owners and Managers Association International, c1996. The BOMA standard is the only approved floor area measurement method for commercial real estate. The revised edition includes how to measure new tenant amenities and building features, lobbies, conference centers, health clubs and day care facilities with illustrations and diagrams.
  EnvDesign TH2521.A431 1996 Reference
• Time-saver standards for architectural design / Donald Watson, Michael J. Crosbie, John Hancock Callender, editors. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 8th edition. First edition, 1946. This is a classic, it includes illustrations, figures, tables, calculations, spreadsheets, cost estimating, building envelope design, building security, natural disaster mitigation, diagnostics, facility management, universal design, stairs, parking, green architecture, performance measurement, quality control. Comes with CD-ROM.
  EnvDesign TH151 .T55 2005 compu/d Reserve
• Time-saver standards for building materials and systems: design criteria and selection data / Donald Watson, editor. New York; London: McGraw-Hill, 2000. Guide to the design and specification of building materials and systems. Includes data sheets with tables and checklists.
  EnvDesign TA403.4 .T54 2000 Copy 1 reserve; copy 2 reference
• Time-saver standards for building types / Joseph De Chiara, editor, Michael J. Crosbie, ed. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2001. Covers residences, museums, libraries, and theaters, hospitals and nursing homes, churches, air and truck terminals, retail shops, restaurants, hotels, industrial parks, playgrounds, and arenas. Includes plans, diagrams, tables, and schematics, sections on housing for the elderly and the handicapped, including access for the handicapped to public and government buildings.
  EnvDesign NA2760 .D42 2001 Copy 1 reserve; copy 2 reference

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Details and Drawing

To find resources for drawing details, elements, styles, and graphic standards.

• The architect's studio companion: rules of thumb for preliminary design / Edward Allen and Joseph Iano. 3rd ed. New York : Wiley, c2002.
  EnvDesign NA2750.A556 2002
• Architectural details: classic pages from Architectural graphic standards, 1940-1980 / edited by Donald Watson, editor. New York: Wiley, c2001.
  EnvDesign TH2031 .R34 2001
• Architectural drawing and light construction / Edward J. Muller, James G. Fausett, Philip A. Grau, III. 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c2002.
  Env Design NA2700.M8 2002
• Architectural drawing : a visual compendium of types and methods /RendowYee. 2nd ed. Hoboken, N.J.: J.Wiley, 2003.
  EnvDesign NA2708 Y439 2003 Reference
• Architectural formulas pocket reference / Robert Brown Butler. London: McGraw-Hill, 2002.
  EnvDesign NA2750 . B62 2002 Reference
• Building construction illustrated / Francis D.K. Ching and Cassandra Adams. 3rd ed. New York : John Wiley, c2001.
  EnvDesign TH146 .C52 2001 Permanent reserve
• Commercial drafting and detailing / Alan Jefferis, Kenneth D. Smith. 2nd ed. Albany, NY: Thomson Learning, c2002.
  Env Design NA2708.J445 2002
• Conventions of architectural drawing : representation and misrepresentation / edited by James S. Ackerman and Wolfgang Jung, [designed and produced by Margaret Fletcher]. S.l. : s.n., 2000.
  EnvDesign NA2705 .C66 2000
• Construction graphics : a practical guide to interpreting working drawings / Keith A. Bisharat. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley and Sons, c2004. Includes drawings, case studies, exercises, clear explanation of drawings to construction.
  EnvDesign TH431.B574 2004 Reference
• Design graphics : drawing techniques for design professions / written and illustrated by Peter A. Koenig. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2000.
  EnvDesign NK2113.5 .K64 2000
• Drafting and design for architecture / Dana J. Hepler, Paul Ross Wallach, Donald E. Hepler. 8th ed. Clifton Park, NY : Thomson Delmar Learning, c2006. Drafting and design series. Includes drawing conventions, scale, presentation methods, etc.
  EnvDesign NA2700.H4 2005 Reference
• Louis I. Kahn houses = Ruisu Kan no zenjutaku, 1940-1974 / Saito Yutaka. Shohan.Tokyo: TOTO Shuppan, 2003. Includes measured drawings of many of Kahn's projects, as well as a separate section of floor plans.
  EnvDesign NA737.K32.S25 2003
• Masonry design and detailing : for architects, engineers, and contractors / Christine Beall. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004. Includes IBC references, details, moisture penetration, window flashing, masonry history and manufacturing.
  EnvDesign TA670 .B43 2004 Reference
• Plan graphics / David A. Davis, Theodore D. Walker. 5th ed. New York: Wiley, [1999], c2000.
  EnvDesign NA2700.W34 2000
• The professional practice of architectural detailing / Osamu A. Wakita, Richard M. Linde.3rd ed.NY: Wiley, c1999.
  EnvDesign NA2718 .W34 1999
• The professional practice of architectural working drawings / Osamu A. Wakita, Richard M. Linde. 3rd ed. New York : J. Wiley and Sons, c2003. Includes basic drafting, cad, specific plans for foundations, flor, schedules, elevations, case studies.
  EnvDesign NA2713 .W34 2003 Reference
• Simplified engineering for architects and builders / James Ambrose; based on the work of Harry Parker. 9th ed. New York: Wiley, c2000.
  EnvDesign TA633 A43 2000 Reference
• Symbol Signs http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm?CategoryID=38 - American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). International symbols.

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Computer-Aided Design and Graphics

• Abstracting craft: the practiced digital hand / Malcolm McCullough. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1996.
  EnvDesign QA76.9 C65 M393 1996
• ArchiLab: radical experiments in global architecture / edited by Frederic Migayrou and Marie-Ange Brayer. London: Thames and Hudson, 2001.
  EnvDesign NA680; .A684 2001
• Architectural drafting using AutoCAD: drafting/design/presentation / by David A. Madsen, Ron M. Palma. Tinley Park, Ill.: Goodheart-Willcox Co., c2004.
  EnvDesign NA2728.M347 2004 Reference
• Architectural drawing using pencil sketches and AutoCAD / James M. Kirkpatrick. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, c2002. CD-ROM Permanent Reserve; Book in stacks [book + CD-ROM]
  EnvDesign NA2728 K575 2002
• Architecture and computers: action and reaction in the digital design revolution /James Steele. New York:Watson-Guptill, 2002
  EnvDesign NA2728; .S74 2002
• The AutoCAD book : drawing, modeling, and applications using AutoCAD 2005 / James M. Kirkpatrick. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005.
  Engineering T385.K48945 2005
• AutoCAD 2000: a problem solving approach / Sham Tickoo. Albany, NY : Autodesk Press, c2000. Book in stacks; CD-ROM on Permanent Reserve
  EnvDesign T385; .T523 2000
• Autodesk Architectural desktop 2004: a comprehensive tutorial /H. Edward Goldberg. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2004.
  EnvDesign NA2728.G67 2004
• Architectural drawing using pencil sketches and AutoCAD / James M. Kirkpatrick. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, c2002. CD-ROM Permanent Reserve; Book in stacks [book + CD-ROM]
  EnvDesign NA2728 K575 2002
• Rendering real and imagined buildings: the art of computer modeling from the palace of Kublai Khan to Le Corbusier's villa / B.J. Novitski. Gloucester, Mass: Rockport Publishers, 1998.
  EnvDesign Design NA2728 N68 1998 / CD-ROM Permanent Reserve
• 3deluxe: projects interior and graphic design / edited by Robert Klanten. Berlin : Gestalten Verlag, [2002]
  EnvDesign NA2728 A15 2002
• Bits and spaces: architecture and computing for physical, virtual, hybrid realms : 33 projects by Architecture and CAAD, ETH Zurich / edited by Maia Engeli. Basel ; Boston : Birkhauser, 2001. Electronic Location: http://bitsandspaces.ethz.ch/
  EnvDesign NA2728; .B58 2001 CD-ROM Permanent Reserve; Book in stacks [book + CD-ROM]
• Blobitecture: waveform architecture and digital design /John K. Waters. Gloucester, Ma.:Rockport Publs, 2003.
  EnvDesign NA682.073.W36 2003
• Cyberspace: the world of digital architecture. Mulgrave, Vic. : Images, 2001.
  EnvDesign NA2700; .C93 2001
• Cybertecture: die 4. Dimension in der Architektur / herausgegeben von Dorte Kuhlmann und Heimo Schimek ; mit einer Einfuhrung von Charles Jencks. Wien : Locker, 2001.
  EnvDesign NA2728; .C93 2001 CD-ROM Perm Reserve; book in stacks
• D2A, digital to analog / Dennis Dollens. Santa Fe, N.M.: SITES, c2001.
  EnvDesign NA2728 .D53 2001
• Design with digital tools : using new media creatively / Mark von Wodtke. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2000. McGraw-Hill professional architecture.
  EnvDesign NA2728.V665 2000, Shelved: CD-ROM Permanent Reserve. Library has: [Book + CD-ROM]
• Digital architecture / M. Saleh Uddin. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.
  EnvDesign NA2728 U327 1999
• Folds, blobs and boxes : architecture in the digital era / Joseph Rosa. Pittsburgh, Penn.: Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, 2001.
  EnvDesign NA2728 .R67 2001
• Inside form Z: guide to 3D modeling and rendering / Eden Greig Muir, Cory Clarke, and Nam-ho Park. 2nd ed. Albany, N.Y.: OnWord Press/Thomson Learning, c2000.[book + CD-ROM] Shelved:CD-ROM Perm Reserve; book in stacks
  EnvDesign QA76.9.C65 M86 2000
• Instant AutoCAD: architectural desktop 3.3 / Stephen J. Ethier, Christine A. Ethier. Upper Saddle, N.J : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2005. Architectural Desktop is a 3D, object-based, parametric designer with which you can create 3D models of buildings. This book is a brief guide to the program with instruction and exercises.
  EnvDesign NA2728 .E8422 2005
• Rendering real and imagined buildings: the art of computer modeling from the palace of Kublai Khan to Le Corbusier's villa / B.J. Novitski. Gloucester, Mass: Rockport Publishers, 1998.
  EnvDesign Design NA2728 N68 1998 / CD-ROM Permanent Reserve
• Safari Tech Books Online. http://uclibs.org/PID/33109 UCB Only. Online collection of computer manuals published by O'Reilly since 2004. Includes graphics, human-computer interaction, applied sciences, etc.
• A tutorial guide to AutoCAD 2006 / Shawna Lockhart. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2006.
  EnvDesign T385.L626 2006
• Visual design on the computer / Wucius Wong and Benjamin Wong. New York: Norton, c2001.
  EnvDesign TA174. W588 2001

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Performance and Evaluation

For buildings, life-cycle assessment, and post-occupancy evaluation resources.

• Assessing building performance / edited by Wolfgang F.E. Preiser, Jacqueline C. Vischer. Oxford: Elsevier, 2005. Evaluation through building delivery and life cycle: (1) strategic planning/needs analysis; (2) program review; (3) design review; (4) post-construction evaluation/review; (5) post-occupancy evaluation; and, (6) facilities management review/adaptive reuse. Case studies are included.
  EnvDesign TH453.A88 2005
• Building performance, what is it? / report prepared by Marvin J. Cantor.Washington, DC: American Institute of Architects, 1997.
  EnvDesign TH443 .B85 1997
• Building evaluation techniques / Centre for Building Performance Research, Victoria University of Wellington ; George Baird ... [et al.]. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1996.
  EnvDesign TH453 .B864 1996
• Building surveys / Peter Glover. 5th ed. Oxford : Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003.
  EnvDesign TH439.G56 2003
• California building performance guidelines for residential construction: a practical guide for owners of new homes : construction performance guidelines, important maintenance items, information on home construction. Sacramento, Calif. : Building Standards Institute ; [s.l.] : MacLellan Wolfson Associates, c2002.
  EnvDesign KFC813 .M33 2002
• A checklist for the performance evaluation of buildings and building services / George Baird, Nigel P. Isaacs. Wellington: s.n., 1994].
  EnvDesign NA1606.5 .B27 1994
• Defects and deterioration in buildings / Barry A. Richardson. 2nd ed.London; New York : Spon, 2001.
  EnvDesign TH441.R53 2001
• Design and construction: building in value / edited by Rick Best and Gerard de Valence. Oxford; Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002.
  EnvDesign TH153.D4723 2002
• Durability by design: a guide for residential builders and designers / prepared by NAHB Research Center, Inc. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, 2002.
  EnvDesign TH4812.D87 2002
• High Performance Buildings Database http://eere.buildinggreen.com/ sponsored by the U.S Department of Energy. Research to improve building performance measuring methods. The database collects information from around the world, from homes, commercial interiors, large buildings, whole campuses and neighborhoods. May be certified green projects or projects that have one or more environmental features.
• How buildings learn : what happens after they're built / Stewart Brand. New York, NY: Viking, c1994.
  EnvDesign NA2542.4.B73 1994
• Improving building performance / NCARB, Professional Development Program; author, Wolfgang F.E. Preiser. Washington, D.C.: National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, 2003. IBP includes three different types of Post Occupancy Evaluation-indicative, investigative, and diagnostic-as well as its phases-planning, conducting, and applying. Learn how and why POE is considered a subphase of a more systemic analysis known as building performance evaluation. Supplementary materials include four detailed case studies, a lengthy resource listing, and prototypical POE forms.
  EnvDesign TH453.P74 2003
• Integrated life cycle design of structures / Asko Sarja. London; New York : Spon Press, 2002.
  EnvDesign TH845 .S35 2002
• Life-cycle assessment in building and construction: a state-of-the-art report, 2003 / edited by Shpresa Kotaji, Agn. Pensacola, Fla.: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, c2003. Includes a bibliography.
  EnvDesign TH153.L475 2003
• Performance measurement protocols for commercial buildings / American Society of heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., U.S. Green Building Council, [and] The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers. Atlanta : American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, c2010.
• Post-occupancy evaluation / Wolfgang F.E. Preiser, Harvey Z. Rabinowitz, Edward T. White. NY:Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1988.
  EnvDesign NA2750 .P691 1988
• Residential construction performance guidelines for professional builders and remodelers. 2nd ed. NAHB, (U.S.). Remodelors Council. Washington, D.C.:National Association of Home Builders, c2000.
  Forest Prod TH4816.R43 2000. NRLF #: B 4 592 077
• User-responsive design : reducing the risk of failure / C. Thomas Mitchell. 1st ed. New York : Norton, c2002.
  EnvDesign NA2750 .M564 2002

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Design Specifications

• Construction Specifications Institute -- MasterFormat In: Construction Specifications Institute Manual of Practice. Systematic organization of building materials in sections 1-16.
  EnvDesign TH425 C65 Reference
• Construction specifications writing: principles and procedures / Harold J. Rosen, John R. Regener, Jr.; 5th ed. Hoboken, N.J.: J. Wiley, c2005. This is a guide to understanding the preparation of construction specifications. Covers current practices in writing construction specifications according to professional associations, including the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Engineers Joint Contract Documents Comm. (EJCDC), and the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI). Includes examples of construction specifications, construction contract documents, guidelines for terminology, product selection, organization of specifications and techniques for document production.
  EnvDesign TH425.R59 2005
• Environmental resource guide. Washington D.C.: American Institute of Architects, 1992, 1996. Loose-leaf subscription. IAA Committee on the Environment. Updated regularly.
  EnvDesign NA2542.35.E73 RESERVE and NA2542.35.E73 1996 RESERVE
• Environmental resource guide on CD-ROM : includes 1997 and 1998 updates / American Institute of Architects. New York, N.Y.: John Wiley, c1999.
  EnvDesign NA2542.35.E73 1999 compu/d Shelved: Permanent Reserve
• The graphic standards guide to architectural finishes : using Masterspec to evaluate, select, and specify materials / ARCO. New York: J. Wiley, c2002.
  EnvDesign TH2521. G69 2002 Reference
• Green spec: guideline specifications for environmentally considered building materials and construction methods prepared for the Alarmed County [Waste Management Authority and] Recycling Board. Emeryville, Calif.: Siege and Strain Architects, c1996.
  EnvDesign TD196.B85 G74 1996 Computer disk on Reserve
• Green building resource guide / John Hermannsson. Newton, CT: Tontine Press, c1997.
  EnvDesign TH455 .H47 1997 Reference
• Index and directory of industry standards. Englewood, CO: Information Handling Services, 1989. Indexes government and industry standards issued by 344 organizations. ANSI approval information included for each standard.
  Engi T59.2.U6.I5 1995 Standards
• MasterSpec A/S/C basic version. Washington, DC: IAA Service Corporation, 1985--. Sample specifications for architects; includes civil and structural engineering.
  EnvDesign TH425 M385 1985 Reserve
• Masterspec specifications / the American Institute of Architects, (AIA). [electronic resource] Salt Lake City, Utah: The Institute System requirements: MS-DOS 3.3 operating system or higher; hard disk dirve; VGA color or monochrome; 600 MB; format:comprehensive/WordPerfect and Word for Win, paragraph numbered, with editor's notes.
  EnvDesign TH425.M38 Library has: 2002
• Specifying buildings: a design management perspective / Stephen Emmitt and David T. Yeomans. Oxford; Boston: Butterworth -Heinemann, 2001.
  EnvDesign TH425 .E65 2001

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Materials

Use Construction Resources in conjuction with Building Science Resources for Cost Data, Building Methods, Materials, and Product Directories.

• Material ConneXion www.materialconneXion.com/berkeley UCB Only (Accessible ONLY on the CED Library PCs using this link. NOTE: Only one user at a time may access this resource.) Online database of building materials, processes and specifications selected from a large spectrum of industries which are typically unnoticed or difficult to reach by the design community. 1400+ new and innovative materials representing eight categories: polymers, glass, ceramics, carbon-based materials, cement-based materials, metals, natural materials and natural material derivatives.
• Network for Products http://products.construction.com/ via McGraw-Hill Construction Sweets Network. A directory of construction products and their manufacturers.
• ThomasNet. http://www.thomasnet.com/ A directory of American manufacturers and their products. Includes some CAD drawings for download.

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Projects, Associations, Centers and Libraries

• Advanced Buildings Technologies and Practices http://www.advancedbuildings.org/ sponsored by a consortium of Canadian agencies. A building professional's guide to environmentally-appropriate technologies and practices. Includes indoor air quality, water conservation, waste management, electricity production, non-toxic materials, recycled materials, daylighting. Includes case studies.
• BRE - Building Research Establishment http://www.bre.co.uk/ UK's centre on buildings, construction, energy, environment, fire and risk.
• CABE - Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment http://www.cabe.org.uk/ A British public commission site with goals to involve the public in shaping their own environments and to improve the ability of decision makers and professional groups to respond to growing public aspirations for a better built environment. Site includes many free online publications (pdf) - such as: Creating Excellent Buildings, Better Public Libraries, Designing 21st Century Libraries, Housing Futures etc.
• California Construction Data http://www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/FS_DATA/LatestEconData/FS_Construction.htm - California Department of Finance, Financial and Economic Data
• Center for the Built Environment - UC Berkeley http://www.cbe.berkeley.edu/
• Engineering Library. UC Berkeley http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENGI/ Links to many research guides and online resources.
• HUD USER http://www.huduser.org/portal/index.php a gateway to current research and analytic tools by HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research (PDandR). Use to access research reports about housing and community and economic development, data sets that can be used for original research, HUD income limits and fair market rents, and more. HUD USER includes, practical information on new building materials and technologies, emerging trends in urban planning and demographics, alleviating housing discrimination and homelessness, and strategies for making housing more affordable, durable, accessible.
• National Institute of Building Sciences. http://www.nibs.org NIBS is a non-profit, non-governmental organization of government representatives, the professions, industry, labor and consumer interests to focus on the identification and resolution of problems and potential problems that hamper the construction of safe, affordable structures for housing, commerce and industry throughout the United States. NIBS provides an authoritative source of advice on the use of building science and technology.
• New Buildings Institute (NBI) is a nonprofit organization working to improve the energy performance of commercial buildings.
• Society of Building Science Educators http://www.sbse.org/index.htm - The Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE) is an association of university educators and practitioners in architecture and related disciplines who support excellence in the teaching of environmental science and building technologies.
• Society of Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Includes a link to Professional Interest Group - Life-Cycle Assessment. http://www.setac.org/node/32 The mission of the SETAC LCA Advisory Group is to advance the science, practice, and application of LCAs to reduce the resource consumption and environmental burdens associated with products, packaging, processes, or activities. See website for publications, conferences, data collection.
• Urban Land Institute http://casestudies.uli.org - Project Reference Files. UC Only, you need user name and password to access the files.
• Vital Signs Project http://www.arch.ced.berkeley.edu/vitalsigns/ College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley, The project encourages architecture students to examine architectural lighting, and mechanical systems in existing buildings with attention to energy use, occupant well-being, and architectural spacemaking.

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