Design Management for Sustainability

Stephen Emmitt is an architect and professor of architectural technology at the department of civil and building engineering at the University of Loughborough, UK. He is also joint co-ordinator of the CIBs working commission W096 Architectural Management. He has published extensively on the topics of architectural detailing and design management, being the author of 11 books and over one hundred articles. At Loughborough his research and practical experience is being integrated into new modules on design management and architectural detailing from first, ecologically sustainable, principles. This publication is part of ongoing work to demonstrate the contribution that effective design management can make to a sustainable built environment. Dino Bouchlaghem, editor of Architectural Engineering and Design Management, is professor of architectural engineering at the University of Loughborough, UK.