The Kaplan AEC Education product line has been reorganized to align with the ARE. Only Kaplan offers all-inclusive learning systems for all nine ARE divisions. These systems are designed to help you better focus on essential information for each division of the exam, as well as provide flexibility in how you study. Each learning system includes a study guide, a questions & answers handbook or practice vignette, a test bank CD-ROM, and flash cards. Collectively, they provide a thorough content review designed for comprehension and retention of the material. Book jacket.

*Offers a practical approach to cost-effectiveness. *Provides an introduction to a set of widely applicable decision making tools. *Discusses startegic, financial and construction management techniques.

This book presents a broad design purview within the framework of “pre-design, design, and post-design” by focusing on the “motive of design,” which implies an underlying reason for the design of a product. The chapters are comprised of papers based on discussions at the “Design Research Leading Workshop” held in Nara, Japan, in 2013. This book encourages readers to enhance and expand their thinking within a widened design perspective.

Climate change is believed to be a great challenge to built environment professionals in design and management. An integrated approach in delivering a sustainable built environment is desired by the built environment professional institutions. The aim of this book is to provide an advanced understanding of the key subjects required for the design and management of modern built environments to meet carbon emission reduction targets. In Design and Management of Sustainable Built Environments, an international group of experts provide comprehensive and the most up-to-date knowledge, covering sustainable urban and building design, management and assessment. The best practice case studies of the implementation of sustainable technology and management from the BRE Innovation Park are included. Design and Management of Sustainable Built Environments will be of interest to urban and building designers, environmental engineers, and building performance assessors. It will be particularly useful as a reference book for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the built environment field.