Architectonic and functional quality of buildings
... Social function: buildings create spaces and places in which people can carry on their activities optimally. Primary elements here are health, welfare, communication and quality of life. Cultural function: a building must also satisfy requirements relating to the form and character of the spatial en ...
... Social function: buildings create spaces and places in which people can carry on their activities optimally. Primary elements here are health, welfare, communication and quality of life. Cultural function: a building must also satisfy requirements relating to the form and character of the spatial en ...
TABLE OF CONTENTS - IMIA, the International Association of
... last 100 years. We can also see that the locations of the new Skyscrapers are geographically shifting more and more eastwards, towards the new and emerging economies in Asia. We know that historically the development of high-rise buildings was closely connected with the need for more living and work ...
... last 100 years. We can also see that the locations of the new Skyscrapers are geographically shifting more and more eastwards, towards the new and emerging economies in Asia. We know that historically the development of high-rise buildings was closely connected with the need for more living and work ...
What is geothermal energy?
... asthenosphere, 200-300 km in thickness, and of a "less rigid" or "more plastic" behaviour. In other words, on a geological scale, where time is measured in millions of years, this part of the Earth behaves in much the same way as a fluid in certain processes. Because of the difference in temperature ...
... asthenosphere, 200-300 km in thickness, and of a "less rigid" or "more plastic" behaviour. In other words, on a geological scale, where time is measured in millions of years, this part of the Earth behaves in much the same way as a fluid in certain processes. Because of the difference in temperature ...
Business aspects of energy-efficient renovations of Soviet-era
... Improved and Advanced renovation packages, respectively. The costs of the additional alternatives per inhabitant were over €6,090. In addition to the costs, the net present values for different building and district level renovation packages for a 20-year period were also calculated using different ...
... Improved and Advanced renovation packages, respectively. The costs of the additional alternatives per inhabitant were over €6,090. In addition to the costs, the net present values for different building and district level renovation packages for a 20-year period were also calculated using different ...
Thermal Performance of Tropical Atrium
... Environmental problems of atrium reduce the attractiveness of this architectural feature [5]. The top glazed surfaces allow ...
... Environmental problems of atrium reduce the attractiveness of this architectural feature [5]. The top glazed surfaces allow ...
Science TEKS Clarification Environmental
... Comparative investigations involve collecting data on different organisms/objects/ features/events, or collecting data under different conditions (e.g., time of year, air temperature, location) to make a comparison. The hypothesis identifies one independent (manipulated) variable and one dependent ( ...
... Comparative investigations involve collecting data on different organisms/objects/ features/events, or collecting data under different conditions (e.g., time of year, air temperature, location) to make a comparison. The hypothesis identifies one independent (manipulated) variable and one dependent ( ...
radiant cooling - Energy Design Resources
... detailed simulations of the same prototypical office building located in nine U.S. cities, comparing the performance of radiant cooling systems with ventilation and conventional “all-air” VAV systems. In comparisons with VAV systems, she found that on average, the radiant cooling systems save 30 per ...
... detailed simulations of the same prototypical office building located in nine U.S. cities, comparing the performance of radiant cooling systems with ventilation and conventional “all-air” VAV systems. In comparisons with VAV systems, she found that on average, the radiant cooling systems save 30 per ...
USE of BORATE-TREATED WOOD as PART of an IPM APPROACH
... conducts roughly 10 times more heat than does a 3.8 cm thick wood stud. This conduction can cause thermal bridging, increasing the cost and environmental burden of heating and cooling buildings. Projecting the ATHENA findings onto the life cycle assessment by Puettmann on borate pressure-treated lum ...
... conducts roughly 10 times more heat than does a 3.8 cm thick wood stud. This conduction can cause thermal bridging, increasing the cost and environmental burden of heating and cooling buildings. Projecting the ATHENA findings onto the life cycle assessment by Puettmann on borate pressure-treated lum ...
Subjugated South African Buildings: The Bonwit Clothing Factory in Cape
... In 1932 Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock curated an exhibition of architecture in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The work of some fifty architects from sixteen countries, including Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Alvar Aalto, but excluding Frank Lloyd Wright’s work because of a diffe ...
... In 1932 Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock curated an exhibition of architecture in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The work of some fifty architects from sixteen countries, including Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Alvar Aalto, but excluding Frank Lloyd Wright’s work because of a diffe ...
Tapping the Commercial Building Performance Market in
... develop, demonstrate, and deploy new commissioning and retrocommissioning technologies and practices. This effort builds upon the current NYSERDA commissioning initiatives by providing commissioning service providers with new information, methodologies and technical tools to improve and standardize ...
... develop, demonstrate, and deploy new commissioning and retrocommissioning technologies and practices. This effort builds upon the current NYSERDA commissioning initiatives by providing commissioning service providers with new information, methodologies and technical tools to improve and standardize ...
Evaluating the Carbon Footprint of Wood Buildings
... the environmental impacts of materials over their entire lives, consistently show that wood performs better than other materials in terms of embodied energy, air and water pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions. One of the reasons wood performs well is that it requires far less energy to manufactur ...
... the environmental impacts of materials over their entire lives, consistently show that wood performs better than other materials in terms of embodied energy, air and water pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions. One of the reasons wood performs well is that it requires far less energy to manufactur ...
here - Stephen Day Architecture
... Samona’ wrote in 1959, in describing the historical city/town: “…along the course of the centuries, there is a vital sense that shapes everything contained within it, and a coherence recognizable in the custom as well as the spaces; so that every part of the city, or, at least, every essential part, ...
... Samona’ wrote in 1959, in describing the historical city/town: “…along the course of the centuries, there is a vital sense that shapes everything contained within it, and a coherence recognizable in the custom as well as the spaces; so that every part of the city, or, at least, every essential part, ...
01423-03.3 Planning a Building Design
... FoundationsBincluding piers and their footings, and polesBmust resist (1) settling due to the weight of the building, (2) soil movement caused by moisture changes, freezing and thawing, and (3) the uplift and overturning force of wind on the aboveground structure. Pole-type construction. In pole-typ ...
... FoundationsBincluding piers and their footings, and polesBmust resist (1) settling due to the weight of the building, (2) soil movement caused by moisture changes, freezing and thawing, and (3) the uplift and overturning force of wind on the aboveground structure. Pole-type construction. In pole-typ ...
Standards Extra
... NHBC has recently launched its troubleshooting ‘Trade Talks’ for site tradespeople. Based on the NHBC Standards and delivered by NHBC Building Inspectors, these one-hour talks are designed to highlight the most common reportable items or defects encountered by inspectors and claims investigators on ...
... NHBC has recently launched its troubleshooting ‘Trade Talks’ for site tradespeople. Based on the NHBC Standards and delivered by NHBC Building Inspectors, these one-hour talks are designed to highlight the most common reportable items or defects encountered by inspectors and claims investigators on ...
FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE DYNAMIC
... In my thesis I illustrate and evaluate chosen flexible architectural projects based on theoretical concepts and objective case-studies. The empirical materials are central projects in contemporary architectural discourse, selected from literature, journals and the use of Internet sources. As support ...
... In my thesis I illustrate and evaluate chosen flexible architectural projects based on theoretical concepts and objective case-studies. The empirical materials are central projects in contemporary architectural discourse, selected from literature, journals and the use of Internet sources. As support ...
healing architecture layout
... body of the planet. It also argues that a structure is like a body: alive, conscious and responsive. Anthroposophy was used extensively by the Greeks. In the Orient it is related to the chakras of the body’s energy field and the Vastu Purusha of the Vedas. This concept is also related to Da Vinci’s, ...
... body of the planet. It also argues that a structure is like a body: alive, conscious and responsive. Anthroposophy was used extensively by the Greeks. In the Orient it is related to the chakras of the body’s energy field and the Vastu Purusha of the Vedas. This concept is also related to Da Vinci’s, ...
copies of a presented paper
... Malmborg, 2004; Peuportier and Putzeys, 2005). These methods are based on an analysis of the life cycle of the building, which starts at the extraction of resources for products and energy from the earth and ends when the demolition waste has been processed. This kind of analysis is called a Life Cy ...
... Malmborg, 2004; Peuportier and Putzeys, 2005). These methods are based on an analysis of the life cycle of the building, which starts at the extraction of resources for products and energy from the earth and ends when the demolition waste has been processed. This kind of analysis is called a Life Cy ...
Building Sustainability Assessment and
... Provides calculation methods for the assessment of the annual energy use for space heating and cooling of a residential or non-residential building. ...
... Provides calculation methods for the assessment of the annual energy use for space heating and cooling of a residential or non-residential building. ...
Butler Building Profit Magazine Summer Issue
... since long before the term “green” became the building industry standard it is today. In 1937, Albert and Frances Lundberg moved their family to the Sacramento Valley of California from Nebraska, where the Dust Bowl crisis had ravaged the soil of its rich nutrients. They were determined to instill i ...
... since long before the term “green” became the building industry standard it is today. In 1937, Albert and Frances Lundberg moved their family to the Sacramento Valley of California from Nebraska, where the Dust Bowl crisis had ravaged the soil of its rich nutrients. They were determined to instill i ...
The Research Proposal - University of Pretoria
... structured process. This is because addressing sustainable development effectively in buildings requires understanding and agreement from a number of stakeholders including the different members of a design team, the client or building owner, and building users. In addition, a structured process hel ...
... structured process. This is because addressing sustainable development effectively in buildings requires understanding and agreement from a number of stakeholders including the different members of a design team, the client or building owner, and building users. In addition, a structured process hel ...
steel structures introduction
... electrodes. Then, the molten metal is poured into the container of required shape. The properties of steel are varied by its carbon content because it is the major composition of steel with iron. As per the requirements, Mn, Ni and Cr also are added to make changes the properties of steel. Finally, ...
... electrodes. Then, the molten metal is poured into the container of required shape. The properties of steel are varied by its carbon content because it is the major composition of steel with iron. As per the requirements, Mn, Ni and Cr also are added to make changes the properties of steel. Finally, ...
Material in Performance-Driven Architectural Geometry
... prescribed thresholds on positional and normal continuity. Total production cost assessments can also be embedded in the algorithm. 10 The rationalization process of freeform surfaces is currently an emerging field of research along with architectural geometry, which aims to develop new tools and te ...
... prescribed thresholds on positional and normal continuity. Total production cost assessments can also be embedded in the algorithm. 10 The rationalization process of freeform surfaces is currently an emerging field of research along with architectural geometry, which aims to develop new tools and te ...
Impact of sustainable office buildings on occupant`s comfort and
... development of sustainable buildings this then means that the original plan to erect such buildings is revised or cancelled. Even though the topic of sustainable construction is well known in the business, and widely discussed in research and practice, the additional investment costs for sustainable ...
... development of sustainable buildings this then means that the original plan to erect such buildings is revised or cancelled. Even though the topic of sustainable construction is well known in the business, and widely discussed in research and practice, the additional investment costs for sustainable ...
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... 6. Distinguish between the goals of even-aged management and uneven-aged management. List four types of tree harvesting, indicating which type of management they are most likely to be used for. 7. Distinguish among surface fires, crown fires, and ground fires. Summarize threats to forests from fires ...
... 6. Distinguish between the goals of even-aged management and uneven-aged management. List four types of tree harvesting, indicating which type of management they are most likely to be used for. 7. Distinguish among surface fires, crown fires, and ground fires. Summarize threats to forests from fires ...
The Market Benefits of "Green" Condos in Toronto
... The estimated impact of LEED status on fees is somewhat surprising. The efficiency features typically included in these designs should tend to reduce overall building operating costs (such as heating/cooling common areas, lighting, etc.), which would be expected to be passed on in the form of reduce ...
... The estimated impact of LEED status on fees is somewhat surprising. The efficiency features typically included in these designs should tend to reduce overall building operating costs (such as heating/cooling common areas, lighting, etc.), which would be expected to be passed on in the form of reduce ...
Sustainable architecture
Sustainable architecture is architecture that seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings by efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, and development space. Sustainable architecture uses a conscious approach to energy and ecological conservation in the design of the built environment.The idea of sustainability, or ecological design, is to ensure that our actions and decisions today do not inhibit the opportunities of future generations.