The Research Proposal - University of Pretoria
... provide a description of the aims of the tool. This is followed by the Scope of the Tool, which describes the area that the tool will address and define the limits of this. Components of the Tool will describe components of the tool that are envisaged to be necessary. These components consist of an ...
... provide a description of the aims of the tool. This is followed by the Scope of the Tool, which describes the area that the tool will address and define the limits of this. Components of the Tool will describe components of the tool that are envisaged to be necessary. These components consist of an ...
URBAN ENERGY LIFECYCLE: AN ANALYTICAL
... Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States ...
... Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States ...
practice exam 1
... deposits made; and another layer showing the average value of the deposited amount. With this map, the banking company was able to choose the optimum location for its new branch. All of the following are tools that the bank (or its geographic team) most likely used to create and display this layered ...
... deposits made; and another layer showing the average value of the deposited amount. With this map, the banking company was able to choose the optimum location for its new branch. All of the following are tools that the bank (or its geographic team) most likely used to create and display this layered ...
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... The relative location of a city with respect to other geographic features, regions, resources and transportation routes ...
... The relative location of a city with respect to other geographic features, regions, resources and transportation routes ...
climate comfort - Building Designers Australia
... dramatic stone walls for thermal mass. another F word in the equation, it can be said today that forms follows function, follows friendliness, follows futurity. So, while form and function is still very much an overriding consideration, building designers now need to ensure that beneath the roof of ...
... dramatic stone walls for thermal mass. another F word in the equation, it can be said today that forms follows function, follows friendliness, follows futurity. So, while form and function is still very much an overriding consideration, building designers now need to ensure that beneath the roof of ...
Urban Density and the Porous High-Rise - ctbuh
... Urban density, as measured by the concentration of built area, rate of occupancy, and intensity of user activity, is one of the most important factors affecting our ability to deal with critical opportunities and challenges of today’s cities. The potential for high efficiencies of land use, energy c ...
... Urban density, as measured by the concentration of built area, rate of occupancy, and intensity of user activity, is one of the most important factors affecting our ability to deal with critical opportunities and challenges of today’s cities. The potential for high efficiencies of land use, energy c ...
Green Building Requirements
... A solar photovoltaic (PV) energy system may be used to meet the Energy Budget Below CA Title 24 Part 6 requirements of this resolution which exceed 15%. To qualify for energy credits, the PV energy system must be capable of generating electricity from sunlight, supply the electricity directly to the ...
... A solar photovoltaic (PV) energy system may be used to meet the Energy Budget Below CA Title 24 Part 6 requirements of this resolution which exceed 15%. To qualify for energy credits, the PV energy system must be capable of generating electricity from sunlight, supply the electricity directly to the ...
reduction in energy usage per lamp the change has reduced
... Over 30% of the cement used in most of the concrete has been replaced with an industrial waste product. This increases the strength of the concrete while also using a significant quantity of what would otherwise go to landfill. Ninety percent of the steel used in the building is either recycled or r ...
... Over 30% of the cement used in most of the concrete has been replaced with an industrial waste product. This increases the strength of the concrete while also using a significant quantity of what would otherwise go to landfill. Ninety percent of the steel used in the building is either recycled or r ...
On the Use and Misuse of the Concept of Sustainability
... appropriate scale. If the total resource demands created by the scale of human economies and societies become greater than the finite capacity of one planet, we draw down planetary resources and destroy opportunities for future planetary life. Under this scenario, development is never sustainable. T ...
... appropriate scale. If the total resource demands created by the scale of human economies and societies become greater than the finite capacity of one planet, we draw down planetary resources and destroy opportunities for future planetary life. Under this scenario, development is never sustainable. T ...
Unit 25 Urbanization 25.1 Introduction 25.2 Urban, Urbanism
... It is the process of expansion in the entire system of interrelationships by which a population maintains itself in its habitat (Hawley, 1981). An increase in the size of towns and cities leading to growth of urban population is the most significant dimension of urbanization. The urban centers are e ...
... It is the process of expansion in the entire system of interrelationships by which a population maintains itself in its habitat (Hawley, 1981). An increase in the size of towns and cities leading to growth of urban population is the most significant dimension of urbanization. The urban centers are e ...
Analysis of the impacts of economic and social indicators to
... areas (UN, 2010) and 80% to 90% of time is passed inside buildings (Direcção-Geral da Saúde Ministério da Saúde Português, 2010). Therefore, it is critical to embed the building sector in the sustainability concept. In the nineties, industrial sectors, including the building sector, started to recog ...
... areas (UN, 2010) and 80% to 90% of time is passed inside buildings (Direcção-Geral da Saúde Ministério da Saúde Português, 2010). Therefore, it is critical to embed the building sector in the sustainability concept. In the nineties, industrial sectors, including the building sector, started to recog ...
On-going Evaluation EU ICZM Recommendation
... • The policy framework: EU ICZM Recommendation • Experiences in regional policy • On-going evaluation of the EU ICZM Recommendation • Coastal areas in the Green Paper “Towards a future maritime policy” • Outlook for the next financial programming period ...
... • The policy framework: EU ICZM Recommendation • Experiences in regional policy • On-going evaluation of the EU ICZM Recommendation • Coastal areas in the Green Paper “Towards a future maritime policy” • Outlook for the next financial programming period ...
Towards a Theory of Sustainable Development
... Mont Pellerin Society. What moved the members of the society was the concern for the consequences of the USSR being one of the victors in the Second World War and that the emerging political economy influenced by the USSR would be one of state control and the destruction of private property. The res ...
... Mont Pellerin Society. What moved the members of the society was the concern for the consequences of the USSR being one of the victors in the Second World War and that the emerging political economy influenced by the USSR would be one of state control and the destruction of private property. The res ...
2004 CNU Charter Awards - Congress for the New Urbanism
... designated growth areas. At its core, the model outlines a method for creating neighborhoods that are diverse in use and population; places where the pedestrian and the transit rider are on equal footing with the occupant of the automobile; and where neighborhoods are composed of physically defined ...
... designated growth areas. At its core, the model outlines a method for creating neighborhoods that are diverse in use and population; places where the pedestrian and the transit rider are on equal footing with the occupant of the automobile; and where neighborhoods are composed of physically defined ...
Energy Efficient Architectural Design Strategies in Hot
... used in such regions because there are no other building materials in the region. Here one must refer to the question of self-sufficiency in desert regions because all the earth excavated during housing construction is used as building material in the form of mud. In such regions, one cannot find a ...
... used in such regions because there are no other building materials in the region. Here one must refer to the question of self-sufficiency in desert regions because all the earth excavated during housing construction is used as building material in the form of mud. In such regions, one cannot find a ...
Portfolio in Viet Nam Page 1 6/30/2014
... Objective until 2020: Increase the share of renewable energies in overall electricity production to 4.5 per cent, resp. 6 per cent until 2030 Design of legal and regulatory framework conditions for wind, bio and PV solar energy Strengthen professional and institutional capacities on local and centra ...
... Objective until 2020: Increase the share of renewable energies in overall electricity production to 4.5 per cent, resp. 6 per cent until 2030 Design of legal and regulatory framework conditions for wind, bio and PV solar energy Strengthen professional and institutional capacities on local and centra ...
If urban regions are the answer, what is the question? Thoughts on
... theoretical debate has its own specificities compared to the North American. In fact, recent academic transatlantic debates share some aspects but differ in others. The common point since the 1990s is the “urban-regional renaissance” or “the current round of globalizationregionalization” (MacLeod, 2 ...
... theoretical debate has its own specificities compared to the North American. In fact, recent academic transatlantic debates share some aspects but differ in others. The common point since the 1990s is the “urban-regional renaissance” or “the current round of globalizationregionalization” (MacLeod, 2 ...
Movements of the Environmentally Symbiotic Housing Theory and
... This includes energy and resource conservation and minimum waste production in various ways and upon various levels. Especially energy and resource consumption of the building construction and operation should be promptly minimized to meet the COP3 requirements. Such activities already have some par ...
... This includes energy and resource conservation and minimum waste production in various ways and upon various levels. Especially energy and resource consumption of the building construction and operation should be promptly minimized to meet the COP3 requirements. Such activities already have some par ...
Contact - Alvin H. Butz, Inc.
... Community Foundation. “We only included those green features that would pay for themselves in ten years or less. Our achievement of LEED Platinum proves that companies can earn the highest level of certification by building smarter – not more expensively.” The Community Foundation’s headquarters and ...
... Community Foundation. “We only included those green features that would pay for themselves in ten years or less. Our achievement of LEED Platinum proves that companies can earn the highest level of certification by building smarter – not more expensively.” The Community Foundation’s headquarters and ...
Who is in charge here? Governance for sustainable development in
... First, there is little doubt that sustainable development represents an ambitious agenda for societal change. To reconcile continued economic and social improvement with the preservation of global ecological systems, will require a dramatic ‘decoupling’ of economic activity from environmental loadin ...
... First, there is little doubt that sustainable development represents an ambitious agenda for societal change. To reconcile continued economic and social improvement with the preservation of global ecological systems, will require a dramatic ‘decoupling’ of economic activity from environmental loadin ...
Carrying Capacity and Sustainability: Waking Malthus Ghost
... The Fraser Institute. [This collection of papers compiled by the Fraser Insitutute (a right-wing think-tank in Vancouver, Canada) is not so much a reconciliation with, as a frontal assault on, the ecological perspective by advocates of sustained economic growth.] Carley, M and Spapens, P. (1998). Sh ...
... The Fraser Institute. [This collection of papers compiled by the Fraser Insitutute (a right-wing think-tank in Vancouver, Canada) is not so much a reconciliation with, as a frontal assault on, the ecological perspective by advocates of sustained economic growth.] Carley, M and Spapens, P. (1998). Sh ...
Manila Megalopolis 2021 and Beyond - People
... areas amidst undeveloped towns and provinces. Ten million people live in Metro Manila, which makes up only 0.21% of the country’s total land area. In the period of 1985–1990, Metro Manila received the highest number of in-migrants at 30.61%. Housing is not recognized as much as a problem of affordab ...
... areas amidst undeveloped towns and provinces. Ten million people live in Metro Manila, which makes up only 0.21% of the country’s total land area. In the period of 1985–1990, Metro Manila received the highest number of in-migrants at 30.61%. Housing is not recognized as much as a problem of affordab ...
EISENMANN EISENMANN through Anaerobic Digestion
... There are several initiatives in place to address the food desert epidemic. On the national level, programs such as Let’s Move, a federal government program working in conjunction with the USDA, is dedicated to solving the challenge of childhood obesity, providing parents with helpful information th ...
... There are several initiatives in place to address the food desert epidemic. On the national level, programs such as Let’s Move, a federal government program working in conjunction with the USDA, is dedicated to solving the challenge of childhood obesity, providing parents with helpful information th ...
Sustainable development in mountain and cold regions
... effective participation of local people is a key to preventing further ecological imbalance. An integrated approach is needed for conserving, upgrading and using the natural resource base of land, water, plant, animal and human resources. In addition, promoting alternative livelihood opportunities, ...
... effective participation of local people is a key to preventing further ecological imbalance. An integrated approach is needed for conserving, upgrading and using the natural resource base of land, water, plant, animal and human resources. In addition, promoting alternative livelihood opportunities, ...