Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design

Landscape architecture is one of the key professions dedicated to making cities hospitable and healthy places to live, work and play, while respecting and enhancing the natural environments and landscapes we inhabit.

Physicians are increasingly moving into leadership roles and possess enormous potential to advance health care.

This book deals with Invitations to Tender (ITTs) for the provision of Facility Management (FM) services.

This book gathers a selection of papers presented at the 6th International Scientific Conference "e;Environmental Challenges in Civil Engineering"e;, ECCE 2024, held on April 22-24, 2024, in Opole, Poland.

Finding solutions to indoor air quality problems is often a complex, multifaceted endeavor.

This book examines energy efficiency in the Australian built environment and presents current developments with a particular focus on the temperate setting of Victoria state.

This new edition of Reporting for Buyers provides guidance for the surveyor on setting out the findings of the inspection in a clear, unambiguous and unequivocal way.

Architecture must adapt to protect people from the threat of climate change.

This book presents the select proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Applications 2023.

Real estate activity across national boundaries (investment, development and asset management) is firmly established as a major component of global economic activity.

With the increased interest in climate impacts, sustainability, and efficiency, more responsibility is being placed on boiler operators to help improve performance and reduce emissions.

This third edition of Green Buildings Pay presents new evidence and new arguments concerning the institutional and business case that can be made for green design.

This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure: Innovations, Challenges and Opportunities 2023 (SIIOC 2023).

The book develops a practical understanding of the fundamental scientific principles and logic underlying the art of turf pitch preparation, measuring, analysing, and interpreting pitch surface behaviour.

This book highlights selected papers presented during the bi-annual World Renewable Energy Network's 2019 Med Green Forum.

Recently there has been a plethora of work published on the topic of sustainability, much of which is purely theoretical or technical in its approach.

Design, Ecology, Politics links social and ecological theory to design theory and practice, critiquing the ways in which the design industry perpetuates unsustainable development.

This book brings to light a diverse range of innovative architectural design studio methodologies formulated to educate future graduates to combat the climate crisis through carbon neutral design.

The speed and scale of urbanisation in India is unprecedented almost anywhere in the world and has tremendous global implications.

Since the 1980s the "e;institutional"e; lease has undergone a dramatic transformation.

Introduction to Security, Seventh Edition, presents the latest in security issues from security equipment and design theory to security management practice.

This book presents the concept of healthcare facilities management performance measurement (HCFMPM) using Ghana as a case study.

The 12th edition of Chudley and Greeno's Building Construction Handbook remains THE authoritative reference for all construction students and professionals.

Every movement has its bellweathers, the ideas that lead the way and rally its adherents towards a set of shared values and visions.

The book presents the proceedings of the 8th EAI International Conference on Management of Manufacturing Systems (MMS 2023), which took place October 24-26, 2023 in Bratislava, Slovakia.

This book offers the basics of embodied and operational carbon while discussing the inclusion of carbon emission in the GBRS at global and national level.

This book describes how comfort, energy and climate change in developing countries and vulnerable sectors of the population relate to buildings.

This book provides a simple, easily followed process for auditing building operations to identify and reduce energy consumption that leads to measurable carbon reduction.

Facilities management continues to expand and develop in terms of the volume and diversity of commercial activity, with a significant influence upon organisational success and goal achievement.

Building and Facilities Maintenance Management: An Innovative Operational Approach is a new introductory textbook aimed at students who are studying building maintenance and asset management for the first time as part of their undergraduate or foundation course.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of China's housing system and real-estate industry .

With rapid changes in procurement processes and increasing pressure for improvement, cohesion and efficiency, practitioners need to be aware of industry-wide generally acknowledged best practice.

Life Cycle Assessment addresses the dynamic and dialectic of building and ecology, presenting the key theories and techniques surrounding the use of life cycle assessment data and methods.

This book investigates the factors that lead to slip and fall incidents and establishes a relationship between the coefficient of friction (COF), floor slipperiness and floor roughness.

This book reviews air pollution, discussing its far-reaching impacts and presenting sustainable strategies to effectively address and mitigate these challenges.

A practical look at extending the value of Building Information Modeling (BIM) into facility management from the world's largest international association for professional facility managers Building owners and facility managers are discovering that Building Information Modeling (BIM) models of buildings are deep reservoirs of information that can provide valuable spatial and mechanical details on every aspect of a property.

Would your routine office fire drill be able to handle the large-scale chaos of a major disaster?

Die verbreitete Meinung, dass der Immobilienmarkt eine solide Investition ist, kann heute nicht mehr garantiert werden.

Back to the Future explores new urbanism and urban revitalization within the context of public policy trends such as regional governance and the role of nonprofits.

This book gathers a selection of papers presented at the 6th International Scientific Conference "e;Environmental Challenges in Civil Engineering"e;, ECCE 2024, held on April 22-24, 2024, in Opole, Poland.

The book collects the latest research and thinking from international experts on green computing and the smart city.

In today's dynamic and competitive business environment, industries face numerous challenges related to process optimization, energy consumption, and technological advancements.

The Designing Environments book series addresses questions regarding necessary environmental transformation in the context of the fast-unfolding environmental crisis.

In this book, experts discuss how German real estate values have remained stable throughout the financial crisis, even though transaction volumes have been very volatile since 2005.

Heat your home with 80% less wood while eliminating smoke, ash, and constant fire-tending.