Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design

This volume presents the proceedings of the 9th Cold Climate HVAC conference, which was held in Kiruna, Sweden in 2018.

Reintroducing Materials for Sustainable Design provides instrumental theory and practical guidance to bring materials back into a central role in the design process and education.

This is a book about how to manage the processes involved in a construction project towards a sustainable and regenerative endproduct.

'Michael Zaretsky's Precedents in Zero-Energy Design is such an important book .

Urban biodiversity is an increasingly popular topic among researchers.

The architectural community has had a strong and continuing interest in traditional and vernacular architecture.

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For sustainable architecture to become a reality, the way we design buildings needs to change.

The book provides readers with a clear understanding of infrastructure challenges, how Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) can help, and their use in practice.

The aim of this book is to take the reader by the hand and show them exactly how to carry out various inspection techniques to identify the causes of damp in buildings.

Urbanization and construction are primary drivers of land cover and land use change, climate change and environmental degradation.

American cities are rediscovering the economic and social value of urban manufacturing.

Mandatory Competencies: APC Essentials is the first book in a new series designed to cover what any RICS APC (and AssocRICS) candidate or qualified surveyor needs to know about the mandatory competencies.

This book focusses on a parallel approach that ensures successful acquisitions are strategic and cultural fits, which meet all synergy goals while at the same time optimizing and growing the current business.

Arbitration and Rent Review has become a standard work in the property world for guidance on rent review.

This book presents the select proceedings of Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region (CECAR 9) hosted by the ICE (I) under the aegis of ACECC at Goa, India, from 21-23 September, 2022.

This book provides 101 real-life construction management case studies from an author with over 40 years' experience in the construction industry and as a lecturer in construction management.

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Dieses Buch behandelt Grundlagen der Volkswirtschaftslehre mit Relevanz speziell für die Wohnungs- und Immobilienwirtschaft.

Finance is essential to the real estate project development sector's success.

This book presents a selection of recent research works that provide best practice solutions, case studies and practical advice on the implementation of sustainable construction techniques.

This book explores various digital representation strategies that could change the future of wooden architectures by blending tradition and innovation.

Three broad sectors of the economy are generally recognized as key to a low carbon future: energy, construction and transportation.

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Praise for the previous edition:"e;[A] fascinating book.

This book introduces the UTCI (Universal Thermal Climate Index) and summarizes progress in this area.

Der Swiss Valuation Standard (SVS) ist der von allen relevanten Verbänden und Hochschulen getragene Immobilienbewertungsstandard der Schweiz.

Maintenance Engineering for Buildings: Digital Solutions and Sustainable Practices offers a thorough body of knowledge on organizational frameworks, assessment models, and digital tools to carry out maintenance procedures aimed at keeping edifices and many other assets in the urban landscape not only in good working condition, but also compliant with regulatory safety requirements and environmental standards.

Practical solutions for sustainability In this timely guide, one of the world's leaders in advanced building technology implementation shows architects and engineers proven and practical methods for implementing these technologies in sustainably-designed buildings.

This timely book aims to address a significant challenge in contemporary design and architecture, i.

The essential reference tool for all real estate, property, planning and construction students.

Imaginative design will be a crucial factor in enacting sustainability in people's daily lives.

This book contains selected papers presented at the 9th edition of the official triennial conference of the International Association of Building Physics (IABP), held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 25-27 July, 2024.

Building Surveys has been a trusted guide for both students and professionals for nearly 40 years, evolving throughout its nine editions to address the challenges and responsibilities of the building surveying role.

Community Real Estate Development: A History and How-To for Practitioners, Academics, and Students introduces the fundamentals of affordable housing to aspiring development professionals.

The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Design considers the design, not only of artifacts, but of structures, systems, and interactions in the context of sustaining our shared planet.

This book explores sustainable tourism development and examines the development strategies of different coastal regions in the Nordic region.

Urban biodiversity is an increasingly popular topic among researchers.

This book explores the relationship between pedestrians/cyclists' mode and route choice to/from metro/railway stations and the micro-level (street-scale) built environment in a second-tier city in China.

The effective management of facilities can significantly improve business productivity.

This textbook serves as a guide to real estate students and educators on the various property innovations and digital technologies that continue to shape the property industry.

Architects, development practitioners and designers are working in a global environment and issues such as environmental and cultural sustainability matter more than ever.

Construction in the Landscape describes the impact of construction on the land and landscape where it takes place.

Building for Well-Being is the first introduction to health-focused building standards for design and construction professionals.

This book provides in-depth results and case studies in innovation from actual work undertaken in collaboration with industry partners in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC).

The indispensable guide to solar electricity systems for homeowners, business owners, builders, and students Climate change and limits to fossil fuels compel us to find safer, more economical, and more sustainable ways to meet our needs for electricity.

This book presents the select proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Applications 2024.

The book provides a complete vision about Spanish sustainable renovation of buildings situation at this moment, analysing legal and technological context and opportunities that economic stimulus -by means of direct aids- and the use of BIM methodologies offers a standardization of high scale interventions.

This book discusses in detail the impact of the Internet on the real-estate brokerage industry.