Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design

This book presents a holistic integral sustainable design and planning method embedded in the hypothesis of biophilia, our innate connection to nature, used as a platform to chart a biophilic pattern language framework.

Das Buch beschäftigt sich mit den Massivlehmbauweisen in Europa.

This book gathers peer-reviewed contributions presented at the F-EIR Conference 2021, Environment Concerns and its Remediation, held in Chandigarh, India, on October 18-22, 2021.

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of sustainable territorial development of the Arctic, as presented by international researchers and engineers at the International Scientific Conference Arctic Territorial Development: Challenges & Solutions (ARCTD), held in St.

This book focuses on holistic approaches of applying sustainable practices in all sectors of building, infrastructure, and energy to achieve a best-balanced global energy, building, infrastructure, transportation, and water technology (EBITW) regime.

This book includes selected papers from the International Conference on Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure (ICRDSI-2020) and consists of themes pertaining to geotechnical engineering, transportation engineering, environmental engineering and water resources management.

This monograph offers analyses of construction activities using various key concepts and assessments of sustainable development, and provides students and researchers with methodologies and design aspects for the sustainable development of the built environment.

This book is a collection of extended versions of papers presented at the KES Covid-19 Challenge international summit.

This edited volume is a compilation of peer-reviewed papers of the plenary lectures, keynote lectures, special lectures and young researcher's special lectures delivered at the 1st International Symposium on Construction Resources for Environmentally Sustainable Technologies (CREST 2020) organized by Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

This volume presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development (ICITCSD - 2021), held at the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research and Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, India.

This book develops key messages for city stakeholders: how can cities and properties adapt to this crisis and how can public and private actors help to make cities more resilient in the long run.

This book includes the proceedings of the Mitigating Climate Change 2021 Symposium and Industry Summit (MCC2021), which brings together research from experts in academia, industry, and policy arenas to uncover the challenges, sharpen existing solutions, and formulate cutting-edge means to mitigate climate change.

This volume collects the results from the Politecnico di Milan's award-winning "e;Boa_Ma_Nha, Maputo!

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 1st Congress in Sustainability, Energy and City (CSECity'21) held in Ambato, Ecuador, on June 28-29, 2021, proudly organized by Universidad Tecnologica Indoamerica in collaboration with GDEON.

Dieses Fachbuch – nicht nur für Praktiker – beschäftigt sich mit allen Facetten und Fragestellungen der Anwendung von Building Information Modeling (BIM) im Immobilienbetrieb und Facility Management (FM).

This book offers a unique treatment of building insulating products and the integration of these products with building components.

This book offers an overview of Russian and international experience in developing the concept of future cities and its practical implementation.

The primary aim of this reference volume is to provide an accessible and comprehensive review of current methods used to address resource evaluation and environmental as well as climate issues, and in a manner easily understood by decision-makers and the non-economists interested in environmental policy matters.

This book (The AUN/SEED-Net Joint Regional Conference in Transportation, Energy, and Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering) gathers selected papers submitted to the 14th Regional Conference in Energy Engineering and the 13th Regional Conference in Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering in the fields related to intelligent equipment, automotive engineering, mechanical systems and sustainable manufacturing, renewable energy, heat and mass transfer.

The book presents the proceedings of the 6th EAI International Conference on Management of Manufacturing Systems (MMS 2021), which took place online on October 6, 2021.

Since 2014, and the start of the New-type Urbanization Plan (NUP), we see a turning point in the sustainability agenda of China.

This book highlights advances in the fields of civil engineering and construction industry with a particular focus on Structural Engineering and Construction Management.

This book explains the challenges and barriers of island energy systems in the European Union.

The book provides new perspectives from leading researchers accentuating and examining the central role of the built environment in conceiving and implementing multifaceted solutions for the complex challenges of our understanding of planetary resources and circularity, revealing critical potentials for architecture and design to contribute in more informed and long-term ways to the urgent transition of our society.

Umfangreicher Ratgeber über die Rechte und Pflichten bei WohnungseigentumIn Deutschland gibt es über 10 Millionen Wohnungseigentümer, die entweder selbst ihre Eigentumswohnung bewohnen oder diese Wohnung vermieten.

Sustainable engineering is of great importance for resilient and agile technology and society.

Sustainable engineering is of great importance for resilient and agile technology and society.

Mediante un diseño responsable centrado en las personas y orientado hacia valores de carácter social, el diseño para la innovación social ha dado lugar a la configuración de sólidas plataformas de emprendimiento para cientos de diseñadores profesionales, que reclaman un lugar en los sectores productivos de la ciudad y el reconocimiento de nuevas prácticas colectivas de diseño como una alternativa válida de participación social y desarrollo económico.

This book is about how to make the method of morphological regionalization, proposed in the early 1960s, more useful and practicable for planning, urban design and architecture.

This book contains a selection of the best papers presented at the Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM) conference, held in June 2023 at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.

Das Buch beschreibt die Herangehensweise an die Entsorgung- und den Rückbau im Einzelhandel unter vorrangig ökologischen Gesichtspunkten.

FABRIC[ated] examines fabric as a catalyst for innovation, reflection, change and transformation in architecture.

FABRIC[ated] examines fabric as a catalyst for innovation, reflection, change and transformation in architecture.

The most productive way to engage society as a whole with issues of sustainability is to involve them in the development and execution of the solutions.

The most productive way to engage society as a whole with issues of sustainability is to involve them in the development and execution of the solutions.

This book analyses international Green Infrastructure (GI) planning and design strategies.

This book first describes fundamental knowledge on human thermal comfort, adaptive thermal comfort, thermal comfort in sleeping environments, modeling of human thermal comfort, and thermal comfort assessment using human trials.

Biodesign in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Deep Green investigates the potential of nature-based technology for shaping the evolution of contemporary architecture and design.

Biodesign in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Deep Green investigates the potential of nature-based technology for shaping the evolution of contemporary architecture and design.

This is the first book focused on City Information Modelling (CIM) that puts together a collection of recent studies related to concepts and trends in CIM, application and digitization processes/methods, and frameworks and practices of CIM.

This is the first book focused on City Information Modelling (CIM) that puts together a collection of recent studies related to concepts and trends in CIM, application and digitization processes/methods, and frameworks and practices of CIM.

"e;A sharp-tongued spokesman for Japan's environment and traditions"e; The New York TimesIn Alex Kerr's critically acclaimed Lost Japan and Dogs and Demons, he documented the decline of the traditional landscapes of Japan, his adopted home of many years.

This book analyses international Green Infrastructure (GI) planning and design strategies.

Sustainable Business: Key Issues is the first comprehensive introductory-level textbook to address the interface between environmental challenges and business solutions to provide an overview of the basic concepts of sustainability, sustainable business, and business ethics.

Sustainability has become a driver of innovation in the built environment, but the affordability of sustainable building remains a significant challenge.

This book seeks to provide an alternative post-Western perspective to the history of contemporary architecture.

La presente edición es un compendio muy valioso que reúne ejemplos destacados para innovar el concepto de vivienda sustentable de interés social en México y que contribuye a alimentar el debate para transformar la inercia del modelo fallido de vivienda, que todavía hace estragos en la periferia de nuestras ciudades y que condena a millones de familias a vivir en condiciones indignas.

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is recognized as a crucial signaling molecule that mediates physiological and biochemical processes in plants, regulating various development and stress responses.