This edited volume covers theoretical and practical aspects of circular economy in building development, offering chapters dealing with topics such as material design, affordability of housing development, waste management and recycling, smart metering, and more.
Autonomous manufacturing and cyber-physical systems are key enabling technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR4) which are currently being incorporated into the building design and construction industries.
Cognitive mathematics provides insights into how mathematics works inside the brain and how it is interconnected with other faculties through so-called blending and other associative processes.
Der Bau von Hochhäusern ist oft von emotionalen Diskussionen begleitet: Der Gebäudetyp wird einerseits als Lösung für die aktuellen Herausforderungen an die Städte gesehen, anderseits als ästhetische Unmöglichkeit oder Ausdruck einer unerwünschten Gentrifizierung.
The return of the housing issue, stemming from the problems of housing costs, immigration, and segregation, has met with great resonance among the wider public.
Teniendo en cuenta que la industria de la construcción consume alrededor del 50% de los recursos naturales mundiales, situación que la convierte en la actividad del hombre menos sostenible del planeta, resulta necesario para el arquitecto, en tanto diseñador del hábitat, pensar en un cambio paradigmático hacia el desarrollo sustentable, a fin de asegurar la satisfacción de las necesidades del hombre, no solo actuales, sino también de las generaciones futuras.
'As we move towards the 2016 zero carbon target in house building, Passivhaus construction looks like becoming not just popular in the UK, but commonplace.
Now in its second edition, Sustainable Materials shows how we can greatly reduce the amount of material demanded and used in manufacturing, while still meeting everyone's needs.
Redesigning the Unremarkable is a timely and necessary reminder that the often neglected elements and spaces of our built environment - from trash bins, seats, stairways, and fences to streets, bikeways, underpasses, parking lots, and shopping centres - must be thoughtfully redesigned to enhance human and planetary health.
Redesigning the Unremarkable is a timely and necessary reminder that the often neglected elements and spaces of our built environment - from trash bins, seats, stairways, and fences to streets, bikeways, underpasses, parking lots, and shopping centres - must be thoughtfully redesigned to enhance human and planetary health.
Diese Forschungsarbeit setzt sich mit dem Einfluss der Corona-Pandemie auf die Einstellungen der Coworker am Beispiel der Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar auseinander.
Essential reading for researchers, practitioners, and engineers, this book covers not only all the important aspects in the field of corrosion of steel reinforced concrete but also discusses new topics and future trends.
The Organizer's Guide to Architecture Education serves as a timely call-to-action for transforming architecture education to meet the monumental environmental and social challenges of our time.
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In Building Materials, Health and Indoor Air Quality: Volume 2 Tom Woolley uses new research to continue to advocate for limiting the use of hazardous materials in construction and raise awareness of the links between pollutants found in building materials, poor indoor air quality and health problems.
En el presente libro se hace un amplio repaso sobre los rasgos ambientales y caracteristicas espaciales de los ambientes educativos y su influencia en el comportamiento de los estudiantes, al poner en el centro al alumno y al prestar atencion tanto a los elementos relacionados con el aprendizaje de procesos cognoscitivos como de la socializacion.
This book highlights the vulnerability of healthcare buildings in the context of climate change-triggered extreme weather events (EWEs) and the case for mitigation.
This book highlights the vulnerability of healthcare buildings in the context of climate change-triggered extreme weather events (EWEs) and the case for mitigation.
The book presents the proceedings of the 7th EAI International Conference on Management of Manufacturing Systems (MMS 2022), which took place in Krynica-Zdroj, Poland, 05-07 October 2022.
This book presents articles from The 17th East Asian-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction, 2022, organized by National University of Singapore.
This book includes peer-reviewed articles from the 7th International Conference on Geotechnics, Civil Engineering and Structures (CIGOS 2024) held on April 4-5 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Autonomous manufacturing and cyber-physical systems are key enabling technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR4) which are currently being incorporated into the building design and construction industries.
***Winner of Architectural Guide of the Year at the Architectural Book Awards 2024***The Deck Access Housing Design Guide is the first practical design guide to deck access housing.
The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook gathers the best sustainability practices and latest research from the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, planning, development, ecology, and environmental engineering and presents them in a graphically rich and accessible format that can help guide urban design decisions in cities of all sizes.
This book describes results of research conducted with the goal of providing a framework, selected tools, and guidelines to significantly reduce energy use (by more than 50%) in government and public buildings.
