Sustainable architecture and design Books
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Parametric Experiments in Architecture: A
Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive overview of the use of bamboo in the building industry. It systematically demonstrates bamboo’s utility in terms of its properties, describing the material properties of typical industrial bamboo products, and discussing their performance evaluation and optimization as building components and in the creation of building envelopes. The book presents the recent developments regarding the innovative ways to design and represent architecture through parametric survey tools, and describes the experimental geometrical-generative design process of a connection joint for free-form lightweight structures employing beams made of bamboo culms. It examines algorithmic-generative design themes, through processes of optimization, analysis, and geometrical-spatial verification, employing the potential of digital form-finding design and digital manufacturing techniques to validate the defined technological solution. This book appeals to scientists and professionals and is a valuable resource for civil engineers, designers and students interested in this unique plant material and its application in the building industry. Videos via app: download the SN More Media app for free, scan an image or a link with play button and access the videos directly on your smartphone or tablet.Table of ContentsAlgorithmic-generative Architecture.- Bamboo as building material.- Algorithmic modelling and prototyping of a joint for reticular space structures.- Structural patterns for free-form surfaces.- Different possibilities of experimentation Design.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Exergy Analysis of the Air Handling Unit at
Book SynopsisThis book explore how exergy analysis can be an important tool for assessing the sustainability of buildings.Building's account or around 40 percent of total energy conditions depending on local climatic conditions. Due to its nature, exergy analysis should become a valuable tool for the assessment of building sustainability, first of all considering their scope and the dependence of their energy demands on the local environmental and climatic conditions.Nonetheless, methodological bottlenecks do exist and a solution to some of them is proposed in this monograph. First and foremost, there is the still-missing thermodynamically viable method to apply the variable reference environment temperature in exergy analysis. The monograph demonstrates that a correct approach to the directions of heat exergy flows, when the reference temperature is considered variable, allows reflecting the specifics of energy transformation processes in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems in a thermodynamically viable way. The outcome of the case analysis, which involved coordinated application of methodologies based on the Carnot factor and coenthalpies, was exergy analysis indicators – exergy efficiency and exergy destroyed – obtained for air handling units and their components. These methods can be used for the purposes of analysing and improving building technical systems that, as a rule, operate at a variable environment temperature. Exergy analysis becomes more reliable in designing dynamic models of such systems and their exergy-based control algorithms. This would improve the possibility to deploy them in building information modelling (BIM) technologies and the application of life cycle analysis (LCA) principles in designing buildings, thus improving the quality of the decision-making process. Furthermore, this would benefit other systems where variable reference environment plays a key role.This book is relevant to academics, students and researchers in the field of thermodynamic analysis considering HVAC equipment, building energy systems, energy efficiency, sustainable development of technical systems of energy, mechanics, and construction, as well as preservation of natural resources. Planners, designers, engineers of HVAC equipment, building energy systems, and developers of appropriate simulation tools (e.g., BIM) will also find it of use.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Theoretical bases of exergy analysis with variable reference temperature.- Heat recovery exchanger of air handling unit.- Air handling unit heat pump operation modes.- Comparative exergy analysis of air handling unit cases.- Seasonal exergy efficiency of an air handling unit.
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Springer International Publishing AG Handbook of Retrofitting High Density Residential
Book SynopsisThis book investigates energy use and measures to improve the energy efficiency of public housing, using post-war social housing development estates in Cyprus as its example. On this Mediterranean island, which experiences hot and humid temperatures throughout the year, residential buildings need to adapt to the climate to improve the thermal comfort of their occupants. The book assesses the domestic energy use of inefficiently built residential tower blocks and their occupants’ thermal comfort by considering the significant impact of overheating risks on energy consumption and occupants’ thermal comfort and well-being, with the intention of evaluating the current energy performance of base-case representative residential tower blocks (RTBs). In particular, considering the cooling energy demand in the summer, using Famagusta, Cyprus as a case study. It seeks to identify the impact of occupancy patterns and habitual adaptive behaviour of households on home energy performance in order to provide bases for the information needed to calibrate building energy performance of targeted households. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Energy efficiency directives and policy aspirations in retrofit interventions.- Chapter 3. Methods and Tools.- Chapter 4. The significance of occupancy patterns and household habitual adaptive behaviour on home energy performance.- Chapter 5. A field study investigation to assess on households’ thermal discomfort and overheating risk of buildings.- Chapter 6. A field study investigation on the regression forecasting “neutral” adaptive thermal comfort.- Chapter 7. A Developing a novel methodology to calibrate building energy performance of social housing estates – Building diagnostics, energy audit and energy forecasting.- Chapter 8. A novel methodological framework for building optimization of social housing estate – Policy design and life cycle cost impact analysis of retrofit strategies.- Chapter 9. Developing an evidence-based energy policy framework to asset robust energy performance evaluation and certification schemes.- Chapter 10. Conclusions and future recommendations.
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Springer International Publishing AG Assessing Sustainability and Organizational
Book SynopsisThis book offers the first comprehensive report on the topic of organizational innovation and sustainability of urban regeneration from the public manager's perspective. Starting from a rich set of case studies on urban regeneration from the region of Apulia, in Italy, it develops a framework for measuring their sustainability performance. It proposes the use of indicators related to different aspects of the urban regeneration process, including the participations of stakeholders; land use and buildings; economy and jobs; transportation; environmental pollution; energy use; waste management; as well as open spaces and wildlife. This book offers extensive information to graduate students and researchers, and to authorities, developers, investors and stakeholders alike, involved in the design, planning and management, and sustainable development of urban spaces. It is expected to foster a better understanding of the level of organizational innovation and sustainability of urban regeneration projects and the role of governing bodies in their implementation.Table of ContentsUrban regeneration and sustainability.- Area-based urban regeneration.- Culture as driver of urban regeneration: the role of organisational aesthetics from design to social innovation model.- The determinants of sustainability of urban regeneration. An empirical analysis in the Apulian context.
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Springer International Publishing AG Assessing Sustainability and Organizational Innovation of Urban Regeneration Projects: Best Practices and Guidelines from the Apulia Region
Book SynopsisThis book offers the first comprehensive report on the topic of organizational innovation and sustainability of urban regeneration from the public manager's perspective. Starting from a rich set of case studies on urban regeneration from the region of Apulia, in Italy, it develops a framework for measuring their sustainability performance. It proposes the use of indicators related to different aspects of the urban regeneration process, including the participations of stakeholders; land use and buildings; economy and jobs; transportation; environmental pollution; energy use; waste management; as well as open spaces and wildlife. This book offers extensive information to graduate students and researchers, and to authorities, developers, investors and stakeholders alike, involved in the design, planning and management, and sustainable development of urban spaces. It is expected to foster a better understanding of the level of organizational innovation and sustainability of urban regeneration projects and the role of governing bodies in their implementation.Table of ContentsUrban regeneration and sustainability.- Area-based urban regeneration.- Culture as driver of urban regeneration: the role of organisational aesthetics from design to social innovation model.- The determinants of sustainability of urban regeneration. An empirical analysis in the Apulian context.
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Springer International Publishing AG Community Regeneration Masterplan: The Five
Book SynopsisThis book reports on a large research project on community regeneration, which integrated the spatial, social, economic and organizational factors with the dimensions of sustainability, resilience and participation. Upon providing a detailed review on concepts of community and urban regeneration, it analyses a set of successful case studies from 30 European cities, which were selected by the authors from different rankings and awards. Fifty-seven key performance indicators and the results of self-assessment questionnaires are here introduced to allow a comparative study of best practices and eventually to outline 20 guidelines and 100 strategic actions for future community regeneration projects. All in all, this book offers extensive information and a source of inspiration for urban planners, economists, sociologists, public administrators, stakeholders and all those involved in the development and management of sustainable cities.Table of ContentsDesigning the regeneration of urban communities.- Sustainable Urban Regeneration: a literature review.- The research Design: the definition of the Key Performance Indicators and the choice of the analysis sample.
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Springer International Publishing AG The Sustainable Digital City
Book SynopsisThis book explores the rise of technology-centered urban planning and the diffusion of these practices around the world. Each aspect is explored in its own chapter that combines narrative description, illustrations, and case studies to show how technology currently shapes our cities and how this may impact the urban environments.
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Springer International Publishing AG Indirect Dew-Point Evaporative Cooling: Principles and Applications
Book SynopsisThis book systematically discusses state-of-the-art dew-point evaporative cooling and provides key insights into current research efforts and future research interests. Novel energy-efficient and environment-friendly cooling technologies are essential to reduce the sharply rising energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions and achieve carbon neutrality. Conventional air-conditioners which adopt a vapor compression cycle are neither energy-efficient nor sustainable due to the use of compressors and chemical refrigerants, as well as their intrinsic coupling of sensible and latent cooling loads. With the merits of high energy efficiency and the ability to decouple cooling loads without using chemical refrigerants, indirect dew-point evaporative cooling provides an ideal alternative solution to air conditioning in a variety of applications. A comprehensive review of evaporative cooling and their underlying engineering challenges is included. Advanced engineering and modeling experience critical to the development of dew-point evaporative coolers are highlighted. The effective analysis techniques for dew-point evaporative coolers are documented, and their intrinsic characteristics captured by these methods are reported. Lastly, advanced dew-point evaporative cooling systems in various energy-connected applications are discussed by providing multiple case studies. Specifically targeted at HVAC engineers, thermal scientists, and energy-engineering researchers, this book will balance fundamental concepts, industrial applications, and leading-edge research. As this book provides readers with depth and breadth of coverage, it can also be used by graduate-level students in relevant fields.Table of ContentsState-of-the-art air conditioning technologies.- Fundamental principles of evaporative cooling.- Engineering of dew-point evaporative coolers.- Modelling of dew-point evaporative coolers.- Fundamental analysis of dew-point evaporative cooler.- Applications of dew-point evaporative cooling systems.
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Springer International Publishing AG Intelligence for Future Cities: Planning Through
Book SynopsisThis 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. Major themes of this book are smart cities, urban big data, and shared mobility. This book also contains chapters with cutting-edge research on urban modeling, walkability and bikeability analysis, and planning support systems (PSS).Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Part 1: Digital cities.- Hybrid smartness: Seeking a balance between top-down and bottom-up smart city approaches.- Interpreting the smart city through topic modelling.- The venue code: digital surveillance, spatial (re)organization, and infrastructural power during the COVID pandemic in China.- The platformization of public participation: Considerations for urban planners navigating new engagement tools.- Part 2: Mobility futures.- Shared micro-mobility: A panacea or a patch for our urban transport problems?- Understanding bikeability: Insight into the cycling–city relationship using massive dockless bike-sharing records in Beijing.- Disclosing the impact of micro-level environmental characteristics on dockless bikeshare trip volume: A case study of Ithaca.- A planning support system for boosting bikeability in Seoul.- Integrating big data and a travel survey to understand the gender gap in ride-hailing usage: evidence from Chengdu, China.- Urban airspace route planning for advanced air mobility operations.- Part 3: Fine-scale urban analysis.- “Eyes on the Street”: Estimating natural surveillance along Amsterdam’s city streets using street-level imagery.- Automatic evaluation of street-level walkability based on computer vision techniques and urban big data: A case study of Kowloon West, Hong Kong.- Promoting sustainable travel through a web-based tourism support system.- Applying the Aurin walkability index at the metropolitan and local levels by sex and age in Australia.- Predicting urban heat island mitigation with random forest regression in Belgian cities.- A framework to probe the uncertainties in urban cellular automata modeling with multilevel density for the Wallonia region, Belgium.
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Springer International Publishing AG Teaching Innovation in Architecture and Building
Book SynopsisThis book presents contributions on teaching innovation in university architecture and building engineering studies. The chapters of the book represent an advance in the current knowledge of teaching innovation techniques in university architecture and building engineering studies.
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Springer Green IoT and AI for Sustainable Development of
Book SynopsisChapter 1: Components and Requirements for Digital Infrastructure of Smart Cities.- Chapter 2: Green Internet of Things (G-IoT) for Sustainable Cities.- Chapter 3: The Future of AI with Smart Cities.- Chapter 4: 5G Networks and Smart Cities.- Chapter 5: Case Studies on Sustainable and Smart Cities.
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Springer Naturepositive Cities Adaptive Spatial Planning in Italy for an Ecological Urban Transition
Book SynopsisAligning Urban Greening Policies with the EU Nature Restoration Regulation: Gaps and Prospects in Italy.- The influence of the urban environment on biodiversity: from a systematic literature review to spatial planning integration in Italy.- Nexus between ecosystem services provision and socio-economic variables: a pathway for equitable planning.- Living in harmony with nature? Climate, biodiversity and planning futures.- Ecological connectivity guides spatial planning.
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Springer Building Digital Twins
Book SynopsisDesign Wire Engineer Leverage and Transfer (DWELT) framework for building level Digital Twins.- Evaluating the interoperability of TEASER and AixLib for building digital twins within Modelon Impact Environment A Case Study.- A Digital Twins model based on IFC open BIM models managed on Web platforms.- Overview of the Use of AI in Buildings Sustainability Assessment.- Urban Digital Twin Data Requirements and Reference Architecture for Green Spaces and Ecosystems.- Towards true networked Urban Digital Twins a Development Agenda.
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Lars Muller Publishers Future Cities Laboratory: Indicia 01
Book SynopsisThis book, the rst in a planned series, reports on the Future Cities Laboratory and its ambitious mission to shape sustainable future cities through science, by design, in place. It offers a global perspective on cities from the vantage point of Asia, where the laboratory is based. This view has particular signi cance today as the fortunes of Asia, the world's most populous and rapidly urbanising continent, will also delineate the prospects of the planet.The series as a whole will assemble the necessary indicia-indications, clues, evidence-on how cities grow and ourish, produce and innovate, consume and waste, threaten and destroy, to form practical strategies for future city making. The rst volume in the series focuses on the challenges that future cities pose to sustainability. The second will concentrate on the innovative approaches necessary for addressing those challenges. The third will present concrete scenarios and action plans that emerge from such approaches.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Zirkuläre Bauwirtschaft: Strategien und Best
Book SynopsisDieses Essential fasst prägnant zusammen, warum die Prinzipien der Kreislaufwirtschaft für die Bauwirtschaft im Kontext von Klimawandel und zunehmender Ressourcenknappheit unabdingbar sind. Es gibt Einblicke in Umsetzungsstrategien und Projektbeispiele, beleuchtet die elementaren Methoden zur Messbarkeit von sektorspezifischen CO2-Emissionen und wirft einen systemischen Blick auf die Wertschöpfungskette Bau sowie die Implikationen, Potenziale und Risiken der Umsetzung.Table of ContentsZirkuläre Bauwirtschaft.- Die Prinzipien der Kreislaufwirtschaft.- Strategien für die Umsetzung.- Systemischer Blick.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Digitale Simulation im Entwurf
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Instituto Monsa de Ediciones Green Social Housing
Book SynopsisGreen Social Housing explores the ideas, inspirations and factors that need to be taken into account in order to achieve new and advanced typologies of ecological and bioclimatic social housing - ones which are able to meet the needs of their occupants, are designed to be perfectly integrated in the urban and social structure of their locations, and which can evolve with the needs of their occupants and environment.Featuring full-colour photography and detailed architectural plans and drawings, along with informative texts, this is an essential resource for architects and designer looking for ideas and inspiration for their next environmentally friendly social housing project.
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Instituto Monsa de Ediciones Tiny Mobile Homes
Book SynopsisMore and more people prefer the simplicity of a small mobile home to enjoy nature instead of a conventional house. It s about swapping luxury for freedom. All of the houses featured in Small Mobile Homes are built on a trailer, meaning that not only are they more of a complete home than a caravan, they can also be transported to their owners ideal location. Featuring superb full-colour photography and architectural illustrations, this is a must have resource for anyone considering creating their own, mobile slice of life.
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Instituto Monsa de Ediciones Tiny Cabins & Treehouses
Book SynopsisThe idea of having a home that is not only sustainably built, but also respectful of the environment in which it is situated is becoming more and more popular. Over the last decade or so, architects from around the world have been pushing the boundaries of design and materials to create ever more innovative homes homes that are filled with new ecological solutions and with a low impact on their environment. This superbly illustrated book showcases a truly new concept of housing and some of the most original and avant-garde pieces of contemporary architecture.
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Promopress Architecture in Context: Contemporary Design
Book SynopsisArchitecture in Context analyzes the work of contemporary international architects through the presentation of projects that exemplify their architectural vision and their connection with the spaces with which they work. It explains how the interaction between architecture and landscape is a pivotal aspect, and it describes the design strategies that architects use to insert buildings into the landscape with minimal environmental impact. At the center of designers' work, we find an attention to the identity of the place and the environment, consideration of cultural and social values, and observation of the intrinsic characteristics of the local site and materials. Presenting projects of different scales and sizes, from airports to museums, schools, private houses, public buildings, hotels, and industrial sites, this volume offers up a wide array of the most significant architectural projects by the most respected contemporary architects around the world. Projects: Azerbaijan: Autoban, Heydar Aliyev International Airport (Baku). China: Li Xiaodong Atelier, Liyuan Library (Beijing). Chile: Cazu Zegers Arquitectura, Tierra Patagonia Hotel (Torres del Paine); Rodrigo Duque Motta, Elqui Domos Astronomical Hotel (Pisco Elqui, Paihuano). Colombia: El Equipo Mazzanti, Parque Biblioteca Espana (Medellin). Denmark: 3XN, Frederiksberg Courthouse (Copenhagen). France: 5+1AA Alfonso Femia Gianluca Peluffo, Renovation of Les Docks (Marseille). Italy: Diverserighestudio, Opificio Golinelli (Bologna); Pietro Carlo Pellegrini Architetto, Secondary School (Riccione); MCA Mario Cucinella Architects, Municipal Nursery School (Guastalla); Enzo Eusebi + Partners, Salpi Plant (Preci). Portugal: ANDRE, Casa do Vigario (Paredes). Senegal: Toshiko Mori Architect, Thread Artist Residency and Cultural Center (Sinthian). South Africa: Peter Rich Architects, Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre (Limpopo). The Netherlands: Neutelings Riedijk Architects, Rozet Cultural Center (Arnhem). UK: Steven Holl Architects, Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art (Glasgow). USA: Diller Scofidio + Renfro, The Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center (New York); Michael Maltzan Architecture, Star Apartments (Los Angeles); Thomas Phifer and Partners, Corning Museum of Glass Extension (Corning).
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Instituto Monsa de Ediciones Off Grid
Book SynopsisInterest in living off the grid, i.e. self-sufficiently without relying on public services such as the municipal water supply, electricity, or local sewage and gas systems, has come on the scene as a greener, cheaper, and more independent way of life. Homes that are off-grid generally allow for a smaller carbon footprint, and a sense of freedom and self-sufficiency. Living Off-Grid sets you free from depending on a company, either using solar panels, wind turbines, a micro water system, or a combination of these technologies. Other times, an Off-Grid system can work as an energy backup or be complemented by the grid when renewable technologies cannot produce all the energy needed. We have gathered different examples of nature-powered homes, which are partially or completely off-grid, to focus on the importance of these homes, which put sustainability first. AUTHOR: Anna Minguet is a creative based in Barcelona.
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Instituto Monsa de Ediciones Off Grid House Plans
Book SynopsisOff-Grid House Plans has more than 250 floor plans, sections, sketches, and elevations, as well as all the construction details in all projects. An Off-Grid system allows you to live without using a utility company, generating your own energy. A well designed system also has numerous environmental advantages, that help you to reduce your carbon footprint, providing cleaner, more sustainable energy. In the long-term it is financially viable, and also teaches us how to consume energy responsibly. These off-grid homes, which run on solar, wind, or hydro power, are just a few examples of how people are leaving the city behind for a life in the country in contact with nature. AUTHOR: Anna Minguet is a creative based in Barcelona.
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Instituto Monsa de Ediciones New Shelters: Sustainable Buildings Systems
Book SynopsisDiscover the art and practicalities of sustainable architecture and bio-construction. Living near a green or natural area is a significant benefit to promoting good mental health. Green spaces are thought to lower stress levels, reduce depression and anxiety and improve general well-being. Throughout this book, you will understand how good architecture is considered to be that which blends in perfectly with the surrounding area. Nature can be integrated into architecture indirectly with environmentally friendly elements. For example, there is the option of constructing buildings with vertical gardens that integrate this green habitat into the structure itself, whether it is a façade, roof, etc. and of including natural elements inside the building. When architecture is in tune with the location, it seeks to respect the landscape, limiting the footprint of its intervention, camouflaging its presence or building with local materials. Topics include: . Blending architecture with landscapes . Respecting the land . Producing controlled environments . Details on unfolded axonometric . Inspirations from baroque and mysticism . Incorporating multi-sensual experiences Indeed, today's buildings and cities endeavour to appreciate their surroundings, uniting the environment with architecture. This union sometimes goes beyond admiring the natural beauty surrounding them; the intention is to establish a dialogue and consider the space as just another architectural element. This practice seeks to transform the mechanisms of conventional architecture using materials focused on sustainability. AUTHOR: Anna Minguet is a creative based in Barcelona. She helps with the production department of Monsa Publishing House, preparing layouts and organizing the editorial schedule.
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New India Publishing Agency Utilization of Agricultural Waste for The
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New India Publishing Agency Ethnobotany for Foresters
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Dense and Green Building Typologies: Research,
Book SynopsisIn this book, academics, policy makers, developers, architects and landscape architects provide a systematic review of the environmental, social, economic and design benefits of dense and green building types in high-density urban contexts and discuss how these can support higher population densities, higher standards of environmental sustainability and enhanced live ability in future cities.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Creating Liveable Density through a Synthesis of Planning, Design and Greenery.- Building a City in Nature.- From Garden City to City in a Garden and Beyond.- Greenery in Commercial Buildings – Enhancing Returns for Investors?.- Green Buildings and the Homebuyers.- Emulating Ecosystems Ability to Provide Ecosystem Services in the Built Environment.- Biophilic Architecture to Biophilic Cities.- Prototypology and the 21st Century City.- The Role of Ecosystem Services in Making Cities Sustainable.- RGB: Red Blue Green Model as the “Lightness” of Being.- Taking Urban Greening to a Higher Level.- MPKL’s Investigation.- Punggol Waterway Terraces.- Green Architecture: Landscape Topology and Context.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Dense and Green Building Typologies: Design
Book SynopsisIn this book, leading architects and landscape architects provide their perspectives on the design of dense and green building types in high-density urban contexts that can support higher population densities, higher standards of environmental sustainability and enhanced liveability in future cities.Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1 Dense and green: definitions CHAPTER 2 The evolution of dense and green in Singapore CHAPTER 3 Dense and green policies URA Landscape Replacement Area (LRA) NParks LEAF BCA Green Mark CHAPTER 4 Dense and green planning processes CHAPTER 5 Dense and green design processes CHAPTER 6 Dense and green buildings CHAPTER 7 Types of greenery CHAPTER 8 Technical aspects and maintenance CHAPTER 9 Dense and green challenges CHAPTER 10 Dense and green benefits Environmental parameters Thermal comfort Solar shading Daylight glare control Mitigation of urban heat island effects Air particles Air pollutants Noise pollution Biodiversity CHAPTER 11 Integration of dense and green within other land uses Hotels Hospitals Office buildings Public housing Private housing Institutional buildings Retail buildings CHAPTER 12 Dense and green post-occupancy studies CHAPTER 13 Dense and green impact on neighbourhoods and parks CHAPTER 14 Dense and green impact on biodiversity CHAPTER 15 Dense and green impact on urban density CHAPTER 16 The future of dense and green
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Recent Advances in Mechanical Infrastructure:
Book SynopsisThe book presents latest research-based innovations in the field of mechanical infrastructure presented in the International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Infrastructure (ICRAM 2021). The broad research topics presented in this book are recent advances in thermal infrastructure: This includes aerodynamics, renewable energy, computational fluid dynamics, carbon dioxide capture and sequestration, energy and thermo-fluids, fluid dynamics, fuels and combustion, heat and mass transfer, internal combustion engine, and refrigeration and air conditioning. Recent advances in manufacturing infrastructure includes green manufacturing, instrumentation and control, material characterization, manufacturing techniques, rapid prototyping, polymers, and composites. Recent advances in infrastructure planning and design includes applied mechanics, bio-mechanics, computer-aided engineering design, finite element analysis, industrial tribology, machine design, robotics and automation, dynamics and vibration, industrial engineering, and optimization.Table of ContentsPerformance Analysis of Desiccant Material Prepared by Simple Mixing of Silica-Gel and Calcium Chloride.- Flow and Thermal Characteristics of Jet Impingement on a Dimple plate using Large Eddy Simulation.- Numerical Investigation and Performance Comparison of Double Tube Helical Heat Exchanger Incorporating Four Turn and Six Turn Models Using Several Nanofluids.- Passive Cooling and Human Thermal Comfort: A Case Study.- Strain Engineered Electronic and Thermoelectric Properties of Two Dimensional SnGe
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Sustainable Energy and Technological
Book SynopsisThis book contains selected papers presented at the First International Symposium on Sustainable Energy and Technological Advancements (ISSETA 2021), which was organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Meghalaya, Shillong, India, during September 24–25, 2021. The topics covered in the book mainly focuses on the cutting-edge research domain with respect to sustainable energy technologies, smart building, integration, and application of multiple energy sources; advanced power converter topologies and their modulation techniques; and information and communication technologies for smart microgrids.Table of ContentsImpact of Reverse Power Flow due to High Solar PV Penetration on Distribution Protection System.- Modelling And Performance Evaluation Of MPPT based PMSG Wind Energy Conversion System With Boost Conveter In MATLABb/Simulink Environment.- Optimal Scheduling of Grid Connected PV System with Battery Energy Storage.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Overhang Design Methods: Optimal Thermal and
Book SynopsisIt is estimated that windows in office buildings are responsible for one third of energy used for their heating and cooling. Designing window shading that balances often contradictory goals of preventing excessive heat gains in hot periods, without compromising beneficial heat gains in cold periods or visual comfort in indoor spaces of modern buildings with highly glazed facades, is an interesting multi-objective optimisation problem that represents an active research topic in the field of building energy and daylighting. Window overhangs are the simplest and most traditional shading devices that are easy to install, highly cost-effective, require low or no maintenance and offer unobstructed views outside. This book provides a review of overhang design methods for optimal thermal and daylighting performance. It starts with a historical overview of methods based on solar positions and shading masks. Next it discusses current research methodology, including shading calculation methods, ways of quantifying thermal and daylighting overhang effectiveness and the use of multi-objective optimisation approaches, together with the case studies that employ them. It further covers methods for designing innovative overhang types such as NURBS outlined overhangs and PV integrated dynamic overhangs. The appendix classifies published overhang case studies according to major climate type and latitude of their locations. As such, the book presents a valuable resource for understanding subtle nuances of interaction between solar radiation, shading devices and indoor comfort. The intended target audience are building energy researchers interested in optimisation of window shading devices.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2 Solar path methods.- Chapter 3 Current overhang research methodology.- Chapter 4 Design methods for particular overhang types.- Chapter 5 A Locations and climates of overhang case studies.- References
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Springer Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Cold Climate HVAC Energy Volume 1
Book SynopsisRenewable and waste energy utilization.- Sustainable district heating and cooling.- Heat pump.- Smart energy system.- Zero energy buildings.
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Springer Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure
Book SynopsisA Study on Production Temperatures of Composite Modi?ed Asphalt Binders with Waste Rubber and Pyrolytic Oil.- Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Groundwater Level for different types of Wells over Odisha, India.- SPT N Value Estimation of Pilani Soil Using Ultrasonics.- Strength and Water Absorption Study of Fly Ash, Pond Ash, Quarry Dust and Lime Mixture.- Effect of Particle Size Distribution (PSD) on Binary Cement – Studies on Flyash-Based Cement.- Column Adsorption of Phosphate Anion on Iron-Oxide-Impregnated- Crushers-Waste (IOICW).- Volume Change Behaviour of Bottom Ash Under Consolidated Drained State Replicating Field Condition.- Recycling of Construction Materials: A Move in the Direction of Sustainability.- GIS-based Approach for Vulnerability Assessment of the Puri Coast, Odisha, India.- Defining Level of Service for the City of Bhubaneswar: A Case Study.- Application of the Shiono and Knight Method in Compound Channels with Differential Bed Roughness.- Hierarchical Multiple Liner Regression Modelling on Predictions of Supervisory Leadership Practices: A Case Study of Indian Construction Company.
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Springer Construction Applications of Virtual Reality Volume 2
Book SynopsisChapter 1: Advanced Virtuality in Built Environment.- Chapter 2: Intelligent Design and Construction Technologies.- Chapter 3: Smart and Sustainable Building Strategies.- Chapter 4: Interconnected Construction Ecosystems.- Chapter 5: Human-Centric Digital Design and Construction.- Chapter 6: Digital Innovations for Achieving Net-Zero and Matters of Climate Change in the Built Environment.- Chapter 7: Digital Twin Technology for Sustainable Design.- Chapter 8: AI and Machine Learning for Energy Efficient Building Design.- Chapter 9: Digital Revolution to Enable Circular Economy in Built Environment.- Chapter 10: Advanced Digital Manufacturing in Built Environment.
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Springer Nature Singapore Innovative Public Participation Practices for
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Erasmus Ediciones Edificios Como Arboles Ciudades Como Bosques
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Monsa Publications Scandinavian Architecture: Sostenibilidad Y
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Instituto Monsa de Ediciones Eco-Cities: New Healthy Architecture
Book SynopsisThe creation of pleasant living environments that avoid the simple container of human beings and build spaces of coexistence receptive to the needs of users has been one of the objectives of architectural practice for decades. The projects presented in this book are magnificent recent examples of how architecture can create attractive residential buildings aware of their social function, promoting interaction between users and the harmonious relationship of the community with its natural and urban environment. Likewise, all of them transmit a great sensitivity towards issues such as sustainability, eco efficiency or the integration and conservation of historical and industrial heritage, using construction methods ranging from traditional techniques to the most modern parametric design systems.
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Taylor & Francis Rio de Janeiro
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Validity and Reliability in Built Environment Research
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Validity and Reliability in Built Environment Research
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Taylor & Francis Thermal Comfort in Hot Dry Climates Traditional Dwellings in Iran Routledge Research in Architecture
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Taylor & Francis Building Cities to LAST
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Taylor & Francis Beyond Sustainable Architectures Evolving Environments of Habitation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Beyond Sustainable Architectures Evolving Environments of Habitation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Architecture of Waste Design for a Circular Economy
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