Sustainable architecture and design Books

Book Synopsis1. Anthropocene, Climate Change, and Sustainability.- 2 . Is the Tonga Eruption (2022) A New Climate Change Threat for the Pacific Basin?.- 3. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Low Carbon Future: Policies for Sustainable, Inclusive and Just Transition.- 4. University 3.0: Entrepreneurship Education and Socio-Digital Skills (SDS) as Pillars of Sustainability in the Future Education for Asia-Pacific and the World.- 5. Exploring the Influence of Human Capital on Environmental Degradation in Asian-Pacific Countries. The role of renewable energy.- 6. Determinants of Technology Adoption for Renewable Energy in Southeast Asia. The Case of Solar Power in Australia and Japan.- 7. Conservation and Development of Forests Within the Countries Affiliated with the Transpacific Partnership Agreement in Southeast Asia and the Countries of the American Coast.- 8. Green Technology Innovation System as a Chinese Solution to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions.- 9. China and the Climate Change Challenge of the 21st Century.- 10. Challenges for the Advancement of Clean Energy in China.- 11. An Approach to Chinese Global Governance: The Case of Non-Governmental Organizations.- 12. Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Sports Diplomacy or Climate Leadership?.- 13. Mexico facing truncated adaptation to extreme climate impacts by limited governance.- 14. The Efect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Development of the Mexican E-government Model.- 15. Democracy and Environmental Education: A Necessary Symbiosis in Mexico.- 16. The Green Customs Initiative (GCI) and the Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEA's): An Analysis of the Perception about its Implementation and Compliance in Customs Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico.

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Book SynopsisBuildings & Performance.- 1. To Infinity and Beyond the Environmental Impact Minimisation Paradigm.- 2. Is Bigger Always Better? An Exploration of BES6001 Certification for SME's in the UK Construction Sector.- 3. Saving Nemo and Friends from the Potential Impacts of Cumulative Permitted Building Developments on the Beaches of Jersey.- 4. Building Certification Schemes: Are they Driving or Derailing Sustainable Development in the Construction Sector?.- 5. Readiness for Responsibility: Insights of Implementing BES6001 within the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Sectors of the UK.- 6. Comparison of Predicted and Measured Annual Performance of a Roof-top Grid-connected PV System in the Irish Climate.- 7. Reviewing The External Factors That Influence Pv Output Performance In The Irish Climate.- 8. Design Tools to Assess Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Hot, Dry and Semi-arid City of Petrolina in Brazil.- 9. Development of a Bioclimatic Building Envelope for Indoor Thermal Comfort in Hot and Semi-arid City of Petrolina in Brazil.- 10. Level of Physiological Thermal Adaptation as a Predictor of Climate-specific Thermal Comfort Acceptability Range, with a Focus on Hot and Dry Bioclimate.- . Ecosystems, Biodiversity & Development.- 11. Urban Forestry Shining New Light through Old Windows by Choreographing Creative Responses to the Current Crisis in the Quality of Urban Life and Environment.- 12. Wetlands Ecotourism Planning in the Savannas of Colombia. Linking Remote Sensing and Bio-diversity.- . Innovation, Change & Sustainability.- 13. Repurposing Office Spaces as we Transition to Remote Working.- 14. Restorative Design Matrix for Elderly Living in Care Home Facilities in the Light of Biophilic Design and Universal Design Principles.- 15. Energy-Efficient Building Envelopes in Different Climate Zones: A Biomimetic Perspective Inspired by Animal Skins/Shells.- . Managing & Leading Sustainability.- 16. The Role of Contractors in Reducing Carbon during Construction A Preliminary Study.- . Project Management & Sustainability.- 17. The Impact Of Variations On The Project Programme In The Construction Industry: A Case Study On A Manufacturing Facility In Ireland.- 18. A Project Management Framework for Improving the Business Performance of Emerging Contractors in South African Construction.- 19. Review of the use and development of Building Information Modelling software in the Architectural and Engineering industry - an Australian Perspective.- 20. The Applicability of Analytic Induction for Analysing Interview Data in Project Management Research.- 21. Independent Planning: Addressing the Underpinning Flaws Affecting Project Planning Utility in Practice.- 22. Marketing Challenges Faced by Quantity Surveying Firms in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.- 23. Smart and Sustainable' in Smart City Project Management: from City-level Initiative to Project-level Management Strategy.- 24. The Link between the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Social Sustainability in the UK Construction Industry.- . Smart & Sustainable.- 25. Whole-building Life Cycle Assessment of Single-family Residential Buildings: Comparable Analysis between BIM and Athena Database.- 26. Leveraging Computer Vision for Improved Facility Management.- 27. Machine Learning in Building Energy Performance Assessment: A review.- 28. Towards Development of a Distributed Virtual Furniture, Fixture and Equipment Shopping Environment.- . Sustainability Education: Education & Training for a Changing World.- 29. Perceptions of Sustainability within English Further Education.- 30. Climate Change Toolkit as a way in which to Encourage Non-academics to Engage with Issues of Climate Change?.- 31. Sustainability Education in the UK construction industry: are Universities preparing Construction Professionals for a sustainable future?.- 32. Involvement of Higher Education Institutions when Promoting Agroecosystems Resilience.- . Sustainable Behaviours.- 33. Micro and Small Contractor Mental Health and Well-Being: The Impact of COVID-19 in the Irish Construction Industry.- 34. Factors Enhancing the Sustainability of Community Led-Total Sanitation Programme in Ghana.- 35. Extracting MMC Values that Contribute towards Employment Opportunities Amidst Global Pandemics.- 36. Minimisation of Environmental Disaster Risks within the Upstream Petroleum Sector of Ghana.- 37. Residents' Aspiration for Green Building Features in a Developing Property Market.- 38. The Role of Local Authorities in Renewable Energy Investment: Getting the Money to Flow.- 39. Interrelationships between Sustainability and Wellbeing: Three Cases from the Global South.- . Sustainable Engineering & Production.- 40. Modular Construction in Ireland and its Adaptation to Industry 4.0: A Preliminary Review.- 41. Variations in the Measured In-Situ U-Value of an External Wall due to Temperature Sensor Location.- . Sustainable Infrastructure.- 42. World Without Roads - A Sustainable Haven or a Dystopian Future?.- 43. Change Control Systems: Investigating the Systems used on Infrastructure Projects by a Local Authority in Ireland.- 44. Causality between Challenges, Motivations, and Extent of Use of Water Recycling Systems in Residential Properties.- . Sustainable Place Making.- 45. A Methodology for Assessing Satisfaction Levels In Affordable Housing In Wales.- . Transport & Movement.- 46. Increasing Active Travel in Leeds City, Obstacles and Solutions.- . Waste, Recycling & Sustainability.- 47. Achieving Sustainability in Construction Waste Management in the Ghanaian Built Environment: A Systematized Review.- 48. Inventory Management on Irish Construction Projects: Current Issues On-site, and Strategies to Control and Eliminate Waste.- 49. Construction and Demolition Waste Reduction in South Africa.

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Book SynopsisBlue/Green Infrastructure.- Technology – Smart Solutions for Future Smart Cities and Buildings.- Data Science and IoT.- Ecology – Nature-Based Solutions.- Ecosystems Services.- Natural Systems.- Biodiversity Net Gain.- Sustainable Healthy Communities.- Community Engagement.- Smart Healthy Living/Health and Wellbeing.- Behavioural Science to Embed Change.- Energy and Resource Management.- Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Production.- Materials Engineering Within the Built Environment.- Resource Efficient Solution and a Circular Economy.

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Book SynopsisEinführung.- Es wird heiß, sehr heiß.- Die aktuellen Klimaveränderungen.- Die Folgen.-  Die Szenarien.- Nachhalitgkeit.- Entwurfsprinzipien und Nachhaltigkeit.- Städtebau im Zeichen des Klimawandels.- Architektur im Zeichen des Klimawandels.- Digitale Vernetzung und KI.- Regulierungen, Normen, Verordnungen und Richtlinien.

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces a ten-year-long design research project in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD), China, based on international cooperation studios, design workshops, a Ph.D. thesis, and concrete practice in China, Germany, and the Netherlands. This research adapts the existing methods of Landscape Character Assessment (UK), Historic Cultural Landscape Elements (Germany), and Dutch Polder Typology to mapping, describing, and classifying landscape character areas and types at the three scales of regional, municipal, and local. Furthermore, to connect research with design, we developed a typological approach of generating specific measures for the networked polder landscape. This research bridges the gap of a missing landscape characterization method for the conservation, transformation, and critical reconstruction of historic cultural landscapes in a metropolitan context. The book is intended for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners interested in the topics of cultural landscape in transition, methods for landscape characterization and typology, and a research-by-design approach in interdisciplinary projects of landscape architecture, urbanism, and regional planning.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments.- Summary.- Forward.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- Chapter 1 Setting the Scene.- Chapter 2 Building the Research Context.- Chapter 3 Permanence and Resilience: The Framing Role of Landscape Architecture.- Chapter 4 Landscape Characterization and Typology: In Search of Methodology.- Chapter 5 Time, Space and Cultural Landscape: Morphogenesis of a Metropolitan Delta Landscape.- Chapter 6 Landscape Characterization, Typology, and Research-by-design.- Chapter 7 Conclusions and Discussion.- Appendices.- Appendix A Other Relevant Tables.- Appendix B Glossary of Chinese Terms.- Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisRenewable and waste energy utilization.- Sustainable district heating and cooling.- Heat pump.- Smart energy system.- Zero energy buildings.

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Book SynopsisDevelopment of an odorless rapid composting machine for domestic use.- Experimental investigation on a surface treatment technique to enhance the performance of Calicut tile aggregates.-Amoxicillin removal from wastewater using Sri Lankan activated carbon.- Development of an eco label criteria for rubber and rubber based products in Sri Lanka.-Investigation of the suitability of the sandy soil available in Balangoda Kodduwaththa area for use as fine aggregate.

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Book SynopsisThis book includes selected papers from the International Conference on Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure (ICRDSI-2020) and consists of themes pertaining to structural engineering and construction technology and management.Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Prediction of Carbonation on Precast Concrete Exposed to Severe Environmental Conditions (T. Jena, K. C. Panda, C. R. Panda) Chapter 2 - Effects of Ultra-fine Material on Workability, Particle Packing Density and Compressive Strength of Mortar (Vinay Mohan Agrawal, Dr. Purnanand Savoikar) Chapter 3 - Compressive Strength Prediction of Aluminosilicate Precursors Based Geopolymers Through Artificial Neural Network (ANN) (Sourav Kumar Das, Sandeep Shrivastava) Chapter 4 - Load-Settlement Behaviour of Stone Column with Varied Spacing (Jijo James, Sivapriya S.V.) Chapter 5 - Study on Fracture Parameters of Basalt Fiber Reinforced Concrete Beam by using Finite Element Method (Shilpi Shukla, Meena Murmu, S.V. Deo) Chapter 6 - Non-Linear Vibration of Functionally Graded CNT-Reinforced Composite Plate Subjected to Different Types of Non-uniform In-Plane Loading (Vishal Singh, Rajesh Kumar, B. G.Mohapatra, S. N. Patel) Chapter 7 - Optimum Mix Design of Rice Husk Ash-Based Geopolymer Concrete Based on Workability, Setting Time, and Compressive Strength Cured in Ambient Temperature Condition (Mahapara Abbass, Gyanendra Singh) Chapter 8 - Formulation of Prediction Models for Mechanical Properties of Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete (Subasini Y, Nivetha B, Praveenkumar S ) Chapter 9 - Modelling and Prediction of strength for Polypropylene Fiber Reinforced Concrete (Nivetha B, Subasini Y, Praveenkumar S) Chapter 10 - The Use of Artificial Intelligence in High Strength Hybrid Fiber Self Compacting Sustainable Concrete-An Approach to Function Approximation of Flexural Strength (V Rajesh, Dr. B. Narendra Kumar, Vishal Singh) Chapter 11 - Gradation of the Relative Significance of the Claims Obtained from Construction Industry (Pramodini Sahu, D.K. Bera, P.K. Parhi) Chapter 12 - Improvement of Concrete Strength by Bacillus Cereus Bacterium (Shradha Jena, Bidyadhar Basa, Kishor Chandra Panda) Chapter 13 - Effect of Mechanical and Chemical Activation of Fly Ash on the Properties of Fly Ash Bricks (Zulker Nain, Bibhu Prasad Nayak, Sudeep Kumar Patel) Chapter 14 - Utilization of Air Cooled Ferrochrome Slag in Lime Additive Blended Cement Based Concrete (Prasanna Kumar Acharya, Sanjaya Kumar Patro) Chapter 15 - Evaluation of Pre-Cast Prestressed Concrete System: For the Housing Projects (Nathnael Workeluel, Tribikram Mohanty) Chapter 16 - A Life Cycle Analysis based Framework to Promote Circular Economy in the Building Sector (Smitha J.S., Albert Thomas) Chapter 17 - Effective Criterion for Equipment Management in Construction Industry (Dolasankar Sahu, Prof. Mohibullah) Chapter 18 - Development in Sustainable Infrastructure – Correlation of Concrete Core Data(Shrushti Faldessai, Dr. K. G. Guptha) Chapter 19 - Moving Load Identification on the Bridge by Accelerometer Transducer (Aman Prakash, Dr. Ganesh Hegde)

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Book SynopsisThis book is a collection of extended versions of papers presented at the KES Covid-19 Challenge international summit. The book focusses on technological, economic, and social developments to combat the effects of global and local disasters as well as the ways in which the recovery from Covid can be used to build more resilient and sustainable communities, industry, and improve the environment. It also discusses the global challenges of human-influenced climate change. There are chapters on making cities and communities more resilient through energy self-sufficiency, food production, resilient housing and buildings, human health and intelligent systems e.g. for forecasting and prediction.Table of ContentsExamining pedagogical approaches in developing employability skills in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.- Relating work-integrated learning to the employability skills discussion in the post-COVID-19 era.- Integration of Indoor Air Quality concerns in educational community through collaborative framework of Campus Bizia Lab of the University of the Basque Country.- An overview of methods for control and estimation of capacity in COVID19 pandemic from point cloud and imagery data.- Forecasting the COVID-19 spread in Iran, Italy and Mexico using novel nonlinear autoregressive neural network and ARIMA-based hybrid models.- A Comparative Study of Deep-Learning Models for COVID-19 Diagnosis based on X-ray Images.- Equipping European higher education teachers for successful and sustainable e-learning with home remote work.- Anticipating and Preparing for Future Change and Uncertainty: Building Adaptive Pathways.- A Sustainable Nutritional Behavior In The Era Of Climate Changes.- The Development of a Smart Tunable Full-Spectrum LED Lighting Technology which may Prevent and Treat Covid-19 Infections, for Society's Resilience and Quality of Life.- Energy efficient technologies for ultra-low temperature refrigeration.

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