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Sustainable Facades

Author : Ajla Aksamija
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118549643
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Facades written by Ajla Aksamija and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-03-27 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical information on designing sustainable, energy-efficient building facades As energy and other natural resources are being depleted, it has become clear that technologies and strategies that allow us to maintain our satisfaction with interior environments while consuming less of these resources are major objectives of contemporary facade design. Sustainable Facades focuses on the strategies and approaches for designing sustainable, high-performance building facades, and provides technical guidance for architects and designers. This timely and useful guide presents strategies and technical guidelines for designing environmentally sensitive, energy-efficient facades based on scientific principles. It provides climate-specific approaches for minimizing energy consumption, analyzes the thermal behavior of different facade systems and materials, and illustrates with case studies how these approaches have been implemented on architectural projects. It also discusses emerging facade technologies, materials, and systems. Topics covered in this unique and indispensable guide include: Climate-based design approaches for high-performance facades Characteristics of sustainable facades: energy efficiency, thermal behavior, and moisture resistance Designing for thermal comfort, lighting and glare control, and acoustic quality Emerging technologies in facade design, including smart materials, double-skin facades, and facades as energy generators Case studies on building orientation and facade design, tectonic sun exposure control, external shading elements, and more

Rethinking Building Skins

Author : Eugenia Gasparri
Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0128224916
Total Pages : 595 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Building Skins written by Eugenia Gasparri and published by Woodhead Publishing. This book was released on 2021-12-05 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rethinking Building Skins: Transformative Technologies and Research Trajectories provides a comprehensive collection of the most relevant and forward-looking research in the field of façade design and construction today, with a focus on both product and process innovation. The book brings together the expertise, creativity, and critical thinking of more than fifty global innovators from both academia and industry, to guide the reader in translating research into practice. It identifies new opportunities for the construction sector to respond to present challenges, towards a more sustainable, efficient, connected, and safe future. - Introduces the reader to the role of façades with respect to the main challenges ahead - Provides an overview of the major façade technological advancements throughout history and identifies prospective research trajectories - Includes interviews with key industry players from different backgrounds and expertise - Showcases a comprehensive range of leading research topics in the field, organised by product and process innovation - Covers major innovations across the value chain including façade design, fabrication, construction, operation and maintenance, and end-of-life - Contributes towards the definition of an international research agenda and identifies emerging market opportunities for the façade industry

Bio-based Building Skin

Author : Anna Sandak
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811337470
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Bio-based Building Skin written by Anna Sandak and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a compendium of material properties, demonstrates several successful examples of bio-based materials’ application in building facades, and offers ideas for new designs and novel solutions. It features a state-of-the-art review, addresses the latest trends in material selection, assembling systems, and innovative functions of facades in detail. Selected case studies on buildings from diverse locations are subsequently presented to demonstrate the successful implementation of various biomaterial solutions, which defines unique architectural styles and building functions. The structures, morphologies and aesthetic impressions related to bio-based building facades are discussed from the perspective of art and innovation; essential factors influencing the performance of materials with respect to functionality and safety are also presented. Special emphasis is placed on assessing the performance of a given facade throughout the service life of a building, and after its end. The book not only provides an excellent source of technical and scientific information, but also contributes to public awareness by demonstrating the benefits to be gained from the proper use of bio-based materials in facades. As such, it will appeal to a broad audience including architects, engineers, designers and building contractors.

Dense + Green

Author : Thomas Schröpfer
Publisher : Birkhäuser
ISBN 13 : 3038210145
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book Dense + Green written by Thomas Schröpfer and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The integration of nature in architecture is a key concern of sustainability. However, all too often sustainable design is reduced to improving the energetic performance of buildings and the ornamental application of natural green. Dense + Green explores new architectural typologies that emerge from the integration of green components such as sky terraces, vertical parks and green facades, in high-density buildings. The book describes green strategies in a comparison across different design tasks and climate conditions. In-depth case studies on the most relevant building types, consistently presented with analytical drawings made exclusively for this book, are complemented by expert essays that demonstrate the current paradigm shift in the sustainable urban environment. From the Contents: • Dense + Green Building Types, by Thomas Schröpfer, architect, Singapore University of Technology and Design • Dense + Green Building Technology, by Atelier Ten, environmental design consultants and building services engineers, New York, NY • Dense + Green Landscape Design, by Herbert Dreiseitl, landscape architect, Atelier Dreiseitl/Rambøll Liveable Cities Lab, Überlingen/Singapore/Portland, OR • Dense + Green Botanical Design, by Jean Yong, plant eco-physiologist, Singapore University of Technology and Design • Dense + Green Urbanism, by Kees Christiaanse, urban planner, ETH Zurich • 25 in-depth case studies from Europe, Asia and the USA • Practice Reports by Foster + Partners, WOHA, Ken Yeang, MVRDV and others

Bioclimatic Double-Skin Façades

Author : Mary Ben Bonham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317339940
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Bioclimatic Double-Skin Façades written by Mary Ben Bonham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visually enriched with over 250 photographs and drawings, Bioclimatic Double-Skin Façades is an essential reference guide for understanding the types and functions of double-skin façades. Author Mary Ben Bonham examines the history and continuing potential of double-skin architecture, informing on the variety of approaches possible and advising a rigorous integrated design process leading to application. Featuring a wide selection of architectural examples, the book will be of interest to professionals and students within the fields of architecture, engineering, and construction. Characterized by a buffer-like air space between two glazed building skins, double-skin windows and façades aim to improve building comfort and energy performance. Double skins introduce complexity and initial costs, yet significant buildings in locations around the globe continue to select this approach. In addition to exploring motivations, benefits, and cautions for designing with double skins, the book provides a primer on fundamental façade design concepts and strategies for control of thermal, luminous, and acoustic environments. Chapters also address alternative types of high-performance façades and implications for each phase of façade design and construction. Bioclimatic Double-Skin Façades promotes bioclimatic design that is inspired by nature, measured in performance, and uniquely adapted to climate and place. In-depth case studies illustrate how double-skin façades have been adapted to a range of climates and cultural settings: Marseille Library and Grenoble Courthouse in France, Cambridge Public Library in Massachusetts, Manitoba Hydro Place in Canada, and the Pearl River Tower in China.

Smart and Sustainable Built Environments

Author : Jay Yang
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470759488
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Smart and Sustainable Built Environments written by Jay Yang and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together a group of international specialists to explore the current state of the art and future potential for encouraging, developing and implementing smart and sustainable built environment strategies. It covers a broad spectrum of issues, ranging from technological advancement, through the assessment of past experiences, to communication and education requirements and future strategies. provides a snapshot of current methods and technologies for developing smart and sustainable built environment strategies over 30 fully refereed chapters from international experts addresses the particular requirements and problems of difference areas and climatic regions

Executive Design of the Façade Systems

Author : Ingrid Paoletti
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031448936
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Executive Design of the Façade Systems written by Ingrid Paoletti and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-09-25 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines the typological and technological constitution of the principal advanced façade systems in the contemporary design and experimental scenario, proposing itself as a knowledge and operational tool currently lacking in the technical literature of the sector at an international level. It considers the field of advanced façade systems in a scientific way, constituting a support for the study and the executive design. The book investigates in detail, in an analytical form, the constitution of the components on a typological and geometrical, functional and constructive level, on the basis of the documents and knowledges acquired from the essential contemporary production and construction references. At the same time, the book is configured in a handbook form as a reference for understanding and application with respect to traditional and complex façade systems. For each main type of façade, the book provides explanations and scientific information for investigating and designing the advanced façades according to the characteristics of the mullions and transoms façade system (stick system), of the structural sealant glazing façade system, of the unit façade system, of the suspended façade system and of the double-skin façade system.

Sustainable Development and Planning IX

Author : C.A. Brebbia
Publisher : WIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1784662313
Total Pages : 863 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Development and Planning IX written by C.A. Brebbia and published by WIT Press. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 863 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing papers presented at the 9th International Conference on Sustainable Development and Planning this volume brings together the work of academics, policy makers, practitioners and other international stakeholders and discusses new academic findings and their application in planning and development strategies, assessment tools and decision making processes. Problems related to development and planning are present in all areas and regions of the world. Accelerated urbanisation has resulted in both the deterioration of the environment and quality of life. Taking into consideration the interaction between different regions and developing new methodologies for monitoring, planning and implementation, new strategies can offer solutions mitigating environmental pollution and non-sustainable use of available resources. Energy saving and eco-friendly buildings have become an important part of modern day progress with emphasis on resource optimisation. Planning is a key part in ensuring that these solutions along with new materials and processes are efficiently incorporated. Planners, environmentalists, architects, engineers and economists have to work collectively to ensure that present and future needs are met. The papers in the book cover a number of topics, including: City planning; Regional planning; Rural developments; Sustainability and the built environment; Sustainability supply chain; Resilience; Environmental management; Energy resources; Cultural heritage; Quality of life; Sustainable solutions in emerging countries; Sustainable tourism; Learning from nature; Transportation; Social and political issues; Community planning; UN Sustainable Development Goals and Timber Structures.

Architecture & Sustainable Development (vol.1)

Author : Magali Bodart
Publisher : Presses univ. de Louvain
ISBN 13 : 2874632767
Total Pages : 917 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (746 download)

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Book Synopsis Architecture & Sustainable Development (vol.1) by : Magali Bodart

Download or read book Architecture & Sustainable Development (vol.1) written by Magali Bodart and published by Presses univ. de Louvain. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 917 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of Proceedings presents the latest thinking and research in the rapidly evolving world of architecture and sustainable development through 255 selected papers by authors coming from over 60 countries.

Computer-Aided Architectural Design: The Next City – New Technologies and the Future of the Built Environment

Author : Gabriela Celani
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3662473860
Total Pages : 627 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (624 download)

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Book Synopsis Computer-Aided Architectural Design: The Next City – New Technologies and the Future of the Built Environment by : Gabriela Celani

Download or read book Computer-Aided Architectural Design: The Next City – New Technologies and the Future of the Built Environment written by Gabriela Celani and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Futures, CAAD Futures 2015, held in São Paulo, Brazil, in July 2015. The 33 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 200 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on modeling, analyzing and simulating the city; sustainability and performance of the built space; automated and parametric design; building information modelling (BIM); fabrication and materiality; shape studies.

Nature-Based Solutions for More Sustainable Cities

Author : Edoardo Croci
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800436386
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis Nature-Based Solutions for More Sustainable Cities by : Edoardo Croci

Download or read book Nature-Based Solutions for More Sustainable Cities written by Edoardo Croci and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature-Based Solutions for More Sustainable Cities makes a clear case of performances, impacts, and benefits generated by NBS in cities providing a comprehensive framework approach to understand the real and full potential of NBS at the urban level.

The Space-Economic Transformation of the City

Author : Peter Bachtold
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400752520
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis The Space-Economic Transformation of the City by : Peter Bachtold

Download or read book The Space-Economic Transformation of the City written by Peter Bachtold and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-14 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: City planning is the key-stone to tackle the question of climate-change and to involve adequate action. In Part I of this book, the theory of space-economy is presented. Opening up a new conceptual and operational toolbox for policy makers, practitioners and scholars, the theory of space-economy is based on a rigorously structured thinking and acting in the field of sustainable urban planning and architecture. Europe has the greatest experience in sustainable city planning worldwide. In Part II, four of the most remarkable experiences (Vauban in Freiburg i.B., Kronsberg in Hannover, Western Harbour in Malmö, Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm) are presented, dissected conceptually and operationally a radically new way. The interest of the approach is not limited to European countries. In Part III is developed a project in Asia, in Ho Chi Minh City, faced with dramatic threats due to climate change and rapidly growing tidal and sea-level rise. Based on the experiences presented in Part II, the approach is integrated in this completely different context, thus becoming fully effective at a much bigger scale.

Architecture and Engineering

Author : Oleg Kapliński
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3039437496
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Architecture and Engineering written by Oleg Kapliński and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is addressed to architects and civil engineers. Design and research are areas connecting their activities. The contents of the book confirm the fact that the interface between architecture and engineering is multidimensional. The ways of finding points of contact between the two industries are highlighted. This is favored by the dynamically changing reality, supported by new design paradigms and new research techniques. The multithreaded subject matter of the articles is reduced to six sections: Research Scopes, Methods, Design Aspects, Context, Nature of Research, and Economy and Cost Calculation. Each of the articles in these six blocks has its weight. And so, in the Nature of Research section, the following areas have been underscored: laboratory tests, in situ research, field investigations, and street perception experiments. The section Design Aspects includes design-oriented thinking, geometrical forms, location of buildings, cost prediction, attractor and distractor elements, and shaping spatial structures. The new design and research tools are an inspiration and a keystone bonding architects and engineers.

Energy and Sustainability II

Author : A. Mammoli
Publisher : WIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1845641914
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Energy and Sustainability II written by A. Mammoli and published by WIT Press. This book was released on 2009-06-08 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The way in which our society exists, operates and develops is strongly influenced by the way in which energy is produced and consumed. No process in Industry can be performed without sufficient supply of energy, and without Industry there can be no production of commodities on which the existence of modern Society depends. The energy systems evolved over a long period and more rapidly over the last two centuries, as a response to the requirements of Industry and Society, starting from combustion of fuels to exploiting nuclear energy and renewable resources. It is clear that the evolution of the energy systems is a continuous process, which involves constant technological development and innovation. The presentation on the Second International Conference includes: Renewable Energy Technologies; Energy Management; Energy Polices; Energy and the Environment; Energy Analysis; Energy Efficiency; Energy Storage and Management.

Imagine No. 01: Facades

Author : Ulrich Knaack
Publisher : 010 Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9064506566
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book Imagine No. 01: Facades written by Ulrich Knaack and published by 010 Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This books comprises various themes around imaginary facades and building envelopes. Aspects such as function integration, networking of elements, new structures and materials, as well as the addition of functions to existing structures are investigated in around 85 examples.

Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2022

Author : John Littlewood
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811987696
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2022 written by John Littlewood and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-06 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the proceedings of the 14th KES International Conference on Sustainability and Energy in Buildings 2021 (SEB2022) held in Split, Croatia, during September 14–16, 2022, organized by KES International. SEB22 invited contributions on a range of topics related to sustainable buildings and explored innovative themes regarding sustainable energy systems. The conference formed an exciting chance to present, interact and learn about the latest research and practical developments on the subject. The conference attracted submissions from around the world. Submissions for the full-paper track were subjected to a blind peer-reviewed process. Only the best of these were selected for presentation at the conference and publication in these proceedings. It is intended that this book provides a useful and informative snapshot of recent research developments in the important and vibrant area of sustainability in energy and buildings.

Architecture For Beginners

Author : Nicky Huys
Publisher : Nicky Huys Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Architecture For Beginners written by Nicky Huys and published by Nicky Huys Books. This book was released on 2024-06-27 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Architecture For Beginners" is a comprehensive guide that demystifies the world of architecture for newcomers. From ancient marvels to modern skyscrapers, this book explores the evolution of architectural design, building techniques, and the cultural impact of iconic structures. Readers will delve into the principles of architectural theory, learn about influential architects, and gain insights into urban planning and sustainable design. With engaging visuals and accessible language, this book is a valuable resource for anyone seeking to understand and appreciate the art and science of architecture.