building block of sustainable architecture

... Commissioning 130 Sustainable Building Procedure Requirements 131 Blower Door Test – Proof of Air-Tightness 132 Thermography – Proof of Thermal Insulation and Evidence of Active Systems 133 Proof of Indoor ... - Office – Existing Buildings - Office – Interior Design - Office – Design Certification on the basis of “buildingenvironment efficiency factor“ BEE=Q/L Q … Quality (Ecological Quality of buildings) ... Green Building Idea An integrated View of Green Buildings – Life Cycle Engineering Green Buildings are buildings of any usage category that subscribe to the principle of a conscientious handling of...

Ngày tải lên: 04/06/2014, 13:11

... characteristic of religions or spiritualities, in turn allows us to envision a building- block approach to the study of 14  •  Introduction r ­ eligion The implications of these distinctions for the study of ... the Nature of Experience by Ascriptive Unit and Type of Ascription .1 Types of Data that Can Be Gathered Relative to Experience .1 Explanations at Different Levels of Analysis .1 Types of Comparisons ... experience and recast the study of religion in light of critical theories that emphasize the role of language in constituting social reality in the context of relationships of power and inequality (Sharf...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 12:43

... loads and, if capacity of the MG permits, the non critical loads at the point of common coupling (PCC) As a consequence of this, the burden of power generation and delivery of the utility system ... dedicate this thesis to them i Contents Acknowledgement i Summary v List of Tables List of Figures viii x List of Acronyms xiv List of Symbols xvi Introduction 1.1 Research Background and Motivation ... simulation (MAS) of the PEBB dynamic electro-thermal model This model is proved to possess the accuracy of Finite Element Method (FEM) and also makes use of the convenience of resistor capacitor...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 10:06

... Investigation of ene-type reactions Table 5.2 Investigation of catalysts Table 5.3 Optimization of other parameters Table 5.4 Substrate scope of propargylic alcohols XI Table 5.5 Substrate scope of diarylethylenes ... Table 6.5 Substrate scope of α-functionalized carboxylic acids XII List of Figures Figure 2.1 X-ray structure of 2-3aa Figure 2.2 X-ray structure of 2-4aa Figure 3.1 Examples of pyrrole pharmaceuticals ... X-ray structure of 3-3da Figure 3.3 X-ray structure of 3-5 Figure 4.1 Important examples of substituted 1-naphthols Figure 4.2 X-ray structure of 4-3oa Figure 5.1 X-ray structure of 5-3ap Figure...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 11:25

... of Statistic, 2002) 0% structure of an existing building on the site retained as part of the new building 135 R.4.2 Off-site re-use or recycling of steel from existing structure on the site Off-site ... potential of adjacent housing block The percentage of the southerly facing building faỗade of an adjacent property north of the casestudy building, that is shaded by the case-study building at ... R.5 Amount and quality of off-site materials used R.5.1 Use of salvaged materials from offsite sources R.5.2 Recycled content of materials from off-site sources R.5.3 Use of wood products that...

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 08:29

... 'non-cooperation' of resident behaviours In the literature of sustainable architecture, the issue of the 'non -cooperation' of users to the purposeful environmental-friendly design of a building is often ... daylight of adjacent building The measurement of impact on access to daylight of adjacent building performance base on the vertical angle measured from the building line on the ground of the nearest ... levels of these criteria of a case study building are in line with the performance levels of energy consumption of the same building (see section 8.4.1) This illustrates the important role of energy...

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 08:29

... endeavour of sustainable architecture practice – Research on the application of the Integrated Framework to the design and discourse of other building types, e.g office building, commercial building, ... interconnectedness of all three domains of sustainable architecture The compilation and organisation of the criteria from five sustainable performances (Figure 14-3) forms preliminary structure of Architecture ... Experience of Home The sustainable performance of ' experience of home' can be replaced by 'sense of belonging' for other building types rather than housing (Figure 14-3) 336 Assessment criteria of the...

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 08:29

... 'Understanding Sustainable Architecture' (2003), Guy and Farmer with 'Reinterpreting Sustainable Architecture' (2004), – have contributed progressively to the etc knowledge of sustainable architecture ... use of primary energy Use of land and change in quality of land Resource Consumption Net consumption of potable water Re-use of existing structure or on-site materials Amount and quality of off-site ... towards sustainable architecture (including sustainable housing) Sustainable architecture evolves as response to environmental crisis BEAMs developed as a set of quantifying tool to assess buildings...

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 08:29

... appearance of landscape – Area of research since 1960s – of use to policy makers in understanding the potential impact of future land use change on public perception – Research has shown some areas of ... courtesy of Mitchell and Associates Landscape and LCA Field Survey: ground truthing and addition of new material From desk survey use Landscape and LCA of maps to locate key surveying points Use of ... landscape Landscape • This dichotomy of “material” and “mental” aspects of landscape illustrate the duality inherent in the concept of landscape • Landscape as synthesis of habitat and history (Aalen...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 07:20

... analyses of growing daughter strands A fast increase of the DNA synthesis rate either reflects release of replicon initiations or stimulation of elongation, or both To determine the cause of the ... profile consists of 31 fractions (B) Comparison of the profiles of 15 (m) or 40 (d) reoxygenated cells (same as in Fig 2A) in percentage of total c.p.m ·, Matured 14C-labeled bulk DNA of T24 cells ... after h of hypoxia Nascent daughter DNA chains were pulse-labeled with 10 lCi [3H]ThdỈmL)1 before the end of the respective incubation conditions (A) Comparison of the gradient profiles of normoxic,...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 00:20

Ngày tải lên: 23/02/2014, 15:20

... the many-storied house of rectangular rooms Indications of some of the steps of this development are traceable even in the architecture of the present day The pueblo of Zuñi was surveyed by ... taken as a sign of the disfavor of the gods, and, in spite of the massive character of the buildings, would lead to the migration of the people to a more favorable spot The traditions of the Zuñis, ... marked impress of its development under the exacting conditions of an arid environment, and is but slowly yielding to the influence of foreign ideas The present study of the architecture of Tusayan...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 14:20

... of the environmentally friendly approach to architecture known as sustainable, or “green,” design Using a combination of new, high-tech materials—some of his own invention— and old-fashioned architectural ... Swiss town of Domat/Ems to meet an architect named Dietrich Schwarz Though still in his thirties, Schwarz has already earned a reputation as one of Switzerland’s leading practitioners of the environmentally ... Architectural Press New York The National Building Museum Washington, D.C the Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne g ho reen use New Directions in Sustainable Architecture Copyright For András, Rachel,...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 17:20

... assuming that the depletion of natural resources is sustainable if their use leads to the creation of other assets of equal value In the language of the economics of sustainable development, this ... ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Two of the authors of this report—Dr Hammond and Dr Adriaanse—participated in the Project on Indicators of Sustainable Development of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment ... Emissions of CO2 Acidification Eutrophication Toxification Energy Efficiency of NNP Use of Phosphates(P), Nitrates(N) Generation of hazardous waste/load % Coverage of Int'l Protocols/Conv Concentr of...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 16:20

... production of nanoscale building blocks for the bottom-up fabrication of bio-inspired materials with designed properties, genetic approaches are currently used for the construction of functional ... treatment of allergic diseases (e.g as carrier ⁄ adjuvants in the design of vaccines for immunotherapy of type allergy) In order to generate a universal affinity matrix for binding of any kind of biotinylated ... heterotetramers consisting of one chain of the respective fusion protein and three chains of core streptavidin (Fig 3A,B) Fluorescence quenching of tryptophan residues in the binding pockets of streptavidin...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 12:20

... Neutrino Wolfgang K H Panofsky Stanford University Funding of Particle Physics Pierre Ramond University of Florida, Gainesville Family xxvi BUILDING BLOCKS OF MATTER LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Blair N ... systems—without the written permission of the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Building blocks of matter : a supplement to the Macmillan encyclopedia of physics / edited by John ... the basic building blocks of matter has had on the minds of past and present scientists Biographical articles of physicists who have made seminal contributions to our understanding of the material...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 14:37

... Spice Girls The group of five very sexy girls took the world by surprise when they came out with their big shoes, short dresses and the message of "Girl Power." This group of girls played a large ... self-esteem problems also Although self-esteem applies to every aspect of how you see yourself, it is often talked about in terms of appearance or body image One study reported in a Body Image Survey ... lot of us hate our bodies and this negative body image poisons the rest of our self-image Unfortunately, the way girls see themselves is all due to how media depicts women Seventy-five percent of...

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:53

... and not-for-profit sectors The vision of the committee is to enhance global recognition of professional accountants as business leaders and strategic partners in building long-term sustainable ... to the development of strong professional accountancy organizations and accounting firms, and to high-quality practices by professional accountants ƒƒ Promoting the value of professional accountants ... training of professional accountants, and continuing professional education and development International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) The IESBA develops the Code of Ethics for Professional...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 08:20

... as illustrated in Figure on page Each of these dimensions should guide the development of the building blocks of the information system The building blocks of an information system Policy As has ... The Foundation of Sustainable Development Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za more usable and better overall perspective of sustainable development issues Part of the process of developing ... departments in terms of the set of guidelines provided by CSD on sustainable development reporting and to reflect on the performance of the South African government in terms of the objectives of Agenda...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 09:21

... different types of “fit” of a building A building can fit in several different ways: to name a few, in terms of a correspondence between its placement in its surroundings, in terms of its interior ... of that thing does not match up with conceptions we have or are led to believe In the case of architecture, the exterior of a building will create in us certain assumptions about the nature of ... with the severity of architecture s offense as according to Ruskin, the point is made clear: we approach architecture with a set of expectations, and if these are violated then we often feel that...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 13:20