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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “chris gorse”
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  • Social Value in Construction

    by Ani Raiden, Martin Loosemore, Andrew King, Chris Gorse ...
    Series series Social Value in the Built Environment
    While the concept of social value is not new, recent interest in social value in construction has grown because of new social procurement legislation around the world and an increasing acceptance of the need to ensure construction projects provide social value, rather than simply economic value. Despite this growing recognition, literature and professional guidance on the subject is hard to find. ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design

    Selected Proceedings from the International Conference of Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS)

    Edited by Mohammad Dastbaz, Chris Gorse ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book focuses on the impacts of the built environment, and how to predict and measure the benefits and consequences of changes taking place to address sustainability in the development and building industries. It draws together the best treatments of these subjects from the Leeds Sustainability Institute’s inaugural International Conference on Sustainability, Ecology, Engineering, Design for ... Read more

    $242.99 USD

  • Building Information Modelling, Building Performance, Design and Smart Construction

    Edited by Mohammad Dastbaz, Alice Moncaster, Chris Gorse ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book charts the path toward high performance sustainable buildings and the smart dwellings of the future. The volume clearly explains the principles and practices of high performance design, the uses of building information modelling (BIM), and the materials and methods of smart construction. Power Systems, Architecture, Material Science, Civil Engineering and Information Systems are all ... Read more

    $152.99 USD

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  • The Future of Thermal Comfort in an Energy- Constrained World

    by Tim Law ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    The dissertation investigates the scientific and business factors that have resulted in air-conditioning being a major contributor to climate-change. With his architectural background, the author demonstrates how a design methodology, not commonly adopted in scientific studies, may actually be a suitable way of dealing with a complex problem: the 'business as usual' scenario involving building ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Nearly Zero Energy Buildings and Proliferation of Microorganisms

    A Current Issue for Highly Insulated and Airtight Building Envelopes

    by Elisa Di Giuseppe ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book provides a concise review of the thermo-physical phenomena which regulate heat and moisture transportation in Nearly Zero Energy Buildings envelopes, and their relationship with the growth of biological organisms.It describes the main microorganisms proliferating on contemporary building elements and within buildings. It also states the consequences of biological growth on durability, ... Read more

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  • Building Services Engineering

    by David V. Chadderton ...
    Engineering services within buildings account for ongoing energy use, greenhouse gas contribution and life safety provisions. This fully updated sixth edition of David Chadderton's leading textbook is the perfect preparation for those intending to enter this increasingly important field.Chapters addressing heating, climate change, air conditioning, transportation systems, water, gas, electricity, ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Winner Take All

    China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World

    by Dambisa Moyo ...
    Commodities permeate virtually every aspect of modern daily living, but for all their importance -- their breadth, their depth, their intricacies, and their central role in daily life -- few people who are not economists or traders know how commodity markets work. Almost every day, newspaper headlines and media commentators scream warnings of impending doom -- shortages of arable land, clashes ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Embodied Carbon in Buildings

    Measurement, Management, and Mitigation

    Edited by Francesco Pomponi, Catherine De Wolf, Alice Moncaster ...
    This book provides a single-source reference for whole life embodied impacts of buildings. The comprehensive and persuasive text, written by over 50 invited experts from across the world, offers an indispensable resource both to newcomers and to established practitioners in the field. Ultimately it provides a persuasive argument as to why embodied impacts are an essential aspect of sustainable ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • The Reflexive Teaching Artist

    Collected Wisdom from the Drama/Theatre Field

    Edited by Kathryn Dawson, Daniel A. Kelin, II ...
    The Reflexive Teaching Artist invites Teaching Artists at all levels of experience to consider the power of reflective practice. Kathryn Dawson and Daniel A. Kelin, II offer a reflective framework – a series of foundational concepts, including intentionality, quality, artistic perspective, assessment and praxis – illuminated through reflexive case-study examples from Teaching Artists in a wide ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Combustion Engines Development

    Mixture Formation, Combustion, Emissions and Simulation

    Edited by Günter P. Merker, Christian Schwarz, Rüdiger Teichmann ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Combustion Engines Development nowadays is based on simulation, not only of the transient reaction of vehicles or of the complete driveshaft, but also of the highly unsteady processes in the carburation process and the combustion chamber of an engine. Different physical and chemical approaches are described to show the potentials and limits of the models used for simulation. ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Lime Hemp and Rice Husk-Based Concretes for Building Envelopes

    by Eric Garcia-Diaz, Laurent Clerc, Morgan Chabannes, Frédéric Becquart, Jean-Charles Bénézet ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    This book provides the tools to understand the issues related to bio-based concretes using lime as binder.Themes covered include specific properties of lignocellulosic aggregates (density, porosity, size distribution, water absorption, microstructure, soluble components under alkaline conditions), hardening of lime-based binders by carbonation and hydration (natural and curing processes) and ... Read more

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