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  • Historic Indoor Microclimate of the Heritage Buildings

    A Guideline for Professionals who care for Heritage Buildings

    Edited by Kristian Fabbri, Marco Pretelli ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Offering readers essential insights into the relationship between ancient buildings, their original and current indoor microclimates, this book details how the (generally) virtuous relationship between buildings and their typical microclimate changed due to the introduction of new heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in historic buildings.The new approach to the study of their ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

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  • Built

    The Hidden Stories Behind Our Structures

    by Roma Agrawal ...
    Winner of the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science BooksThe wonders of engineering revealed--by the inspirational female engineer behind the Shard, Western Europe's tallest building.While our cities are full of incredible engineering feats, most of us live with little idea of what goes into creating the built environment, let alone how a new building goes up, what it is constructed ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

  • 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

  • Positive Energy Homes

    Creating Passive Houses for Better Living

    by Robin Brimblecombe, Kara Rosemeier ...
    Positive energy homes enable people to live healthy and comfortable lives with energy left over to share. Creating a house you love that produces surplus energy is surprisingly easy with a thorough understanding of how buildings work and careful attention to detail in construction. The Passive House standard, with its well-proven track record, forms the basis for creating positive energy homes. ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Foundation and Anchor Design Guide for Metal Building Systems

    by Alexander Newman ...
    MEET THE COMPLEX CHALLENGES OF METAL BUILDING SYSTEMS FOUNDATION DESIGNExpand your professional design skills and engineer safe, reliable foundations and anchors for metal building systems. Written by a practicing structural engineer, Foundation and Anchor Design Guide for Metal Building Systems thoroughly covers the entire process--from initial soil investigation through final design and ... Read more

    $101.69 USD

  • Understanding Land Development

    A Project-Based Approach

    by Eddo Coiacetto ...
    This book draws on the author’s considerable expertise in land development processes and planning, and planning education. It takes a learning-by-doing studio approach and shows how to undertake a development feasibility study in three main stages: the preliminary proposal, a design and finally, a full report with a financially appraised proposal.Understanding Land Development shows how to tackle ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • Life Cycle Assessment

    Principles, Practice and Prospects

    Edited by Ralph E Horne, Tim Grant, Karli Verghese ...
    Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has developed in Australia over the last 20 years into a technique for systematically identifying the resource flows and environmental impacts associated with the provision of products and services. Interest in LCA has accelerated alongside growing demand to assess and reduce greenhouse gas emissions across different manufacturing and service sectors. Life Cycle ... Read more

    $25.89 USD

  • Contemporary Slovenian Timber Architecture for Sustainability

    by Manja Kitek Kuzman, Andreja Kutnar ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    The book presents Slovenia’s contemporary timber architecture. Thanks to its abundant forests, Slovenia has preserved the tradition of wood construction. As much as 60% of its surface is covered by forests. Slovenia is also the third most forested country in Europe. The high share of forest-covered surface allows for a sustainable production of high-quality wood. In the past, wood was used ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • PCM-Enhanced Building Components

    An Application of Phase Change Materials in Building Envelopes and Internal Structures

    by Jan Kośny ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    Presenting an overview of the use of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) within buildings, this book discusses the performance of PCM-enhanced building envelopes. It reviews the most common PCMs suitable for building applications, and discusses PCM encapsulation and packaging methods. In addition to this, it examines a range of PCM-enhanced building products in the process of development as well as ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Information Materials

    Smart Materials for Adaptive Architecture

    by Manuel Kretzer ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    This book considers the potential of new, smart materials and their use in architecture. It begins with an overview of current global tendencies (technological, demographic, and socio-anthropological) and their relevance for architectural design. Expanding upon approaches for flexible design solutions to address change and uncertainty, Dr. Kretzer begins by exploring adaptive architecture and ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Building Maintenance Processes and Practices

    The Case of a Fast Developing Country

    by Abdul-Rashid Abdul-Aziz, Abdul Lateef Olanrewaju ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book is designed to be an inclusive for the best practice approach to building maintenance management, where the processes, procedures and operational systems meet a high standard of professional and academic competence. It offers a different perspective on building maintenance management by presenting the schematic building maintenance value chain model and it’s implementation in Malaysian ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Essentials of Urban Design

    by Mark Sheppard ...
    Essentials of Urban Design explains the fundamental concepts of urban design, providing the understanding and tools needed to achieve better design outcomes. It is equally useful for designing places and evaluating designs. Each chapter outlines the key steps in designing or assessing a different type of development. All common types of urban development are addressed, from infill buildings to ... Read more

    $51.09 USD