Showing posts with label Environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Environment. Show all posts

Monday, September 26, 2016

Managing quality in architecture


Managing quality in architecture : 
A handbook for creators of the built environment
PDF | 320 pages | 7.50 MB


Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Environment & Landscape 1-4


Environment & Landscape 1
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Environment & Landscape 2
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Environment & Landscape 3
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Environment & Landscape 4
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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Green Building Handbook : A Guide to Building Products and Their Impact on the Environment


Green Building Handbook : 
A Guide to Building Products and Their Impact on the Environment
Green Building Handbook, Volume 1
Tom Woolley,Sam Kimmins, Paul Harrison and Rob Harrison



Green Building Handbook : 
A Guide to Building Products and Their Impact on the Environment
Green Building Handbook, VOLUME 2
Tom Woolley and Sam Kimmins



Energy and Environment in Architecture : A Technical Design Guide


Energy and Environment in Architecture : 
A Technical Design Guide.
Nick Baker, Koen Steemers

A unique and revolutionary text which explains the principles behind the LT Method (2.1), a manual design tool developed in Cambridge by the BRE. The LT Method is a unique way of estimating the combined energy usage of lighting, heating, cooling and ventilation systems, to enable the designer to make comparisons between options at an early, strategic stage.

In addition,Energy and Environment in Architecture the book deals with other environmental issues such as noise, thermal comfort and natural ventilation design. A variety of case studies provide a critique of real buildings and highlight good practice. These topics include thermal comfort, noise and natural ventilation.



Sunday, July 14, 2013

Energy and Environment in Architecture: A Technical Design Guide



Energy and Environment in Architecture: A Technical Design Guide
Nick Baker, 
English | 2000 | PDF | 178 pages | 7,8 mb

A unique and revolutionary text which explains the principles behind the LT Method (2.1), a manual design tool developed in Cambridge by the BRE. The LT Method is a unique way of estimating the combined energy usage of lighting, heating, cooling and ventilation systems, to enable the designer to make comparisons between options at an early, strategic stage.
In addition,Energy and Environment in Architecture the book deals with other environmental issues such as noise, thermal comfort and natural ventilation design. A variety of case studies provide a critique of real buildings and highlight good practice. These topics include thermal comfort, noise and natural ventilation.


Saturday, July 13, 2013

Environment and Children : Passive Lessons from the Everyday Environment


Environment and Children : Passive Lessons from the Everyday Environment
Christopher Day
Architectural Press | English | October 2007 | 313 pages | PDF | 5,5 MB

How does the built environment affect children - their health, their behaviour, education and development? To support them, what do we need to consider and what do we need to do? Can our surroundings foster environmental and social awareness and responsibility?
Based on Christopher Day's experiences designing schools and early childhood centres in the United States and Britain, this groundbreaking book sets out to answer these questions and to offer solutions.
Children all too often find themselves living in alien surroundings designed with the needs of adults in mind, cut off not just from the natural environment but also childhood itself. Society's reaction - to cocoon children from the outside world or to resort to drugs to control behaviour - fails to address the fundamental causes of problems which lie in the environment not the children themselves.
One of the world's leading thinkers on the impact of buildings on people, Christopher Day's insights offer new light on one of the most important issues for today's society.

Some of the highlighted fetures of this book :
• Groundbreaking study of the impact of the built environment on children's health and behaviour
• What our surroundings teach our children
• Designing environments that nourish imagination and creativity

Thursday, June 20, 2013

The Building Environment : Active and Passive Control Systems, 3rd Edition


The Building Environment : Active and Passive Control Systems, 3rd Edition
Vaughn Bradshaw 

To capitalize on today's rapidly evolving, specialized technologies, architects, designers, builders, and contractors work together to plan the mechanical and electrical equipment that controls the indoor environment of a building. The Building Environment: Active and Passive Control Systems, Third Edition helps you take advantage of design innovations and construction strategies that maximize the comfort, safety, and energy efficiency of buildings.

From active HVAC systems to passive methods, lighting to on-site power generation, this updated edition explains how to strategically plan for and incorporate effective, efficient systems in today's buildings. It covers the underlying thermal theories and thermodynamic principles and focuses on design that enhances the building environment and minimizes the impact on the world's environment.

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Managing quality in architecture : A handbook for creators of the built environment


Managing quality in architecture : A handbook for creators of the built environment
Charles Nelson, Charles E. Nelson - 
2006-07-27 |  | PDF | 320 pages | 7.50 MB

This handbook addresses the question of how best to manage quality in architecture for the mutual benefit of design practices and their clients. Based on research from the last two decades, it explores the general principles, tools and techniques that can be adapted to the unique culture of any design practice.
The book addresses all aspects of quality in creating the built environment, with international contributions representing some of the best thinking that exists in design practice management. It is aimed at the entire design team - those who have a role in design inputs, design processes and design execution; including project managers, contractors, suppliers and clients. An accompanying website also provides commentary and updates on the text.
Topics are linked to relevant sections of the current quality standard, and the standard is interpreted as to its application to design practice. Practices interested in establishing an ISO 9001-compliant quality system will find all the tools they need.
The interpretation of quality is comprehensive. The focus is completely practical, rather than theoretical, affording readers a concise picture of how the issues of excellence and quality performance flow across every aspect of design practice. This focus provides the vital link that distinguishes truly successful practices from the rest, Here, simply, is the answer to the forces of commoditization that challenge all designers in today's competitive environment.
The text is augmented and supported by chapters from twenty-two authoritative contributors, a foreword authored by Eugene Hopkins, and illustrations by graphic artist Michael Lindell.
Key case studies are also provided focusing on:
Anderson-Brulé Architects, San José CA
Add, Inc., Cambridge MA
Geyer Pty Ltd, Melbourne, VIC Australia
Harley Ellis Devereaux, Southfield MI
RVK Architects, San Antonio, TX
* The only book for the design and construction industry that references the current (2000) version of the Quality Standard ISO 9001
* Over 20 expert contributions from around the world represent the best thinking in design practice management
* Accompanying website will enable readers to access nearly 1000 pages of related information; a virtual encyclopaedia on the topic

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

The Building Environment : Active and Passive Control Systems


The Building Environment : Active and Passive Control Systems, 3rd Edition
Vaughn Bradshaw

To capitalize on today's rapidly evolving, specialized technologies, architects, designers, builders, and contractors work together to plan the mechanical and electrical equipment that controls the indoor environment of a building. The Building Environment: Active and Passive Control Systems, Third Edition helps you take advantage of design innovations and construction strategies that maximize the comfort, safety, and energy efficiency of buildings.

From active HVAC systems to passive methods, lighting to on-site power generation, this updated edition explains how to strategically plan for and incorporate effective, efficient systems in today's buildings. It covers the underlying thermal theories and thermodynamic principles and focuses on design that enhances the building environment and minimizes the impact on the world's environment.