Watercolorist's Guide to Painting Buildings

Watercolorist's Guide to Painting Buildings

2000 | 128 pages | PDF | 19,3 MB

Buildings-old and new, ornate or simple-provide an endlessly intriguing subject for watercolorists. Author and artist Richard Taylor gives you all the techniques for capturing perspective, proportion, light and shade, detail and texture. 

After deciding on the right materials, try your hand at everything from sheds and shacks to classical architecture with formal designs, arches, and elegant frontage. Capture the weathered appeal of a crumbling, ruined boatyard; by using lots of water, and downward vertical strokes with the brush, all the dramatic effects of ageing emerge on the paper.

 Stone steps leading up to a quiet Mediterranean courtyard shine in dappled light and warm shadows-deep in the interior, leafy branches, potted plants, windows, and a statue catch the eye. 

Or, paint quadrangles, cloisters; terraced homes, town houses, and street life. Throughout, 120 paintings in various stages of completion, show the effects of color, shadowing, and balance. 

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Mirror of the World : A New History of Art

Mirror of the World : A New History of Art

2007 | PDF | 496 pages | 6.2 MB

A vivid and compelling history of human artistic achievements, from the first stone fashioned into a figure by a hunter-gatherer to the latest new media and installation work.

With remarkable clarity, Julian Bell tells the story of how art has evolved through the millennia and across the world. He follows the changing trends in the making and significance of art in different cultures, and explains why the art of the day looked and functioned as it did. 

Key images and objects—some of them familiar works of art; others, less known but equally crucial to the story—act as landmarks on the journey, focal points around which the discussion always centers. 

Along the way, Bell answers fundamental questions such as "What is art and where does it start?" and "Why do humans make it and how does it serve them?"Previous histories tended to focus only on the masterpieces of Western art, in the process excluding the work of women or non-Western artists, or else considering developments around the world as separate, unrelated phenomena. 

Bell's achievement is to take a global perspective, bringing the distinct stories together in one convincing narrative. He draws insightful and inspired connections between different continents and cultures and across the millennia, which results in a rich and seamless introduction to the world of visual creativity.

Hundreds of carefully selected illustrations show how artists from different ages and societies often shared the same formal, technical, and aesthetic concerns, while others took divergent paths when their vision dictated it. 460 illustrations, 300 in color.
 

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Logo Design Workbook

Logo Design Workbook

 A Hands-On Guide to Creating Logos  

 Logo Design Workbook focuses on creating powerful logo designs and answers the question, "What makes a logo work?"

In the first half of this book, authors Sean Adams and Noreen Morioka walk readers step-by-step through the entire logo-development process. Topics include developing a concept that communicates the right message and is appropriate for both the client and the market; defining how the client's long-term goals might affect the look and needs of the mark; choosing colors and typefaces; avoiding common mistakes; and deciphering why some logos are successful whereas others are not.

The second half of the book comprises in-depth case studies on logos designed for various industries. Each case study explores the design brief, the relationship with the client, the time frame, and the results.

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L'aquarelle : De l'émotion à la création

L'aquarelle : De l'émotion à la création

 106 pages | PDF | 28,3 MB

L'aquarelle, de l'émotion à la création. L'aquarelle est un médium en mouvement, un appel à créer et une source de plaisir accessible à tous. C'est là le credo de Joëlle Krupa-Astruc, qui, au fil de ces pages, guide vos pas et vos pinceaux à la découverte de cette technique picturale fascinante, mais parfois capricieuse. 

Aiguisant vos sens et votre intuition créative, l'artiste vous propose tout d'abord de vous familiariser avec les outils et d'acquérir les bases propres à l'aquarelle : choix du matériel, préparation du papier, méthodes d'application de la peinture et de l'eau, élaboration d'une composition, etc. 

Puis cinq réalisations, détaillées pas à pas et abondamment illustrées, vous invitent à mettre en pratique vos acquis, à votre rythme. Du paysage au portrait, en passant par la texture de la pierre et l'éclat de la végétation, chacune est le reflet d'une expérience, d'une situation donnée où l'artiste a dû trouver les clés picturales et créer un langage en accord avec l'eau et le pigment. La technique et le récit se trouvent mêlés en lieu intime, où la création est associée au plaisir.

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Drawing the Human Head

Drawing the Human Head

In 300 extraordinary drawings, Hogarth shows how to draw the head from every angle, age the face from infancy to old age, and delineate every feature and wrinkle.
 

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Using the Building Regulations (Part C)

Using the Building Regulations: Part C: 

Site Preparation & resistance to contaminants & moisture 

 2007  | 232 pages | PDF | 4 Mb

 As the Building Regulations and Approved Documents have become more and more complex, they have become increasingly unfriendly for a professional user. Compliance is only possible by understanding a wide range of supporting documentation. Alternative approaches are implied, but not described or analysed.

This book examines Approved Document C on Site Preparation and takes the user through all the key stages of preparation, compliance, inspection and enforcement. It offers practical advice on using not just the traditional routes to compliance but also on the alternative approaches suggested but not explained in the Approved Documents. The advantages and disadvantages of each form of compliance are analysed in depth.

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Transportation Systems in Buildings

Transportation Systems in Buildings

CIBSE Guide D

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Transient Airflow in Building Drainage Systems

Transient Airflow in Building Drainage Systems

2010 |  362 pages | PDF | 8,8 MB

Giving you the first comprehensive presentation of the ground breaking research undertaken at Heriot Watt University, with Research Council and industrial funding, this book brings a new perspective to the design of building drainage and vent systems. It provides the building services community with clear and verifiable design methods that will be robust enough to meet challenges such as climate change and water conservation; population migration to the mega cities of the developing world, and the consequent pressures of user concentration; the rise of the prestige building and the introduction of new appliances and control strategies. 

These all combine to make traditional codified design guidance insufficient. Many assumptions in existing codes defining the entrained airflows within building drainage vent systems cannot be theoretically supported, so designers concerned with these systems need analysis and simulation capabilities which are at least as reliable as those enjoyed by other building services practitioners.

The Method of Characteristics solution techniques which are well established in the pressure surge field are now used to provide solutions for drainage designers. The material is applied to a whole range of abstract scenarios then to a series of real world applications including the forensic modelling of the SARS virus spread within Amoy Gardens in 2003 and the refurbishment of the O2 Dome. 

Applications to specialised services, including underground station drainage and highly infectious disease treatment facilities are discussed and demonstrated, alongside the use of design and simulation techniques in support of product development.

Aimed at both professional and academic users, this book serves both as a design aid and as a core text for specialist masters courses in public health and building services engineering.
 

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

The Building Environment : 

Active and Passive Control Systems, 3rd Edition

145 Mb

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.
 

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Structure as Architecture

Structure as Architecture

A Source Book for Architects and Structural Engineers

 Structure As Architecture provides readers with an accessible insight into the relationship between structure and architecture, focusing on the design principles that relate to both fields. 

Over one hundred case studies of contemporary buildings from countries across the globe including the UK, the US, France, Germany, Spain, Hong Kong and Australia are interspersed throughout the book. 

The author has visited and photographed each of these examples and analyzed them to show how structure plays a significant architectural role, as well as bearing loads.

 This is a highly illustrated sourcebook, providing a new insight into the role of structure, and discussing the point where the technical and the aesthetic meet to create the discipline of 'architecture'.

• * Presents a comprehensive analysis of how building structure contributes to architecture
• * Connects architectural design ideas and structure in the context of contemporary architecture, materials and structure
• * Highly illustrated, providing a sourcebook of architectural and engineering design ideas

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Structure and Architecture

Structure and Architecture

Second edition

 'Structure and Architecture' is an essential textbook for students and practitioners of architecture and structural engineering. 

MacDonald explains the basic principles of structure and describes the ranges of structure types in current use. 

Furthermore, the book links these topics directly with the activity of architectural design and criticism. 

An update of the first edition, 'Structure and Architecture 2ed' includes a revised opening chapter, and a new section that discusses prominent buildings constructed since the last edition was published in 1994.

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Structural Design for Architecture

Structural Design for Architecture

It is intended principally for use by students of architecture and will provide them with the information required to make sensible choices on the structural aspects of architectural design. 

The topics covered in the book include choice of structural
material, the determination of the form and geometry of structures, the integration of the structure with other aspects of architectural design and the preliminary allocation of dimensions to the principal structural elements. 

It is essentially a
non-mathematical treatment. Calculation procedures are reduced to the minimum compatible with achieving a meaningful approximation to the required member dimension.

Provides information which will be directly applicable to strategic decision making in relation to architectural form.

Deals with all basic types of structure in the four principal structural materials of steel, concrete, masonry and timber.

Comprehensively illustrated and presents information in a format which is readily accessible.
 

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Introduction aux technologies de construction et à l'architecture

Introduction aux technologies de construction et à l'architecture

 Suzel Balez (& Vincent Rigassi)
MOBAT
2007-2008

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Components and Systems : Modular Construction. Design. Structure. New Technologies

Components and Systems : Modular Construction. 

Design. Structure. New Technologies

Construction systems reduced to the smallest possible number of identical elements have long been used by architects to build structures as well as dismantle and change them as quickly, efficiently, and economically as possible. 

Think of the architecture of the nomads, the Crystal Palace designed by the architect John Paxton for the London Worlds Fair of 1851, or the modern construction systems of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in steel, concrete, and wood.

Coupled with modern digital planning and production methods, modular precast construction systems that are adaptable for many combinations and capable of being combined with one other will play an increasingly important role in architecture in the future.

The volume Components and Systems offers an in-depth and clearly organized presentation of the various types of precast building components from semifinished products to building with components, open and closed systems, and skeleton and panel construction all the way to spatial cell constructions. 

The systems are accompanied by detailed drawings and color photographs. Discussions of transporting and assembling the various systems round off the topic and make this book an indispensable practical companion.
 

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Burger Indoor 2011

Burger Indoor 2011

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Building Construction Handbook, 8th Edition

Building Construction Handbook, 8th Edition

Building Construction Handbook contains everything you need to know about the construction process. Up-to-date examples of everyday practices and processes, accompanied by detailed drawings to illustrate the construction building elements, make this text a core reference for both students and professionals.

The eigth edition has been fully revised and updated with additional examples of building practice. New material on the following areas is included: energy conservation, sustainable construction, environmental and green building issues and fire protection to elements of construction.

Building Construction Handbook is an essential, easy-to-use resource for undergraduate and vocational students on a wide range of courses including NVQ and BTEC National, through Higher National Certificate and Diploma, to Foundation and three-year degree level. It is also a handy reference for building designers, contractors and others working in the construction industry.
 

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The Roofing Handbook, 2nd Edition

The Roofing Handbook, 2nd Edition
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The most complete A-to-Z handbook on the basics of residential roofing--comes with over 250 illustrations, photos, and CAD drawings. 

Reviews regulations, safety, emerging technologies and new/alternative materials; construction tips; estimating and bidding; customer service; marketing; and more. 

New chapter on the roofing business focuses on how professionals can turn the book's pointers into profits.
 

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The Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment

The Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment

Volume 1 : Non-Domestic Buildings

2009 | 190 pages | PDF | 10,7 MB

The refurbishment of existing buildings is a neglected subject within sustainable architecture; attention is usually focused on new buildings. Old buildings can use large amounts of energy and provide poor internal conditions for occupants. 

They may have high heating demand, poor lighting, poor ventilation, solar penetration and glare, and poor control of heating and cooling. Demolition is an option but the alternative of refurbishment is starting to be seen as more sustainable in terms of architectural value, materials use, neighborhood disruption and waste disposal. 

Building new is more carbon intensive and carries many wider environmental impacts. In addition, the potential impact of low energy refurbishment is much greater than that for new build since there are many more existing buildings than will be built in the next 10 - 20 years, the period over which many CO2 emission targets apply.

The Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment: Volume 1: Non-Domestic Buildings offers architects, engineers and a wide range of building professionals practical advice, illustrated by real examples. 

It moves from principles of sustainable refurbishment to specific design and engineering guidance. It emphasizes the need for an integrated approach by showing how refurbishment measures interact with one and other, and with the occupants, and how performance is ultimately influenced by this interaction.
 

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Refurbishment and Upgrading of Buildings

Refurbishment and Upgrading of Buildings

A detailed guide to the technical aspects of refurbishing and upgrading buildings, providing solutions to a range of problems, challenges and issues with technical drawings and case-studies. Essential purchase for all construction professionals engaged in this kind of work and students of construction, surveying and architecture.
 

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New Houses in Old Buildings (Architectural Design)

New Houses in Old Buildings (Architectural Design)

 English.
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New concepts in renovating

New concepts in renovating

 Date: 2005 Format: PDF Language: English

Functionality and aesthetics come together beautifully in this volume featuring a wide-ranging selection of outstanding renovations and additions carried out by internationally renowned architects. 

The designing architects of the renovation projects share their expertise by contributing their own commentary on each project. 

Phase-by-phase breakdowns of each gorgeously illustrated project, concept sketches, floor plans, and thorough technical information on each, make this a highly informative guide to innovations in renovating.

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Manuale operativo per il restauro architettonico

Manuale operativo per il restauro architettonico

Italian | 2010 | PDF | 289 pages | 11 mb

Il manuale raccoglie una panoramica di soluzioni indirizzate alla conservazione del patrimonio edilizio storico.

 Le diverse procedure illustrate analizzano e descrivono sia operazioni attinenti il restauro sia interventi propri del consolidamento delle strutture, fornendo per ogni singola problematica, un ventaglio di soluzioni possibili. 

Il risultato finale si traduce in uno strumento operativo e, allo stesso tempo, conoscitivo utile per individuare la soluzione più idonea al caso specifico.In questa quarta edizione: nuove procedure e un ampliamento dell'apparato illustrativo. 

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Home Repair Handbook

Home Repair Handbook

Explains how to fix common problems with the roofing, siding, windows, doors, floors, walls, plumbing, heating, appliances, and electrical system of a house.  

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Building Surveys

Building Surveys

 Building Surveys
has been the core text in its field for students and professionals
alike. Covering everything needed for initial inspections such as
equipment, know-how and procedures to writing an accurate report,
this book is a proven indispensable guide.

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Building Maintenance Management

Building Maintenance Management

 336 pages | pdf | 2 mb

This new edition of an informative and accessible book guides building surveyors and facilities managers through the key aspects of property maintenance and continues to be of value to both students and practitioners.

With the increasing cost of new-build, effective maintenance of existing building stock is becoming ever more important and building maintenance work now represents nearly half of total construction output in the UK.

Building Maintenance Management provides a comprehensive profile of the many aspects of property maintenance. This second edition has been updated throughout, with sections on outsourcing; maintenance planning; benchmarking and KPIs; and current trends in procurement routes (including partnering and the growth of PFI) integrated into the text. 

There is also a new chapter on the changing context within which maintenance is carried out, largely concerned with its relationship to facilities management. More coverage is given of maintenance organisations and there are major updates to relevant aspects of health and safety and to contract forms

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Building Codes for Existing and Historic Buildings

Building Codes for Existing and Historic Buildings

2011 | 266 pages | PDF | 3,20 MB

Learn to apply the International Building Code and International Existing Building Code to historic buildings

Written for architects, engineers, preservation, and code enforcement professionals, this is the only comprehensive book that examines how the International Building Code (IBC) and the International Existing Building Code (IEBC) can be applied to historic and existing buildings. For ease of use, the book is organized to parallel the structure of the IEBC itself, and the approach is cumulative, with the objective of promoting an understanding of the art of applying building regulations to the environment of existing buildings.

Building Codes for Existing and Historic Buildings begins with a discussion of the history of building regulations in the United States and the events and conditions that created them. Next, it provides thorough coverage of:
 

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Bridge and Highway Structure Rehabilitation and Repair

Bridge and Highway 

Structure Rehabilitation and Repair

 Pages: 656 | PDF | 12,67 MB

This authoritative volume offers up-to-date guidance on the latest design techniques, repair methods, specialized software, materials, and advanced maintenance procedures for bridges and highway structures. Focusing on both traditional and nontraditional design issues, Bridge and Highway Structure Rehabilitation and Repair clarifies the most recent AASHTO bridge design codes and discusses new analytical and design methodologies, such as the application of load and resistance factor design (LRFD). A wealth of concise explanations, solved examples, and in-depth case studies are included in this comprehensive resource.

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Writing Testbenches : Functional Verification of HDL Models

Writing Testbenches :

 Functional Verification of HDL Models

2000 | PDF | 358 pages | 12,9 mb

Writing Testbenches: Functional Verification of HDL Models first introduces the necessary concepts and tools of verification, then describes a process for carrying out an effective functional verification of a design. 

This book also presents techniques for applying a stimulus and monitoring the response of a design by abstracting the operations using bus-functional models. 

The architecture of testbenches built around these bus-functional models is important for minimizing development and maintenance effort. Behavioral modeling is another important concept presented in this book. 

It is used to parallelize the implementation and verification of a design and to perform more efficient simulations. For many, behavioral modeling is synonymous with synthesizeable or RTL modeling. 

In this book, the term `behavioural' is used to describe any model that adequately emulates the functionality of a design, usually using non-synthesizeable constructs and coding style.
 

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Water-Resistant Design and Construction

Water-Resistant : Design and Construction

286 pages | PDF | 7.03 MB

The Illustrated Guide to Water Resistant Design and Construction provides state-of-the-art solutions to prevent the most common water-related problems in buildings.

Designed to save you time and money, this expert resource discusses the causes and effects of water-related problems…time tested solutions for keeping water damage from occurring…methods for enhancing construction quality to reduce claims…tips on selecting the right firm to perform waterproof design and construction…guidance on achieving effective maintenance and repair…and more. 

The Illustrated Guide to Waterproof Construction features:

• * More than 150 illustrations showing how to improve details and create higher-quality buildings
•  * Waterproofing methods that comply with the International Building Code
• * Numerous examples and case studies from the United States, China, and Canada . 

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Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics

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The Messina Strait Bridge

The Messina Strait Bridge :

 A Challenge and a Dream 

334 pages | PDF | 52 MB

This book describes the enormous depth of work carried out since the early seventies on the Messina Strait Bridge, up to the recent award of the detailed design and construction contract. This important work has included extensive studies, concepts and design developments, with far reaching applications, which have all confirmed the feasibility of this huge endeavour and have led to the optimisation of costs and expected performance levels.

Attention is focused not only on the design itself, but also on the context for the project (e.g. historical, geological, seismo-tectonic and wind conditions; structural and mechanical properties; project management and financial aspects; and environmental considerations), and on the great challenges involved. Thus, considering the innovations and specific solutions adopted in overcoming the challenges presented by constructing a world record span of 3,300 metres at this site, it becomes clear how the Messina Strait Crossing will take its place as a masterpiece in bridge engineering history.

This book will be of interest to bridge and structural engineers, geotechnical and wind engineers, mechanical and earthquake engineers, graduate students in all these areas and all others with a broad interest in bridge design and engineering.
 

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Sound Insulation

Sound Insulation

648 pages | PDF | 7,4 MB

Sound insulation is an important aspect of building performance. This book is a comprehensive guide to sound and vibration theory and its application to the measurement and prediction of sound insulation in buildings. 

It enables the reader to tackle a wide range of issues relating to sound insulation during the design and construction stages of a building, and to solve problems in existing buildings. 

The book has been written for engineers, consultants, building designers, students in acoustics, researchers and those involved in the manufacture and design of building products. 

Key aspects are that it:

• * Explains the fundamental theory using examples that show its direct application to buildings
• * Guides the reader through the links between measurement and theory
• * Explains concepts that are important for the application, interpretation and understanding of guidance documents, test reports, product data sheets, published papers, regulations and Standards
• * Makes direct reference to ISO and EN Standards on sound insulation
• * Contains a large number of illustrations showing measurements, predictions and example calculations for quick reference

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Solar Domestic Water Heating

Solar Domestic Water Heating

The Earthscan Expert Handbook for Planning, Design and Installation

 (Earthscan Expert Series)


Solar Domestic Water Heating is a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of solar domestic water heating systems. As fossil fuel prices continue to rise and awareness of climate change grows, interest in domestic solar water heating is expanding.

Solar water heating technology is the most environmentally-friendly way to heat water. This fully-illustrated and easy-to-follow guide shows how domestic solar water heating systems work, the different types of systems, types of collectors, both flat plate and evacuated tube, types of storage tanks and other accessories.

 It also shows how systems are installed and explains how solar water heating can be integrated into existing water heating systems. Numerous examples from around the world have been included. The ideal guide for plumbers, heating engineers, builders and architects, housing and property developers, home owners and DIY enthusiasts, and anyone who needs a clear introduction to solar water heating technology.
 

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Room Acoustics, Fifth Edition

Room Acoustics, Fifth Edition

2009 | 392 pages | PDF | 7 MB

Since publication of the first edition in 1973, this professional and scientific reference has become the standard work in the field, providing detailed analysis of the state of the art in room acoustics. 

This edition includes a new list of symbols, and updated sections include the measurement of the impulse response including a discussion of distortions, sound propagation as a diffusive process and scattering by wall irregularities.
 

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Photovoltaics and Architecture

Photovoltaics and Architecture

Photovoltaic systems (PVs) produce electricity directly from solar radiation and are becoming more widespread as their advantages become apparent. This new guide provides an overview of how PVs work and how they are incorporated in the design of buildings, giving designers a good idea of the variety and flexibility of PVs and of their design and aesthetic potential. Seven contemporary case studies illustrate the use and application of photovoltaic systems.
 

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Packed Tower Design and Applications

Packed Tower Design and Applications :

Random and Structured Packings
Second Edition  

During the last 25 years, significant changes have taken place in both the design of tower packings and the application of packed columns. Increasingly, concerns have turned from capacity to energy efficiency and the environmental impact of processing operations. 

This new edition has been retitled and updated throughout to reflect these changes and the expanded uses for structured packages. It provides basic information on the operation mechanism of packed columns, as well as practical methods for designing such columns, proven methods that have been used over the last decade to design columns as large as 46 feet in diameter and for separations requiring as many as 128 theoretical stages. 

The procedures presented are based on the author's practical experience acquired over 40 years, and have in many cases been developed as a result of real-life modifications. The numerous and varied major applications of packed columns are reviewed, so that their advantages as compared to other mass transfer devices can be determined. 

Particular characteristics of a system that need to be considered to ensure successful column operation are discussed.
 

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Les capteurs solaires à air

Les capteurs solaires à air

Réaliser - Installer - Gérer

Destiné au grand public, ce petit guide technique décrit la réalisation d'un système aérothermique en photos et textes clairs, facile à comprendre. Astuces et explications très pédagogiques permettront à tous les bricoleurs de faire des économies de chauffage non négligeables !
 

L'aérothermie solaire directe consiste à chauffer l'air de nos maisons. Cette technique est particulièrement simple, fiable et facile à mettre en oeuvre par tous, et sans connaissances particulières ! Même les habitations anciennes, résidences secondaires ou lieux isolés en bénéficieront ! Cette application solaire passive, encore trop méconnue ou délaissée, est fort économique à réaliser, insensible aux aléas climatiques, d'une durée de vie très importante, et ne faisant appel qu'à des constituants solides et naturels.

Cet ouvrage vous dévoile pas à pas, après quelques notions théoriques, les étapes très détaillées de la construction des capteurs à air. De nombreuses photos vous permettront de comprendre leur réalisation, leur installation sur votre façade, et même, en prime, leur gestion électronique pour une énergie solaire enfin maîtrisée !
 

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Isolation acoustique des façades

Isolation acoustique des façades :

 Guide technique et administratif pour le traitement des Points Noirs Bruit.
CEREMA - Direction technique Territoires et ville

La mise en oeuvre d'une isolation acoustique renforcée des façades est une des solutions pour protéger les bâtiments recensés et classés points Noirs Bruit par les préfets.

Pour réaliser ces travaux, les propriétaires des bâtiments sensibles, exposés à des niveaux de bruit excessifs, peuvent bénéficier d'une subvention accordée par l'État dans le cadre du décret du 3 mai 2002.Après une présentation des conditions d'attribution de cette subvention, ce guide expose les différentes techniques d'amélioration de l'isolation acoustique ainsi que les aspects connexes qu'il convient de prendre en compte : exigences de pureté de l'air, maintien du confort thermique et aspects liés à la sécurité après les travaux.

Il est destiné aussi bien aux services des Directions Départementales de l'Équipement, chargés de l'attribution des subventions, qu'aux maîtres d'oeuvre et bureaux de contrôle impliqués dans ces opérations.

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Energy Conservation in Buildings

Energy Conservation in Buildings :

 A Guide to Part L of the Building Regulations

The conservation of fuel and power in buildings is an important part of the UK government's strategy to reduce national energy conservation. The revision to Part L of the Building Regulations, which came into force on 1 April 2002, lays down detailed and extensive requirements for conserving energy in almost all buildings and it covers most potential causes of building energy consumption.

This guide explains these detailed requirements and shows how they apply to particular cases, with the use of numerous worked examples. It includes a chapter on air tightness and leakage testing, a topic with which many building professionals are unfamiliar.

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Solar Architecture: Strategies, Visions, Concepts (In Detail)

Solar Architecture: 

Strategies, Visions, Concepts (In Detail)

In the very near future energy-efficient building will be the rule rather than the exception. 

Insulating glazing, multi-functional facades and organic solar cells are examples of important new developments in the field of solar thermal technology, photo-voltaics, heating and ventilation technology which are suitable for a wide range of uses from large-scale urban-planning projects to individual single family houses, and can make significant contributions to the conservation of natural resources in sustainable building.

 Carefully selected articles provide information on planning methods and techniques which will enable the user to assess and apply appropriate measures. 

The essays are complemented by a selection of built examples which demonstrate innovative solutions and the importance of an integrated planning process in realized projects, complete with full plans and large scale details.
 

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Design for Water

Design for Water :

Rainwater Harvesting, Stormwater Catchment, and Alternate Water Reuse

 2007 | 240 pages | PDF | 15.8 Mb

In an era of dwindling resources, water is poised to become the new oil. The entire world now faces the reality of a decreasing supply of clean water. 

To avert a devastating shortage, we must not only look at alternate water sources for existing structures but must plan our new developments differently.
 

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Building Acoustics

Building Acoustics

Building or architectural acoustics is taken in this book to cover all aspects of sound and vibration in buildings. The book covers room acoustics but the main emphasis is on sound insulation and sound absorption and the basic aspects of noise and vibration problems connected to service equipment and external sources. 

Measuring techniques connected to these fields are also brought in. It is designed for advanced level engineering studies and is also valuable as a guide for practitioners and acoustic consultants who need to fulfil the demands of building regulations.

It gives emphasis to the acoustical performance of buildings as derived from the performance of the elements comprising various structures. Consequently, the physical aspects of sound transmission and absorption need to be understood, and the main focus is on the design of elements and structures to provide high sound insulation and high absorbing power. 

Examples are taken from all types of buildings. The book aims at giving an understanding of the physical principles involved and three chapters are therefore devoted to vibration phenomena and sound waves in fluids and solid media. 

Subjective aspects connected to sound and sound perception is sufficiently covered by other books; however, the chapter on room acoustics includes descriptions of measures that quantify the "acoustic quality" of rooms for speech and music.
 

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Architectural Acoustics: Blending Sound Sources, Sound Fields, and Listeners

Architectural Acoustics:

 Blending Sound Sources, Sound Fields, and Listeners

1998 | 224 pages | PDF | 19,3 MB

Proceeding from basic theory to design studies of concert and multiple purpose halls, the author introduces a remarkable seat selection system for the analysis of new and existing halls, and proposes a diagnostic system for testing the physical properties and calculating the psychological attributes at any seat after a hall is built. 

The book also presents a theory of subjective preferences, based on a model of the auditory cognitive system in the brain. 

Readers can thus follow the temporal and spatial values that may be associated with the left and right cerebral hemispheres in listening to music and speech, respectively, in a room. 

From the results of calculating subjective preference at each seat, for example, architects, musicians, and acoustical engineers concerned with the design and use of concert and multi-use halls may determine the best location to perform a certain type of music on the stage, as well as the best seats from which to listen.
 

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Safety, health and welfare on construction sites

Safety, health and welfare on construction sites 

A training manual

International Labour Office     Geneva
134 pages
 

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Méthodes en phase de préparation du chantier

Méthodes en phase de préparation du chantier

du Centre Hospitalier Régional de Metz.
Bruno FAUVEL
 

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Corporate Strategy in Construction

Corporate Strategy in Construction :

Understanding Today’s Theory and Practice

This book draws together the main elements of strategic management theory and considers their relevance to contemporary practice in construction. It helps students understand what corporate strategy involves and how it is possible to develop a proactive approach to the management of key organisational resources that are essential to attain objectives.

Understanding of the importance of strategic management has developed rapidly in the past decade. Recent economic events have shown that all organisations must continually reassess their approach to achieving intended objectives, especially improvement in customer focus. The construction industry is no different. Construction employers require graduates who are competent in understanding the basis of strategic management, the range of techniques that will enable the organisation to identify opportunities and threats and respond to rapid change.

This book provides an overview of the context in which construction projects are carried out, and the potential methods that exist to conduct strategic analysis and decision-making. By analysing case studies, Corporate Strategy in Construction: Understanding today’s theory & practice demonstrates how vital lessons can be learnt from other industries by benchmarking practices and developing alternative ways of delivering value to clients.

A key message of the book is that construction organisations can, with a better appreciation of strategic management, increase their potential to innovate and create sustainable competitive advantage.
 

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Planning, Estimating, and Control of Chemical Construction Projects

Planning,  Estimating,  and Control of 

Chemical Construction  Projects

SECOND EDITION  

Contains added chapters emphasizing the importance of choosing the correct project and defining project goals. Stresses the need for adequate front end loading (FEL) and outlines the responsibility of the venture manager in project selection. Provides updated case studies and examples on technical evaluation criteria, construction progress monitoring, offshore estimating, and more. The authors discuss such topics as initial involvement and plan of action, process design, regulatory compliance, risk analysis, project execution plan/master project schedule, estimating, contracting, detailed engineering, procurement, construction management, project control, contracts administration, communications, and plant start-up.

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Construction Superintendent Operations Manual

Construction Superintendent 

Operations Manual

2008 | PDF | 475 pages | 17,3 mb

Turn to the updated Second Edition of Construction Superintendent's Operations Manual for step-by-step guidance on managing every aspect of complex construction jobs. From handling construction contracts to managing construction components and technology, this hands-on resource will help you ensure that projects are completed on time, within budget, and according to specifications.
 

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Construction Site Security

Construction Site Security

In order to meet insurance requirements or earn incentives, construction companies must now put a security plan in place for every construction site. This comprehensive resource covers all the essentials of planning, prioritizing, and implementing construction site security.
 

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