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  • The Passivhaus Designer’s Manual

    A technical guide to low and zero energy buildings

    Edited by Christina Hopfe, Robert McLeod ...
    Passivhaus is the fastest growing energy performance standard in the world, with almost 50,000 buildings realised to date. Applicable to both domestic and non-domestic building types, the strength of Passivhaus lies in the simplicity of the concept. As European and global energy directives move ever closer towards Zero (fossil) Energy standards, Passivhaus provides a robust ‘fabric first’ approach ... Read more

    68,38 €

  • Cities After Crisis

    Reinventing Neighborhood Design from the Ground-Up

    by Carlos Vazquez ...
    Cities After Crisis shows how urbanism and urban design is redefining cities after the global health, economic, and environmental crises of the past decades. The book details how these crises have led to a new urban vision—from avantgarde modern design to an artisan aesthetic that calls for simplicity and the everyday, from the sustainable development paradigm to a resilient vision that defends de ... Read more

    Free

  • 200 Types of House Plans as per Vastu Shastra

    by AS Sethu Pathi ...
    This book contains 200 varieties of house plans as per Vastu Shastra. As per Vastu Shastra the main door of the house facing towards East, West and North direction is very good. East and North direction considering very good in Vastu Shastra. Main door facing towards south direction is very bad so we must want to avoid that direction. So in this book I included house plans as per Vastu Shastra, ... Read more

    8,99 €

  • AutoCAD 2019 For Architectural Design

    by Tutorial Books ...
    Learn to design Home Plans in AutoCADIn this book, you will discover the process evolved in modeling a Home in AutoCAD from hand drawn sketches to a completed two storied home. You will start by importing hand sketches, and then create two dimensional floor plans and elevations. Later, you will move on to 3D modeling and create exterior and interior walls, doors, balcony, windows, stairs, and ... Read more

    20,99 €

  • Cozy Minimalist Home

    More Style, Less Stuff

    by Myquillyn Smith ...
    Go beyond décor trends to make your home beautiful, stylish, and comfortable. . .on any budget.Writing for the hands-on woman who'd rather move her own furniture than hire a designer, Myquillyn Smith--author of the *The Nesting Place--*helps you think through every room in your house, one purposeful design decision at a time. With people, priorities, and purpose in mind, you can create a warm, ... Read more

    15,89 €

  • Sustainability in Interior Design

    by Siân Moxon, Sian Moxon ...
    Series series Portfolio Skills
    The environmental impact of interior architecture and design practice is immense. This book highlights the need for designers to adapt the way they work and relearn lessons that have been lost.Contrary to many preconceptions, sustainable design can be sophisticated and stylish. And by its nature, a sustainable approach means considering the whole life cycle of a project and therefore improving the ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • Earth 2035

    by Tom Orrowchild ...
    Earth2035 is a compelling and visionary nonfiction work exploring humanity's role in the survival of Earth and its ecosystems. Through a philosophical and scientific lens, the book presents the challenges facing our planet-climate change, overpopulation, unsustainable growth, pollution, and biodiversity loss-while proposing intelligent, actionable solutions through global cooperation. Using the ... Read more

    6,35 €

  • The BIM Manager's Handbook, Part 2

    Change Management

    by Dominik Holzer ...
    ePart 2 Change Management: A BIM Manager might be hired for their technical skills, but their success relies heavily on their ability to be an agent of change within their organisation, facilitating transition to BIM processes and mentoring staff through the cultural and procedural shifts. This ePart outlines strategies to manage an organisation’s transition to BIM successfully and to master ... Read more

    37,95 €

  • Curbing Traffic

    The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives

    by Chris Bruntlett, Melissa Bruntlett ...
    In 2019, mobility experts Melissa and Chris Bruntlett began a new adventure in Delft in the Netherlands. They had packed up their family in Vancouver, BC, and moved to Delft to experience the biking city as residents rather than as visitors. A year earlier they had become unofficial ambassadors for Dutch cities with the publication of their first book Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint ... Read more

    22,89 €

  • The BIM Manager's Handbook, Part 1

    Best Practice BIM

    by Dominik Holzer ...
    ePart 1 Best Practice BIM: Seeking to get BIM right? This ePart provides a touchstone for good practice by introducing a number of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), which represent benchmarks for successful BIM implementation. It explains what good BIM looks like and the pitfalls to avoid with ‘bad BIM’ and ‘pseudo BIM’. It highlights the part that the BIM Manager can play in achieving excellence ... Read more

    10,99 €

  • Liens entre films animés, bandes dessinées et livres illustrés

    by Jérôme Dutel ...
    Cet ouvrage se consacre à l'exploration et l'analyse de l'intermédialité et de la transmédialité à l'œuvre dans le champ du cinéma d'animation. En se penchant sur les liens différents qui se tissent entre films animés, bandes dessinées et livres illustrés, ce recueil se déplace sur des espaces artistiques volontiers hybrides, où éléments visuels et textuels se conjuguent, se complètent et se ... Read more

    23,99 €

  • Energy-efficient Buildings in the Mediterranean: Challenges, Strategies, and Innovations

    Edited by Ioannis Vardopoulos, Constantinos Vassiliades ...
    Series series River Publishers Series in Energy Sustainability and Efficiency
    This volume reimagines the built environment not as a passive backdrop, but as a contested site where architecture, engineering, climate extremes, energy imperatives, and socio-economic inequalities converge. Sustainability is shown not as a universal mandate, but as a condition continually negotiated across uneven terrains of policy, design, and everyday inhabitation.Through contributions from ... Read more

    134,34 €

  • Desde la ciudad

    Pensar, diseñar y producir hoy la ciudad de mañana

    Edited by Rodrigo Vidal Rojas ...
    ¿Cómo entender la ciudad actual en toda su complejidad? ¿Cómo debemos pensar, diseñar y producir hoy la ciudad para que dentro de veinte a treinta años sea un lugar sostenible y grato para vivir? Este libro pretende contribuir a la elaboración de respuestas a estas y otras problemáticas adoptando una mirada urbana y arquitectónica desde la ciudad, que se desligue de la mirada tradicional hacia la ... Read more

    6,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pragmatic Engineering and Lifestyle

    Responsible Engineering for a Sustainable Future

    Edited by David S-K. Ting, Jacqueline A. Stagner ...
    The most productive way to engage society as a whole with issues of sustainability is to involve them in the development and execution of the solutions. Pragmatic Engineering and Lifestyle draws together international experts from engineering and architecture to disclose the latest insights into forging viable means to sustain tomorrow’s needs.Focusing on breaking through the remaining barriers ... Read more

    82,56 €

  • Food-Energy-Water Nexus Resilience and Sustainable Development

    Decision-Making Methods, Planning, and Trade-Off Analysis

    Edited by Somayeh Asadi, Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book presents readers with an integrated modeling approach for analyzing and understanding the interconnection of water, energy, and food resources and discusses the relationship between resilience and sustainability of the food- energy –water (FEW) system. Authors provide novel frameworks, models, and algorithms designed to balance the theoretical and applicative aspects of each chapter. The ... Read more

    85,85 €

  • Advancements in Nanotechnology for Energy and Environment

    Edited by Dharmendra Tripathi, Ravi Kumar Sharma, Hakan F. Öztop ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents a very useful and valuable collection of chapters associated with recent developments in energy, environment, and nanotechnology including nanofluids dynamics. The book provides insights related to various forms of nanotechnological applications in green buildings, environmental and electrochemical systems, solar distillation systems, green energy, storage tank of the solar ... Read more

    133,55 €

  • Quartierssanierung im Kontext urbaner Resilienz

    Der Beitrag von Business Improvement Districts als Beteiligungsansatz zur Förderung der urbanen Resilienz in innerstädtischen Quartieren

    by Benjamin Willi, Lucas Falter, Thomas Glatte ...
    Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
    Städte und ihre Quartiere sind Transformationsprozessen unterworfen und stehen nach Krisen wie der Corona-Pandemie vor großen Herausforderungen.Diese Publikation aus der Reihe „Studien zum nachhaltigen Bauen und Wirtschaften” untersucht in welcher Konstellation und unter welchen Bedingungen Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) als ein Beteiligungsinstrument der Quartiersentwicklung für die ... Read more

    49,07 €

  • Renewable Energy and Sustainable Buildings

    Selected Papers from the World Renewable Energy Congress WREC 2018

    Edited by Ali Sayigh ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book contains selected papers presented during the World Renewable Energy Network’s 28thanniversary congress at the University of Kingston in London. The forum highlighted the integration of renewables and sustainable buildings as the best means to combat climate change. In-depth chapters written by the world’s leading experts highlight the most current research and technological ... Read more

    95,39 €

  • Pier Luigi Nervi negli Stati Uniti. 1952-1979. Master Builder of the Modern Age

    by Alberto Bologna ...
    Series Book 116 - Studi e saggi
    Pier Luigi Nervi (1891-1979) è l'ingegnere italiano più celebre del XX secolo. A partire dal 1952, raggiunto l'apice della propria carriera di progettista e di imprenditore in Italia, Nervi decide di inserirsi nel mondo accademico e professionale degli Stati Uniti. Intraprende così un percorso che lo porta a costruirsi una fama oltreoceano: promuove la diffusione dei suoi scritti e delle sue opere ... Read more

    11,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gebäudeautomation in Wohn- und Wirtschaftsimmobilien

    Energetische Einsparpotenziale durch Gebäudeautomation

    by Giulio Saric, Thomas Glatte ...
    Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
    Mit Gebäudeautomation lassen sich Komfort und Sicherheit eines Gebäudes steigern. Dazu kommt das Potenzial, die Energieeffizienz der Immobilie zu erhöhen, was wirschaftliche Vorteile bei der Bewirtschaftung mit sich bringt. Diese Publikation untersucht verschiedene Smart-Home Technologien im Hinblick auf die Senkung der Energiekosten und vergleicht den ökonomischen Nutzen zwischen Wirtschafts- und ... Read more

    35,71 €

  • Understanding Architecture

    Its Elements, History, and Meaning

    by Leland M. Roth, Amanda C. Roth Clark ...
    The widely acclaimed and beautifully illustrated Understanding Architecture is now revised and expanded in its fourth edition, vividly examining the structure, function, history, and meaning of architecture, from prehistory to the present, in ways that are both accessible and engaging.Significant features of the fourth edition include:Expanded global essays outlining the encounters and ... Read more

    112,35 €

  • Convierte tu casa en un hogar

    Cumplir tus sueños nunca fue tan fácil

    by Álvaro Toledo @planc.home ...
    Series series MR Estilo de vida
    Diseña tu casa como siempre imaginaste.¿Te gustaría sacar el máximo partido a tu casa? ¿Sabes que no hace falta una reforma integral para que parezca nueva y quede tal y como habías soñado?En este libro, Álvaro Toledo te enseña a transformar el lugar en el que vives adaptándolo a tu presupuesto para que se convierta en una expresión de tu personalidad. Descubrirás cómo potenciar el espacio y ... Read more

    9,99 €

  • Breitbandiger Ultraschall

    Neue Möglichkeiten für die Instandhaltung

    by Peter Holstein, Nicki Bader ...
    Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
    Akustische Methoden sind im industriellen Monitoring unverzichtbar. Für die Instandhaltung sind Frequenzen bis etwa 100 kHz von großer Bedeutung.Dafür werden Grundlagen und Beispiele vorgestellt. Die Erweiterung der Methodik und Technologie auf breitbandige Ultraschallverfahren liefert dabei neue Einsatzmöglichkeiten. Die Neubewertung der Auswerteverfahren erleichtert den Anwendern die ... Read more

    7,41 €

  • The Art of Natural Building-Second Edition-Completely Revised, Expanded and Updated

    Design, Construction, Resources

    Edited by Catherine Wanek, Joseph F. Kennedy, Michael G. Smith ...
    The original, complete, user-friendly introduction to natural building, now fully revised and updatedThe popularity of natural building has grown by leaps and bounds, spurred by a grassroots desire for housing that is healthy, affordable, and environmentally responsible. While there are many books available on specific methods such as straw-bale construction, cob, or timber framing, there are few ... Read more

    26,17 €