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  • 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 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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

  • 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 €

  • 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 Passivhaus Designer's Manual

    A technical guide to low and zero energy buildings

    Edited by Christina Hopfe ...
    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

    64,53 €

  • 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

    15,57 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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 €

  • Dalla Casa All'Anima

    VASTU il Feng-Shui indiano: Crea la Vita che Desideri con Semplici Ritocchi in Casa e in Ufficio

    by Tiziano Valentinuzzi ...
    Senti che la vita non gira del tutto come vorresti? Pensi che migliorare il tuo attuale stato di felicità, prosperità e salute sia possibile, ma non sai come fare? Sai che la casa e l’ambiente in cui vivi e lavori ogni giorno influenzano, nel bene e nel male, la tua vita? Esiste una scienza del costruire e dell’abitare nella millenaria tradizione vedico-indiana, chiamata Vastu, che mira proprio a ... Read more

    9,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Handy Farm Equipment and How to Use It

    by Harry C. Ramsower ...
    This classic guide presents practical information on virtually every aspect of farm equipment, machinery, and organization. Originally published in 1917, Handy Farm Equipment and How to Use It surveys every topic of importance to the challenge of equipping a successful and fully functional farm, including lighting the farm home, establishing sources of water, and arranging for sewage disposal for ... Read more

    10,30 €

  • Modeling, Design, and Optimization of Net-Zero Energy Buildings

    Edited by Andreas Athienitis, William O'Brien ...
    Series series Solar Heating and Cooling
    Building energy design is currently going through a period of major changes. One key factor of this is the adoption of net-zero energy as a long term goal for new buildings in most developed countries. To achieve this goal a lot of research is needed to accumulate knowledge and to utilize it in practical applications. In this book, accomplished international experts present advanced modeling ... Read more

    97,99 €

  • Proceedings of the ICSDI 2024 Volume 3

    Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainability: Developments and Innovations

    Edited by Yasser Mansour, Umashankar Subramaniam, Zahiraniza Mustaffa, Abdelhakim Abdelhadi, Mohamed Al-Atroush, Eman Abowardah ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book offers a comprehensive overview of the latest research, innovations, and practical applications in the field of sustainability, with a focus on construction materials and their use in building and civil engineering structures. As an outcome of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainability: Developments and Innovations (ICSDI 2024), the book presents a selection of peer-reviewed ... Read more

    238,49 €

  • Guidebook for Utilities-Led Business Models

    Way Forward for Rooftop Solar in India

    by Asian Development Bank ...
    This guidebook analyzes India’s plans to use rooftop solar power to boost its renewable energy, explains the benefits it offers, and details why new business models and market mechanisms would drive greater adoption. It examines India’s renewable energy targets and explains why rooftop solar generation has been slow to increase despite an enabling policy environment and attractive economics. It ... Read more

    4,87 €

  • The Green Library Planner

    What Every Librarian Needs to Know Before Starting to Build or Renovate

    by Mary M. Carr ...
    Green buildings are better buildings. In fact, buildings use 36% of the energy in the United States, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, so green buildings that use less energy help to address the very real challenges of reliance on fossil fuel and climate change. More than only being environmentally responsible, green libraries are beautiful, cost-effective, high-performance ... Read more

    95,50 €

  • Facets of a Smart City: Computational and Experimental Techniques for Sustainable Urban Development

    by Pijush Samui, Anasua GuhaRay, Elham Mahmoudi ...
    A smart city uses technology to provide services and solve problems to improve urban policy efficiency, reduce waste, improve quality of life, and maximize social inclusion. By 2050, 66% of the world's population is expected to be urban, which is a key driver of a global trend toward the creation of smart cities. This trend creates many opportunities for urban planning committees to learn how to ... Read more

    35,82 €

  • Instabilities and Potentialities

    Notes on the Nature of Knowledge in Digital Architecture

    Edited by Chandler Ahrens, Aaron Sprecher ...
    Now that information technologies are fully embedded into the design studio, Instabilities and Potentialities explores our post-digital culture to better understand its impact on theoretical discourse and design processes in architecture. The role of digital technologies and its ever-increasing infusion of information into the design process entails three main shifts in the way we approach ... Read more

    54,78 €

  • Emerging Technologies for Smart Cities

    Select Proceedings of EGTET 2020

    Edited by Prabin K. Bora, Sukumar Nandi, Shakuntala Laskar ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book comprises the select proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Global Trends in Engineering and Technology (EGTET 2020), held in Guwahati, India. The chapters in this book focus on the latest cleaner, greener, and efficient technologies being developed for the implementation of smart cities across the world. The broader topical sections include Smart Buildings, ... Read more

    85,85 €

  • Architecture and the Environment

    by Maxwell Fry, Jane Drew ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1976 Architecture and the Environment is based on the authors very successful Architecture of Children. The original book has been completely revised and new illustrations have been specially drawn. This book gives a comprehensive account of the role of architecture in the environment of a constantly developing world. It traces the history of building from its most primitive ... Read more

    36,52 €

  • Analogical Thinking in Architecture

    Connecting Design and Theory in the Built Environment

    by Dr Jean-Pierre Chupin ...
    This book provides an in-depth exploration of the rich and persistent use of analogical thinking in the built environment. Since the turn of the 21st century, “design thinking” has permeated many fields outside of the design disciplines. It is expected to succeed whenever disciplinary boundaries need to be transcended in order to think “outside the box.” This book argues that these qualities have ... Read more

    24,05 €

  • Design Resilience in Asia

    Thinking the Unpredictable, Designing with Uncertainty

    Edited by Oscar Carracedo García-Villalba, Mia M. Bennett ...
    The book is organized according to ‘seven inspirations’ – seven ideas – and presents a collection of theoretical essays and a set of provocative and innovative solutions to design, plan and build urban resilience in uncertain and unpredictable scenarios.Led by the National University of Singapore School of Design and Environment, presents the research by design results of four consecutive years in ... Read more

    34,65 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Better Buildings

    Learning from Buildings in Use

    by Richard Partington, Simon Bradbury ...
    This book started life as a successor to Sustainable Architecture, published in 2007, which set out to prove that sustainable architecture can indeed both ‘lift the spirit’ as well as save the planet. This fully revised edition seeks to take a step further, exploring how sustainable buildings are occupied and work, and sheds light on the methods used to observe this. Through short essays from ... Read more

    47,49 €

  • Urban Biodiversity

    From Research to Practice

    Edited by Alessandro Ossola, Jari Niemelä ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Urban Ecology
    Urban biodiversity is an increasingly popular topic among researchers. Worldwide, thousands of research projects are unravelling how urbanisation impacts the biodiversity of cities and towns, as well as its benefits for people and the environment through ecosystem services. Exciting scientific discoveries are made on a daily basis. However, researchers often lack time and opportunity to ... Read more

    62,09 €