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  • Earth 2035

    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 €

  • Cities After Crisis

    Reinventing Neighborhood Design from the Ground-Up

    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

  • The BIM Manager's Handbook, Part 1

    Best Practice BIM

    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

    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

    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 €

  • Sustainability in Interior Design

    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

    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 €

  • AutoCAD 2019 For Architectural Design

    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 €

  • 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 €

  • Design for Performative Arts Spaces

    Historical Evolution, Cultural Context, and Future Opportunities

    Edited by Alessandro Melis, Marco Pelle ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This comprehensive book explores the multifaceted world of performative arts spaces.Part I establishes a strong foundation by tracing the historical evolution of these spaces, showcasing iconic examples, and emphasizing the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration within diverse cultural contexts. It also examines the relationship between dance, movement, and embodiment in performative spaces ... Read more

    95,39 €

  • Urban Schools

    Designing for High Density

    When space is tight how can a city provide the best education experience for children? Is a multi-storey school really a poor option? Can high-quality play opportunities be provided without playgrounds? This book explores the design of schools in urban settings, the increased challenges in meeting the typical expectations of school design, and what the successful new typology of a school in a city ... Read more

    51,14 €

  • The Organizer’s Guide to Architecture Education

    The Organizer’s Guide to Architecture Education serves as a timely call-to-action for transforming architecture education to meet the monumental environmental and social challenges of our time.Written by a collective of eight educators, practitioners, and organizers and structured in three parts, the book considers organizing across four scales of architecture education and reorients architecture ... Read more

    38,95 €

  • Housing for Degrowth

    Principles, Models, Challenges and Opportunities

    Series series Routledge Environmental Humanities
    ‘Degrowth’, a type of ‘postgrowth’, is becoming a strong political, practical and cultural movement for downscaling and transforming societies beyond capitalist growth and non-capitalist productivism to achieve global sustainability and satisfy everyone’s basic needs.This groundbreaking collection on housing for degrowth addresses key challenges of unaffordable, unsustainable and anti-social ... Read more

    59,65 €

  • FISMA Compliance - Understanding US Federal Information Security Law

    Cybersecurity & Privacy Law, #2

    by ConvoCourses ...
    Series Book 2 - Cybersecurity & Privacy Law
    In FISMA Compliance - Understanding US FEDERAL INFORMATION SECURITY LAW, you'll uncover:A concise yet comprehensive guide on the essentials of FISMA, providing a clear understanding of what organizations need to grasp to align with federal security mandates.An insightful historical journey from FISMA's inception in 2002 through to its significant amendments in 2014, illustrating the evolution of ... Read more

    13,99 €

  • Exploring Autodesk Revit 2020 for Architecture, 16th Edition

    Exploring Autodesk Revit 2020 for Architecture is a comprehensive book that has been written to cater to the needs of the students and the professionals who are involved in Building Information Modeling (BIM) Profession. Revit 2020 book is a gateway to power, skill, and competence in the field of architecture and interior presentations, drawings, and documentations. In this book, the author has ... Read more

    53,41 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Creating Sustainable Cities Through Pedestrian Urbanism

    by Hyesun Jeong ...
    As cities grapple with climate change and social inequality, a growing movement recognizes walking as fundamental to urban sustainability. Creating Sustainable Cities Through Pedestrian Urbanism explores how communities worldwide are rethinking the relationship between mobility, place, and belonging.Drawing from diverse cities across North America, Europe, and Asia, this book examines the shift ... Read more

    51,13 €

  • Smart Technologies and Design For Healthy Built Environments

    by Ming Hu ...
    Smart Technologies and Design for Healthy Built Environment connects smart technology to a healthy built environmentthat builds upon the sustainable building movement.It provides an overall summary of the state-of-the-art technologies that are applied in the built environment. The book covers a broad spectrum of smart technology categories ranging from dynamic operability, energy efficiency, self ... Read more

    124,01 €

  • Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Rehabilitation and Maintenance in Civil Engineering

    ICRMCE 2021, July 8-9, Surakarta, Indonesia

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book is a collection of papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Rehabilitation and Maintenance in Civil Engineering (ICRMCE 2021), held in Surakarta, Indonesia. The papers are grouped into sequential themes representing the structure of this book:o Part 1: Factors affecting building and infrastructure performanceo Part 2: Testing and inspection of existing building and ... Read more

    133,55 €

  • Environmental Restoration

    Proceedings of F-EIR Conference 2021

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book gathers peer-reviewed contributions presented at the F-EIR Conference 2021, Environment Concerns and its Remediation, held in Chandigarh, India, on October 18-22, 2021. The respective papers focus on environmental monitoring and remediation, and cover topics such as efficiency in the use of energy, water, resources and human capital, waste minimization & management, durability and ... Read more

    162,17 €

  • Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials

    Select Proceedings of ASCM 2020

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book presents select proceedings of National Conference on Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials (ASCM 2020) and examines a range of durable, energy-efficient, and next-generation construction materials produced from industrial wastes and by-products. The topics covered include sustainable materials and construction, innovations in recycling concrete, green buildings and innovative ... Read more

    133,55 €

  • ICSCEA 2021

    Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering and Architecture

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book presents articles from the Second International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering and Architecture, held on 30 October 2021 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The conference brings together international experts from both academia and industry to share their knowledge, expertise, to facilitate collaboration and improve cooperation in the field. The book highlights the latest ... Read more

    199,38 €

  • Sustainable Built Environments: Challenges and Innovations

    Select Proceedings of SIIOC 2024

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure: Innovations, Challenges and Opportunities (SIIOC 2024). It delves into topics including but not limited to the performance of concrete, bricks and blocks manufactured with non-organic industrial wastes and the manufacture by unfired processes, the behaviour of masonry and RC buildings under ... Read more

    208,92 €

  • Sustainable Practices and Innovations in Civil Engineering

    Select Proceedings of SPICE 2021

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book presents the select proceedings of the international conference on Sustainable Practices and Innovations in Civil Engineering 2021 (SPICE 2021). The topics covered include the addition and replacement of cementitious materials in concrete, thereby enhancing the strength and durability characteristics of concrete, instrumentation and testing in structural engineering, ground improvement ... Read more

    228,00 €

  • Guía para proyectar espacios sustentables

    Apuntes para arquitectos y diseñadores para concebir ambientes confortables

    En la presente publicación se aborda el diseño de ambientes sustentables en arquitectura. Se presenta material de clases dictadas por el autor, escritos en prensa sobre sustentabilidad en arquitectura y casos de proyectos asesorados, con el fin de entregar información desde diversas perspectivas para abordar el tema de la manera más amplia posible. Así, lo que se constata en el mundo profesional ... Read more

    14,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus