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Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Swedish Building Research
Author: Synopses from the Swedish Building Research
Author: Statens råd för byggnadsforskning (Sweden)Publisher:
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Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Building Research in Canada
Author: Indoor Air
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Category : Indoor air pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Research in Building Physics and Building Engineering
Author: Paul FazioPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000155471
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1017
Book Description
Buildings influence people. They account for one third of energy consumption across the globe and represent an annual capital expenditure of 7%-10% of GNP in industrialized countries. Their lifetime operation costs can exceed capital investment. Building Engineering aims to make buildings more efficient, safe and economical. One branch of this discipline, Building Physics/Science, has gained prominence, with a heightened awareness of such phenomena as sick buildings, the energy crisis and sustainability, and considering the performance of buildings in terms of climatic loads and indoor conditions. The book reflects the advanced level and high quality of research which Building Engineering, and Building Physics/Science in particular, have reached at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It will be a valuable resource to: engineers, architects, building scientists, consultants on the building envelope, researchers and graduate students.
Directory of Building Research and Development Organization in Europe
Author: Construction and Building Research
Author: Carmen Llinares-MillánPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400777906
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Many areas of knowledge converge in the building industry and therefore research in this field necessarily involves an interdisciplinary approach. Effective research requires strong relation between a broad variety of scientific and technological domains and more conventional construction or craft processes, while also considering advanced management processes, where all the main actors permanently interact. This publication takes an interdisciplinary approach grouping various studies on the building industry chosen from among the works presented for the 2nd International Conference on Construction and Building Research. The papers examine aspects of materials and building systems; construction technology; energy and sustainability; construction management; heritage, refurbishment and conservation. The information contained within these pages may be of interest to researchers and practitioners in construction and building activities from the academic sphere, as well as public and private sectors.
Swedish Design
Author: Keith M. MurphyPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801455790
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Swedish designers are noted for producing distinctive and elegant forms; their furniture and household goods have an especially loyal following around the world. Design in Sweden has more than just an aesthetic component, however. Since at least the late nineteenth century, Swedish politicians and social planners have viewed design as a means for advocating and enacting social change and pushing for a more egalitarian social organization. In this book, Keith M. Murphy examines the special relationship between politics and design in Sweden, revealing in particular the cultural meanings this relationship holds for Swedish society. Over the course of fourteen months of research in Stockholm and at other sites, Murphy conducted in-depth interviews with various players involved in the Swedish design industry—designers, design instructors, government officials, artists, and curators—and observed several different design collectives in action. He found that for Swedes design is never socially or politically neutral. Even for common objects like furniture and other household goods, design can be labeled "responsible," "democratic," or "ethical"— descriptors that all neatly resonate with the traditional moral tones of Swedish social democracy. Murphy also considers the example of Ikea and its power to politicize perceptions of the everyday world. More broadly, his book serves as a model for an anthropological approach to the study of design practice, one that accounts for the various ways in which order is purposefully and meaningfully imposed by designers on the domains of human life, and the consequences those impositions have on the social worlds in which they are embedded.
Technical Report ... of the Division of Building Research
Author: National Research Council Canada. Division of Building ResearchPublisher:
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Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Special Publication
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Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
Book Description