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This book contains selected papers presented during the World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) 2020 at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon. The WREC is dedicated to promoting renewable energy global development, and features top international experts, policy makers, scientists, engineers, technology developers, and business practitioners addressing the most current research and technological breakthroughs in sustainable energy development and innovation. The contributions address policy and renewable energy technologies and applications in all sectors¿for heating and cooling, agricultural applications, water, desalination, industrial applications, and for the transport sectors.Presents cutting-edge research in green building and renewable energy from all over the world;Covers the most up-to-date research developments, government policies, business models, best practices, and innovations;Contains case studies and examples to enhance practical application of the technologies.
Mediaeval Church Vaulting, has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern manner for both present and future generations. This book has been completely retyped, revised, and reformatted. The text is readable and clear because these books are not created from scanned copies.
Mediæval Military Architecture in England, Volume 1, has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern manner for both present and future generations. This book has been completely retyped, revised, and reformatted. The text is readable and clear because these books are not created from scanned copies.
Mediæval Military Architecture in England, Volume 2, has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern manner for both present and future generations. This book has been completely retyped, revised, and reformatted. The text is readable and clear because these books are not created from scanned copies.
"Come explore where Lucy and Ethel baked a hilariously monstrous loaf of bread, where Phoebe performed "Smelly Cat," where Jim and Pam fell in love, and countless other homes, offices, and towns as familiar to you as your own living room. Illustrator Iänaki Aliste Lizarralde has expertly rendered thirty-six of the most memorable television floor plans in modern history-puzzling together the layouts with an architect's eye for detail and a director's sense of storytelling. TV fans will delight in the interiors and exteriors from shows like Friends, Seinfeld, and The Simpsons, where characters and plotlines converge to create worlds so mesmerizing you want to binge-watch season after season. With immersive illustrations from shows across decades and countries, this truly unique art collection offers hilarious TV moments, Easter eggs, and behind-the-scenes trivia to test even the biggest superfans"--
The Total Environment Masterplan provides proven strategies and principles to avoid problems and ensure your construction project runs smoothly, with an end product that is sustainable, efficient and beautifully designed.
I do believe a lot of what I draw comes from within. The images of Indian Princesses and their horses have always been a part of my life. From a small child, I understand those feeling all so well. I lived with the love of many horses in my lifetime. They are still here in my heart and soul. So it comes very easily to me in an image. The love between a girl and her horse. I hope that comes across in what the one looking at the Image, sees and feels. Animals, Birds, Symbols, they all just seem to me to belong together. I hope the Love I have for the Native American Indian, comes out in my art. Enjoy.
Recent Trends in Cold-Formed Steel Construction, Second Edition focuses on the application and use of this important construction material. In this updated edition, new chapters take on these developments, offering updates on cutting-edge new technologies and design methods for using cold-formed steel as a structural material and providing technical guidance on how to design and build sustainable and energy-efficient cold-formed steel buildings. Sections introduce codes, specifications and design methods, provide computational analysis of cold-formed steel structures, examine the structural performance of cold-formed steel buildings, and review thermal performance, acoustic performance, fire protection, floor vibrations and blast resistance. Over the last few years, there has been major breakthroughs for cold-formed steel design with modular building applications now becoming more widely accepted. Other scientific developments include research on system reliability applications, AI machine learning, and the use of high strength steel, as well as new connection methods and changes in DSM codes.
The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Drawing Figures!To draw an anatomical figure, you don't need a stack of weighty anatomy books. Just take it step by step!In How to Draw People, author teaches beginning artists how to draw the human figure, from stick figure to anatomically accurate person, in clear, easy-to-follow lessons. More than just a reference, this book provides the step-by-step instruction to teach you to draw the human figure and the anatomical knowledge to draw it realistically.In each chapter, called "levels," you'll learn core concepts for drawing the human figure. Each new chapter builds on the previous one to give you the skills you need to add complexity to your drawing. By the end of each chapter, you will be able to draw the figure with greater detail. By the end of Level 5, you will be able to draw an expressive figure with defined muscle groups in a variety of poses both real and imagined. ¿ Clear goals to progress from stick figure to anatomically correct ¿ Exercises and assignments to practice new skills ¿ Level-Up Checklists in each chapter to assess your skills before moving onWith clear step-by-step demonstrations and check-ins along the way, How to Draw People is the beginner's guide to drawing realistic figures.
Economic constraints and lack of knowledge often prevent companies - especially small and medium enterprises - from harmonizing their facilities with the landscape. As a result, factories significantly impact the quality of our living environment, in terms of physical effects on the ecosystem, perceptual interferences with the surroundings, and disturbances on local communities. At both the design and maintenance stages, a set of appropriate tools can assist businesses in becoming more aware of their impacts and identifying possible mitigation strategies. The book presents an assessment tool and a library of inspiring design tactics for factories, with examples of the benefits and synergies for the environment, the scenery, the community, and the company itself. The purpose is to elicit more than a simple reflection about what a sustainable factory entails. It is rather to encourage and assist both businesses and designers in mitigating the impact of industrial facilities on the landscape as holistically as possible.
This book includes the proceedings of the Mitigating Climate Change 2021 Symposium and Industry Summit (MCC2021), which brings together research from experts in academia, industry, and policy arenas to uncover the challenges, sharpen existing solutions, and formulate cutting-edge means to mitigate climate change. It highlights the need to create sustainable measures at all fronts including adaptation, policy, finance, renewable energy, solar, wind, thermoelectric, green transportation, and sustainable healthcare. This symposium will disseminate the state-of-the-art breakthroughs and promote collaborations to maximize opportunities for innovative solutions.
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Restored in Conformity With the Recently Discovered Remains, has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern manner for both present and future generations. This book has been completely retyped, revised, and reformatted. The text is readable and clear because these books are not created from scanned copies.
The New Naturals celebrates 18 global homes that put well-being and environment first, incorporating eco elements and sympathetic natural materials that provide a nourishing connection to nature. The properties showcased include: renovated Victorian homes in leafy Highgate; Italian summer houses; New York retreats and Australian new builds. Their owners and designers are the likes of Louisa Grey (House of Grey), Jonathan Tuckey, Jack Harries and Alice Aedy of Earthrise Studios, Sebastian and Brogan Cox and many more. Their shared credentials are garnered from a focus on key eco elements such as clay walls, reclaimed wood, stone, and natural paints but their visual identities are unexpectedly varied. These contributors are pioneers of slow living and sustainable choices, whether it's a lick of paint, an upcycle of existing pieces, the use of sustainable materials, or modern technology that sits comfortably behind the scenes. All combine to create a book showing us how we must exist, now and in the future.
Explore America's most breathtaking college campuses--where Gilded Age wealth found a Gothic inspiration.
This book is a collection of extended versions of papers presented at the KES Covid-19 Challenge international summit. The book focusses on technological, economic, and social developments to combat the effects of global and local disasters as well as the ways in which the recovery from Covid can be used to build more resilient and sustainable communities, industry, and improve the environment. It also discusses the global challenges of human-influenced climate change. There are chapters on making cities and communities more resilient through energy self-sufficiency, food production, resilient housing and buildings, human health and intelligent systems e.g. for forecasting and prediction.
"Covering over 6,000 years of human history, Architecture charts the most important developments in building materials, technology, design, and the social changes that have shaped the architectural landscape. Explore every significant architectural period and style in depth through critical examples"--
This book explains the challenges and barriers of island energy systems in the European Union. It reviews the research projects carried out to date, and proposes a new feasible scheme that could be advantageous to many isolated energy systems. The book contains a thorough literature review, to ensure the originality of its ideas. It provides a clear insight of the opportunities and difficulties facing EU island energy systems.
»In seiner Anmerkung zu der in England 1994 als Landscape as Inspiration erschienenen Ausgabe meines Buches Neue Landschaftsarchitektur / New Landscape Architecture vergleicht Geoffrey Jellicoe meine Zeichnungsüberlegungen mit den Arbeiten Paul Klees. Was zunächst etwas hochgegriffen klingt, ist insofern richtig, als ich mich in allem, was ich zeichne, entwerfe und realisiere, nicht ausschließlich im banalen Alltags- und Funktionsraum bewege, sondern immer zweite und dritte Surrealitäten mit reflektiere. »Kunst gibt nicht das Sichtbare wieder, sondern macht sichtbar«, so formulierte Paul Klee den Vorgang. Zu Recht könnte jeder Betrachter und Leser die Frage dagegenstellen: Was haben derartige Kunst-äußerungen mit der Alltagsarchitektur zu tun? Ich denke: sehr viel, und zwar deswegen, weil alle Architekturprobleme und deren Lösungen mehrschichtig sind, genauso wie reine Kunstwerke. Jeder Bau faßt seine architektonische, städtische, dörfliche und landschaftliche Umgebung zusammen und definiert sie neu. Gewollt oder ungewollt, übertrieben oder zurückhaltend, jeder Bau kann wirken wie ein Meteor- oder Bombeneinschlag, eine unauffällige Anmerkung oder ein Verschönerungsattentat. Mich interessieren an einem städtischen oder landschaftlichen Ort die Vergangenheit, die Gegenwart und die Zukunft. Mein Blick will archäologische Arbeitsweisen genauso integrieren wie Funktionserfüllungen und phantasievoll-surreale, manchmal auch utopische Ausblühungen. Ich würde niemals so weit gehen zu behaupten: Architektur ist das Notwendige, und Kunst ist das Unnötige. Natürlich wird jeder Künstler-Architekt, der sich auf diesen kompliziert-komplexen Weg begibt, Schwierigkeiten mit der banalen, scheinbar oberflächlichen Alltagsrealität in der Natur, der Landschaft und der Stadt bekommen. Deswegen ist es nicht verwunderlich, daß ich nur wenige Architekturen und Bildinszenierungen verwirklichen konnte und daß ich im Laufe der letzten Jahrzehnte zunehmend in die Bühnenbild- und Gestaltungsbereiche abgedrängt wurde. Im Augenblick interessiert sich, dank der ökologischen Bewegung, kaum noch jemand für die Verbindung von Kunst und Architektur. Wichtiger sind Nachhaltigkeits- und Nullenergiehäuser, bei denen sich kaum noch die Fenster öffnen lassen. Könnte es sein, daß Baukultur, ja die gesamte Kultur, bald in grünen Urwäldern und riesigen Feuchtbiotopen versinkt? Oder werden vorher fremde, kriegerische Völker unsere Städte und Landschaften zerstören oder besetzen und neu kultivieren?«
The dream of owning a home in the countryside has led to cities expanding more and more, growing together and destroying unspoilt nature. In addition, however, the need for affordable and attractive living space in cities is also increasing. Proximity to work and good infrastructure are clear advantages of city life. The »Penthouses for all« concept focuses on people's individual living wishes. It shows that sophisticated architecture can be affordable for all and is also possible in cities in the course of densification. The new living space for all is developed by building on flat roofs, which are plentiful in urban areas. Unfortunately, in the past the possibilities of targeted development of roofs remained largely unrecognised, especially in the newly built districts. So far, flat roofs here have mostly only been planted or used for energy generation. Here and there they are also built on later, but as a rule they remain unused for residential purposes. The situation is very different in many southern countries. There, it is a matter of course to use flat roofs for living and to include them in the planning right from the start. The book gives an insight into the inexhaustible possibilities of living on roofs. Numerous examples show that the dream of a home in the countryside can also be realised in the city. Not only small, low-cost roof houses are possible. With special »construction kits«, larger units can also be put together; alternative forms of living can be thought of and realised as well; nothing remains utopian. Ultimately, the aim is to make living in cities more attractive again in order to prevent urban sprawl and destruction of nature, and to give people back a home and identity even in the city. However, new building laws and development plans must create the prerequisites for this. So far, subsequent building on roofs is often prevented by building laws or rejected for aesthetic reasons. Further construction on roof areas is paralysed by the requirement to adapt to the existing building. Thus, only roof superstructures are created that are hardly recognisable as such or that take up the given monotonous design elements in order to adapt to the existing buildings.
Blueprint for Tomorrow is unique in assessing today's management performance and guiding the reader in planning for a bright sustainable future. The majority of the book consists of fourteen named protocols, not of instructions, but posing questions whereby the reader can qualitatively and quantifiably use their replies to create a sustainable strategy. There are novel sections on Change Management, Leadership and a proposed Code of Management, all backed by an assessment tool to measure performance and progress. This is a novel and enthralling book, guiding the reader in creating their own comprehensive strategy.Enjoy creating and owning your future!
For those who have a great desire to learn how to make their home comfortable and aesthetically appealing, so that they always want to return there."The modern world of achievements and propaganda of total busyness robs many people of their inner right to have time for themselves, time to recharge.A favorite cup, a cozy chair, a family dinner from grandma's dinnerware set and in the evening - dim light, candles, quiet music and sweet goodnight kisses from our children make us stop for a moment, feel happy and be filled with inspiration for a new day.A house without its charisma is like a typical state institution, it is cold and inexpressive. I wish there were fewer such interiors and more happy women."
Written by a solar expert who has been in the sustainability business since 2009, The Solar Consumer Guidebook provides insight into the process of incorporating solar energy into your "investment" portfolio for the next twenty-five years or longer.By walking through the process of sales pitch meetings, proposals, and finally the implementation of solar panels at your house or place of business, this book gives a comprehensive guide for you to follow, one that ensures you get the best possible rate-of-return on your investment, while guarding against slick sales techniques meant to take advantage of you.This book is perfect for both homeowners and business people interested in solar, whether you are a newcomer to the sustainable movement or a seasoned veteran!
Style, materials, techniques, and values are the focus of this richly illustrated guide to pen drawing. In addition to proposing solutions for practical problems, the book offers advice on architectural and decorative drawing. More than 70 drawings by assorted artists range from tranquil churchyards and bustling city streets to striking posters. Many of the images are derived from The Century Magazine, Harper's Magazine, The Architectural Review, and other illustrated periodicals of the early twentieth century. Irish-American architect Charles D. Maginnis, a co-founder of the firm Maginnis & Walsh, was active in the design of ecclesiastical and campus buildings across the United States. He also served as President of the American Institute of Architects. Maginnis' practical guide to pen drawing features several of his own illustrations, created expressly for this instructive volume.
The book provides a complete vision about Spanish sustainable renovation of buildings situation at this moment, analysing legal and technological context and opportunities that economic stimulus ¿by means of direct aids¿ and the use of BIM methodologies offers a standardization of high scale interventions.Nowadays, BIM models let us integrate multiple quantitative parameters that can agile the information to interchange between stakeholders. Using this potential to standardize protocols of interventions and share knowledge is necessary to face a high scale intervention that our cities need.Climatic Emergency and socioeconomic crisis caused by recent events ¿COVID-19 and hydrocarbons crisis¿ are the two principal struggles we face as society. European Politics, embodied by National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) developed by each region give the way to the green transition of different productive sectors.Our building stock is responsible for approximately 36% of the CO2 emissions in the European Union. For this reason, these policies focus a large part of their efforts on economically incentivizing a new development model for the building sector that is committed to the large-scale renovation of the existing real estate stock and that, through the reduction of energy demand and of emissions, manage to reduce the environmental impact of these. Next Generation EU is the new recovery instrument that aims to mobilize investments towards strategic sectors for the reorientation of the production model that, among other measures, contributes to decarbonization through the promotion of energy efficiency and the deployment of renewable energies.
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