Electronic Books

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A Handbook of Sustainable Building Design and Engineering : An Integrated Approach to Energy, Health and Operational Performance / Dejan Mumovic, Mat Santamouris

Equips students with the tools they will need to tackle the challenges of sustainable building design and engineering. The ...

A Handbook of Sustainable Building Design and Engineering : An Integrated Approach to Energy, Health and Operational Performance / Dejan Mumovic, Mat Santamouris

Equips students with the tools they will need to tackle the challenges of sustainable building design and engineering. The ...

Advanced Materials in Smart Building Skins for Sustainability: From Nano to Macroscale / Julian Wang, Donglu Shi, Yehao Song

Demonstrates the importance of smart and dynamic building skins in in sustainable buildings Provides the scientific basis ...

Advances on Testing and Experimentation in Civil Engineering : Materials, Structures and Buildings / Carlos Chastre, José Neves, Diogo Ribeiro

Presents the most recent advances on testing and experimentation in civil engineering, especially in the branches of materials, ...

Bio-based Building Skin

This book provides a compendium of material properties, demonstrates several successful examples of bio-based materials’ ...

Creating Healthy and Sustainable Buildings

The book discusses human health and wellbeing within the context of built environments. It provides a comprehensive overview ...

Data-driven BIM for Energy Efficient Building Design / Saeed Banihashemi, Hamed Golizadah, Farzad Pour Rahimian

Conceptualises the scale and spectrum of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) approaches ...

Fundamentals of building construction: materials and methods

Building Construction has been the go-to reference for thousands of professionals and students of architecture, engineering, ...

Heating, cooling, lighting : sustainable design methods for architects / Norbert Lechner

Helps architects minimize mechanical systems and energy usage over the life of the building by siting, building design, and ...

Innovative Models for Sustainable Development in Emerging African Countries

This book explores key issues and presents recent case studies in areas of importance for the transition to a circular model ...

Sustainable Building Design: Principles and Practice / Miles Keeping, David Shiers

Offers detailed, environmentally sound design solutions to a wide range of building engineering challenges. The text uses ...

Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery, 4th Edition / Charles J. Kibert

A leading reference for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. With broad coverage ...

Sustainable Development and Environmental Management : Experience and case studies

This book presents the new EU approach to environmental management and its attempt to place it in the perspective of sustainable ...

Sustainable Light Concrete Structures / Kristian Dahl Hertz, Philip Halding

Presents new technologies for easy and economical construction of light concrete structures saving materials and CO2. The ...

Sustainable Structures and Buildings / Alireza Bahrami

This book includes detail on various structures, buildings, and building materials from different structural and sustainability ...

Sustainable Urban Housing in China

This book features case studies and recommendations for new approaches to environmentally responsive sustainable building, ...

The Distributed University for Sustainable Higher Education

This book is discusses the re-imagining of the higher education sector. It exposes problems that relate to the way that universities ...

Urban Environmental Management and Technology

This book examines the importance of urban environmental management in the face of formidable challenges. It offers a comprehensive ...

olution Sets for Net Zero Energy Buildings: Feedback from 30 Buildings Worldwide / Françios Garde, Joseph Ayoub, Laura Aelenei, Daniel Aelenei, Alessandra Scognamiglio

Presents a unique study of 30 NZEBs that have been constructed and have had their performance measured for at least 12 months. ...

Total Books: 1 - 19 /19