Electronic Books

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Designing sustainable cities / Rob Roggema

Emphasizes new ways of designing for a sustainable city and urban environment. From several angles the future of our urbanism ...

Designing with the Wind : Climate-Derived Architecture / Lenka Kabošová , Dušan Katunský , Stanislav Kmeť

This book explores wind-adaptive architectural design blending the parametric design with digital simulations and suggests ...

Developing BIM Talent: A Guide to the BIM Body of Knowledge with Metrics, KSAs, and Learning Outcomes / Wei Wu, Glenda K. Mayo, Tamera L. McCuen, Raja R. A. Issa, Dana K. Smith

A systematic Building Information Modeling (BIM) framework features cutting-edge use cases and competencies for students ...

Development of Geopolymer from Pond Ash-Thermal Power Plant Waste: Novel Constructional Materials for Civil Engineers / Muktikanta Panigrahi, Ratan Indu Ganguly

Demonstrates how to utilize fly ash/pond ash (waste materials from thermal power plants) to produce a novel material called ...

Developmental State Building : The Politics of Emerging Economies

This book modifies and revitalizes the concept of the ‘developmental state’ to understand the politics of emerging economy ...

Diagrid structures : systems, connections, details / Terri Meyer Boake

Diagrids are load-bearing structures made of steel diagonal grids. They were first used in the great buildings of the turn ...

Digital Technologies in Construction Engineering : Selected Papers / Sergey Vasil'yevich Klyuev

Includes the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of construction engineering, as presented by researchers ...

Digital Transformation of the Design, Construction and Management Processes of the Built Environment

This book focuses on the development of methods, interoperable and integrated ICT tools, and survey techniques for optimal ...

Doors : History, Repair and Conservation / Michael Tutton, James W.P. Campbell

Guides you through the function, history, development, care, repair and conservation of doors by chapter authors who are ...

Drawing Architecture: The beginner's guide to drawing and painting buildings / Richard Taylor

A comprehensive and practical guide full of advice and inspiration for anyone wishing to capture the beauty of the urban ...

Drying and Wetting of Building Materials and Components / J.M.P.Q. Delgado

Discusses important topics of heat and mass transfer in particulate materials Includes a set of new developments in the science ...

Dynamic Analysis of Structures / John Katsikadelis

Reflects the latest application of structural dynamics theory to produce more optimal and economical structural designs. ...

Earth Observation Science and Applications for Risk Reduction and Enhanced Resilience in Hindu Kush Himalaya Region A Decade of Experience from SERVIR

This book is a consolidation of lessons learnt and experiences gathered from our efforts to utilise Earth observation (EO) ...

Earthquake Disaster Simulation of Civil Infrastructures : From Tall Buildings to Urban Areas / Xinzheng Lu , Hong Guan

Covers a range of numerical modeling approaches, higher performance computation methods, and high fidelity visualization ...

Eco-Design of Buildings and Infrastructure : Developments in the Period 2016–2020 / Bruno Peuportier, Fabien Leurent, Jean Roger-Estrade

Reviews the second five-year sequence of the Chair, first presenting methodological advances in eco-design: life cycle assessment ...

Eco-efficient Materials for Reducing Cooling Needs in Buildings and Construction: Design, Properties and Applications / Fernando Pacheco-Torgal, Lech Czarnecki, Anna Laura Pisello, Luisa F. Cabeza, Claes Goran-Granqvist

Provides a comprehensive review on building envelope materials and technologies for reducing cooling needs in buildings. ...

Ecological and Health Effects of Building Materials / Junaid Ahmad Malik, Shriram Marathe

Deals with the present adverse effects of using precarious building materials on the ecology and human health. Also, the ...

Energy Manual: Sustainable Architecture / Matthias Fuchs, Manfred Hegger, Thomas Stark, Martin Zeumer

Presents a comprehensive look at the constructional parameters of energy efficiency and sustainability. It offers an advance ...

Engineered Bamboo Structures / Yan Xiao

Bamboo is in the spotlight as a potential building material in the current pursuit of a CO2-neutral society, due to its rapid ...

Environmental Challenges in Civil Engineering II / Zbigniew Zembaty, Zbigniew Perkowski, Damian Beben

Rports on findings concerning structural material behavior, and new methods and technologies in constructions. A special ...

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