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Mingotti, Nicola. "Passive environmental design for health." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.709015.

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Adler, Stuart Alan. "Indoor air quality and architecture." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23178.

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Butler, Thomas. "Design in a simulation environment." Thesis, Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22664.

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Looney, Michael Keith. "The existential nature of architecture." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22390.

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Alverbro, Karin. "Environmental and ethical aspects of destruction of ammunition." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Miljöstrategisk analys, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-27345.

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Many decision-making situations today affect the safety of individuals and the environment,for instance hazardous waste management. In practice, many of these decisions are madewithout an overall view and with the focus on either the environment or safety. Now and then the areas of regulation are in conflict, i.e. the best alternative according to environmental considerations is not always the safest way and vice versa.A tool for taking an overall view within the areas of safety and environment would simplify matters and provide authorities and industry with a better basis for their work. This thesis forms part of a project which aims to develop a framework tool giving this overall view and supporting decision-making in which the issues (areas) of environment, safety, ethics and costs are all integrated. By developing a framework tool, different areas of interest could be taken into consideration more easily when a decision is to be made and could also help develop legislation and policy locally (at an industry or company), nationally and internationally. The project also aims to provide knowledge about different destruction/decommission methods, their good and bad points and their consequences, in order to provide different actors with a better basis for decision-making. This thesis focuses on development of the framework. The scope of the studies was restricted to environment, ethics and personnel safety due to the extent of the work and time limitations. In the next part of the project, the areas of costs and evaluation will be studied and a first draft of the framework tool will be presented. In order to develop the framework tool, two case studies were carried out here: an environmental analysis involving a life cycle assessment and an ethical analysis. With the help of these analyses, three different methods of destruction of ammunition were compared: Open detonation, modelled both with and without recovery and recycling of metals; incineration in a static kiln with air pollution control combined with recycling of metals, modelled with two different levels of air emissions; and a combination of incineration with air pollution control, open burning, recovery of some energetic material and recycling of metals, giving a total of five options. Every method of destruction of energetic material, i.e. explosive waste or ammunition, results in environmental impacts in both the short and long term. These environmental impacts have direct or indirect impacts on safety, quality of life, the economy, etc., now and in the future, locally and globally. Life cycle assessment revealed two factors of importance for reducing the environmental impacts: Recycling the metals and air pollution control. As a consequence of controlling these potential negative environmental impacts, safety problems might also be controlled. Ethical analysis revealed that future generations and people in foreign countries will be affected by the destruction of ammunition. When choosing a method for destruction of ammunition, this group (the general public) should thus be given special attention.<br>QC 20101210

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Groat, Linda N. "Psychological aspects of contextual compatibility in architecture : a study of environmental meaning." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1985. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/847475/.

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The intent of this study is to investigate contextual compatibility in architecture from a psychological perspective. More specifically, the study examines contextual compatibility as an aspect of environmental meaning. Within the framework of this research, the term contextual compatibility is defined as the degree of fit between a new infill building and the immediately adjacent buildings within an urban or campus setting. As such, contextual compatibility is clearly a very specific and narrowly defined phenomenon: yet it nevertheless represents one of the most publicly debated and architecturaly significant manifestations of environmental meaning. For example, the emergence of increasing numbers of design review commissions, the often vociferous public debates on the appropriateness of particular design proposals, and the increasing willingness of architects to employ non-Modernist vocabularies all suggest the importance of contextual compatibility in people's experience of architecture. Because this study represents one of the first empirical investigations of contextual compatibility at the architectural scale, the research is focused on three of the most fundamental aspects of the topics: 1) what meaning does contextual compatibility have for people? 2) what kind of contextual design strategies are most consistently preferred? and 3) what types of physical features are most commonly seen as contributing to or detracting from contextual compatibility? In addition, a further goal of the research is to offer an account of the psychological processes that are implicit in these questions. These questions are considered in the light of three major sets of literatures 1) general discussions of environmental cognition and meaning in the psychological literature, 2) specific substantive research studies on contextual compatibility, primarily drawn from the environmental psychology literature, and 3) critical and theoretical analyses of design strategies for contextual fit, drawn from the architectural literature.

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Malmqvist, Tove. "Methodological aspects of environmental assessment of buildings." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Miljöstrategisk analys, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-9742.

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The built environment contributes extensively to the overall environmental impact of society. An increasing number of tools have been developed worldwide for comprehensive environmental assessment and rating of buildings in order to make the building sector more sustainable. These tools are expected to drive and facilitate future environmental improvements and market transformation in the sector. This thesis explores different methodological aspects in tool development using experiences from two large Swedish projects, the EcoEffect and ByggaBo tools, which were developed with a high level of stakeholder participation in order to be of practical use in the building sector. The methodological aspects explored and discussed here include an approach for systematic selection of assessment aspects (energy use, indoor air quality, etc.) in tools (Paper 3), and a systematic procedure for selecting practical indicators using theoretical (e.g. validity/environmental relevance) and practical (e.g. costs) criteria (Papers 2 and 3). An approach for simple communication of complex results is presented with examples from 26 multi-family buildings (Paper 4). This approach allows a building’s ‘environmental efficiency’ to be presented in one diagram, without weighting the two distinct assessment areas energy use and indoor environmental quality. Paper 5 discusses the contextual issue of internal use of environmental indicators in property management organisations through reviews of environmental performance evaluation and organisation theory literature and comparisons with actual case studies. The EcoEffect (Paper 1) and the ByggaBo tools are also compared and summarised. The case studies of real buildings and experiences from the EcoEffect and ByggaBo projects allowed data collection, calculation procedures and different practical applications of such tools to be evaluated. Poor data availability sometimes limits assessments, and improved internal routines and database developments in the building sector would allow more reliable environmental assessments. Reviews of numerous indicators in Paper 3 (and 2) and literature revealed that environmental relevance was not a key aspect when current environmental performance indicators and building rating tools were constructed. This thesis suggests that environmental relevance and systematic procedures be prioritised in order to provide robust and trustworthy tools for environmental assessment of buildings. Recommendations, some of which are generally applicable to other environmental assessments, include selection of environmentally relevant indicators, systematic procedures for handling theoretical and practical considerations in tool development, aggregation and weighting methods, use of a life cycle perspective and inclusion of performance-based rather than feature-based indicators. Since it is likely that the information these tools provide will increasingly be used by authorities, building users, economic incentive providers such as banks, etc., the methodological developments suggested here to strengthen tool rigour are important for future tool development processes.<br>Utvecklingen av verktyg för miljöbedömning av byggnader är ett område som expanderat kraftigt sedan 1990-talets början. Den ökande medvetenheten om den byggda miljöns omfattande bidrag till samhällets miljöpåverkan i stort har spelat stor roll för denna utveckling. Verktygen förväntas ha en betydelsefull roll i att driva på och underlätta miljöförbättringar och omdaning av marknaden i bygg- och fastighetssektorn. Denna avhandling utforskar olika metodaspekter för verktygsutveckling och bygger på erfarenheterna från två stora svenska metodutvecklingsprojekt för miljöbedömning av byggnader, EcoEffect och ByggaBo:s miljöklassning av byggnader. Båda dessa verktyg togs fram i samarbete med ett stort antal representanter från bygg- och fastighetssektorn, då verktygen syftade till praktisk användning. Ett antal metodaspekter utforskas och diskuteras i avhandlingen. I artikel 3 föreslås och testas ett angreppssätt för systematiskt urval av miljöaspekter som ska bedömas av ett verktyg och dessutom föreslås här och i artikel 2 ett systematiskt tillvägagångssätt för att välja indikatorer för praktiskt användning utifrån både teoretiska (t ex. validitet) och praktiska (t ex. kostnad) kriterier. Ett angreppssätt för att underlätta kommunikation av komplexa miljöbedömningsresultat presenteras genom exempel från 26 flerfamiljshus i artikel 4. Detta angreppssätt möjliggör att redovisa en byggnads ‘miljöeffektivitet’ i ett diagram utan att behöva vikta de två disparata miljöaspekterna energianvändning och innemiljö. Artikel 5 tar upp användning av miljöindikatorer för internt arbete i fastighetsförvaltande organisationer genom litteraturöversikter inom områdena utvärdering av miljöprestanda och organisationsteori samt genom jämförelser med praktiska fallstudier. Verktygen EcoEffect (artikel 1) och nuvarande version av ByggaBo:s miljöklassningssystem sammanfattas också och jämförs i avhandlingen. Genom ett antal fallstudier av verkliga byggnader och erfarenheterna från EcoEffect- och ByggaBo-projekten utvärderas frågor som insamling av indata, beräkningsmetoder och olika praktiska tillämpningar i avhandlingen. Dålig tillgång på indata begränsar ibland möjligheterna att göra miljöbedömningar. Förbättrade interna rutiner samt utveckling av nya typer av databaser inom bygg- och fastighetssektorn kommer med största sannolikhet att underlätta miljöbedömningar i framtiden. Granskning av ett stort antal miljöindikatorer i artikel 3 (och 2) och litteratur på området visade att när miljöindikatorer och miljöklassningsmetoder tagits fram, har miljörelevansen hos dessa sällan haft högsta prioritet. Ett övergripande mål för denna avhandling har därför varit att bidra med rekommendationer som kan stärka miljörelevansen och trovärdigheten hos liknande indikatorer och verktyg. Några av de angreppssätt som föreslås är tillämpliga mer generellt också för andra typer av miljöbedömningar; t ex. hur miljörelevanta miljöindikatorer kan väljas, hur både teoretiska och praktiska överväganden kan hanteras på ett systematiskt sätt vid liknande verktygsutveckling, angreppssätt för viktning och aggregering av resultat samt användning av ett livscykelperspektiv. Vid miljöbedömning av byggnader bör också funktionsbaserade indikatorer i första hand väljas snarare än sådana som baseras på specifika tekniska utföranden. En trolig utveckling är att nya typer av användare i större utsträckning kommer att efterfråga den information som miljöbedömningsverktyg för byggnader kan tillhandahålla. Det kan handla om t ex. myndigheter, husköpare och ekonomiska incitamentsgivare såsom banker. Av denna anledning är de frågor som rör metodutveckling och tas upp i avhandlingen, klart betydelsefulla för att stärka noggrannhet, robusthet och trovärdighet i framtida utveckling av miljöbedömningsverktyg för byggnader.<br>QC 20100601<br>Miljöklassning av byggnader<br>EcoEffect - miljövärdering av byggnader<br>Miljöstyrning med miljöindikatorer i fastighetsförvaltning

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Letbetter, Eric Dean. "Si(gh)te an (re)building : architectonic reconstructions of a corrupt landscape." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22417.

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Graves, Linda. "Architecture of place and mythos." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23923.

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COSS, BENJAMIN EDWARD. "Designing Out Crime : Internal & External Aspects of Safety." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212089873.

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Arora, Sandeep. "An evolutionary architecture : adapted, interactive, and effectively integrated design." Virtual Press, 2007. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1379439.

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Bio-climatic design is essential to all architecture because buildings consume large amount of energy to maintain comfortable indoor environments. To achieve this goal, we need a model that can be a source of inspiration as well as knowledge to motivate and help architects in creating such architecture.Many designers have taken inspiration from nature and explored various ways of mimicking its models. In this creative project, I looked at various entities in nature to understand how they acclimatize to respective climatic settings. Based on several observations, I extracted Nature's design principles and applied those to the bio-climatic design of buildings. These principles are helpful in developing a general understanding for making our buildings responsive to climate.<br>Department of Architecture

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Price, Keith Dale. "The integration of house and garden : a villa." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23171.

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Bertrand, Raymond docteur en droit. "Meaning and the built environment : an ethnographic approach to architectural programming." Thesis, McGill University, 1990. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61260.

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The importance of programming the built environment is increasingly recognized, mostly because of the growing complexity of architecture. Nevertheless, little attention has been paid to the meaning of architecture for its users. This thesis reviews the research on meaning in architecture, and proposes new directions in the investigation of meaning within the process of architectural programming.

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Sugiyama, Takemi. "Preferences for sustainable design : the roles of cognitive evaluation, environmental knowledge, environmental attitudes, and culture." Phd thesis, Faculty of Architecture, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/6187.

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Bennetts, Helen. "Environmental issues and house design in Australia : images from theory and practice /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 2000. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phb472.pdf.

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Cox, William E. "Towards a genius loci : Atlanta architecture and urbanism." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/30739.

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Boyd, Richard Harold. "The death of the inner city: the contemporary American city and the problem of space." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23734.

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Chiang, Hong-man Michael, and 蔣匡文. "Fengshui planning and architecture design of Beijing (1412-1911) = Beijing feng shui jian zhu gui hua." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/194609.

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Jarrell, Robert Perry. "Natural daylighting : a thermal analysis." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22350.

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Lalak, Nadia. "Restorative benefits of the natural environment : enhancing restoration of directed attention & stress reduction through raising levels of cognitive awareness & physical encounter." University of Sydney, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/6622.

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Philosophy(PhD)<br>Interaction with the natural environment has a vital role in human well-being - physical, social, spiritual and psychological - and yet in the twenty-first century many people lead a way of life totally separated from natural environments. Built environments and the increasing complexity of technological tasks necessitate increased demands for attention and a constant processing of information. Adaptation to such demands can result in depletion of psychological resources leading to stress and mental fatigue. Psychological resources must then be “restored” as they are critical for effective functioning. A review of restorative environments literature suggests there is further scope for enhancing restorative opportunities. A hypothetical model of enhanced restoration is proposed. It posits that an individual assuming a more active role, through raised cognitive awareness and physical encounter in the person-natural environment interaction will experience enhanced restoration in terms of restoration of directed attention and reduction of stress. The research hypotheses are tested using a quantitative field-based pretest-posttest experimental design with a sample of 100 volunteers. Data is collected through computerised objective and subjective measurement scales of attention and affect. Data is analysed through ANOVA. The major finding is that posttest scores improved compared to pretest scores in all 3 attention tests, 2 subjective attention scores and both affect measures, averaged over all 4 intervention groups. This means that the participants’ directed attention improved and they considered themselves to be less stressed regardless of the allocated experimental intervention group. Therefore, the most effective intervention in improving directed attention fatigue and reducing stress was raising an individual’s level of physical encounter with the natural environment. Further research is warranted, into the contribution that an individual can make to enhance the restorative process, and the need for education to raise awareness of the importance of the natural environment as a valuable (health-care) resource.

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Sorensen, Paul Robert. "The Stone Mountain tollway; the Presidential Parkway; Slade, Jake, Val and the boss: the happenstance of making." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/21663.

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Hayes, Mark Philip. "The integration of regionalist design strategies into an architecture of meaning." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23984.

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Xu, Jun 1969. "A framework for site analysis with emphasis on feng shui and contemporary environmental design principles." Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Dissertation Services, 2004. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10172003-101905.

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UMI No. 3110307. "Authorized facsimile, made from the microfilm master copy of the original dissertation." Includes bibliographical references. Summary: This research proposes a new site analysis methodology in the form of an integrated framework. The framework separates the site analysis process into different models, incorporates each model, and considers the interaction between them. The most important models are the environmental models (climate, geology, hydrology, topography, and vegetation models), social-cultural models, economic models, and infrastructure models. Each model also contains several important factors.The study identifies and organizes environmental factors within the framework that influence site analysis and design. Based on the applicability of feng shui principles and their interpretations into measurable factors, this research compares and incorporates feng shui and contemporary environmental design theories, and summarizes essential environmental factors. The emphasis on environmental factors from these models may lead to a better understanding of the relationships between humankind and the natural environment.

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Marshall, Frank Allison. "The stability of shape grammar applied to a bungalow built for change." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/21654.

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Wheatley, Donna. "Branded spaces : mental mapping architectural design and experience." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2011. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/29287.

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In commercial architecture projects, there is often an expectation for architects to integrate qualities intended to evoke defined user responses. This expectation has become increasingly prevalent in today’s world of pervasive branding where all assets are considered to have marketing value. This can be good news for designers by virtue of expanding areas of demand for their advice, but there has been little in the way of examining this field empirically. Architectural theory focuses attention on the role of marketing strategies in the external design of major new buildings and urban spaces rather than on the experience during occupancy of designed spaces. However, the alignment of spatial qualities of workplaces with corporate branding is an explicitly practised strategy. The success of delivering preconceived spatial qualities in new workplaces that are appreciated by users is the subject examined in this thesis. Users’, clients’ and architects’ perspectives are considered by constructing mental maps that capture the structure of their thoughts and feelings about a designed environment. The structural characteristics of these maps are investigated using network analysis due to its ability to address complexity and interconnectedness. Conclusions about the significance of spatial elements are drawn from the pattern of association in the mental maps. The thesis finds that the mental maps representing experience of built environments consist of constructs that fall into four thematic categories. The differences in outcomes between stakeholder groups suggest that a range of spatial qualities important to users go unrecognised by clients and architects. The results from mental mapping suggest that integrating corporate brand values into a design appears to be achievable, and that their successful incorporation would also be a desirable practice from the point of view of the users. The mental maps have a capacity to act as a conduit for all parties involved in spatial design to communicate with one another. By introducing new research methods from outside the standard architecture discipline, new insights into architectural response, perception, and new ways of structuring approaches to design are gained.

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Riley, Sarah Duncan. "Color characteristics of the natural environment : a case study /." Thesis, This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09192009-040528/.

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Yuen, Siu-hei Lawrence, and 袁兆禧. "Sustainability refines architecture: a demonstration project in Wanchai." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31986250.

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Perez, Ricardo J. "Setting, arousal and interpersonal attraction." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23202.

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Etchegoyen, Emilio G. "Historical context as it affects the base of the skyscraper." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24114.

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Bukamur, Said Mohamed 1948. "DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR HOUSING IN LIBYA BASED ON CLIMATIC AND SOCIAL CRITERIA." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/275300.

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Warner, Gary E. "Predicting pedestrian use on outdoor urban plazas utilizing climate/behavior models." Thesis, This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12302008-063811/.

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Song, Kyungsoo. "Documentation and demonstration of naturalistic method for measuring climate/behavior relationships." Thesis, This resource online, 1987. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04122010-083558/.

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Sheppard, Barbara Dorothea. "Assessing the environmental performance of building developments : the Green Building Tool." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2000. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envs549.pdf.

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Bibliography: p. 119-122. Aims to show how the GB Tool (Green BuildingTool) can be used to access the environmental performance of residential building developments, with a focus on South Australia. Describes the history of, and rationale for, the GB Tool; and its practical implementation. Identifies some theoretical short comings of the GB Tool, as well as some practical difficulties with using it.

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Prabhu, Chaya. "Soul nurturing in the vernacular architecture of Japan." Thesis, This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02162010-020637/.

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Seo, Hyun-Bo. "An investigation on task interruptions and the physical environment for human performance." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/41160.

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Many dangerous or tragic events such as airplane crashes and medical errors are often the result of human errors, and these errors are often the result of a professional worker being interrupted during a critical task. Although their impact can be serious, the ways that interruptions are affected by the physical environment have rarely been examined in the study of architecture. Therefore, this thesis investigates how the physical environment helps manage the interruptions by observing the process of medication administration by nurses in hospital units. Nurse shadowing observation data showed that the level of visibility of work areas in and around nurse stations significantly contributed to the number of interruptions initiated by others. Therefore, this thesis concludes that the physical environment affects interruption events and discusses the design implications of observation-based findings and the potential impact of the physical environment on major clinical errors. As for future directions for investigation, this thesis suggests that interruptions become a more prominent subject for consideration in architecture, and the physical environment as a subject for analyzing interruption and performance in human factors and health care.

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Topouzi, Marina. "Occupants' interaction with low-carbon retrofitted homes and its impact on energy use." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:ac363b69-c414-4ef8-875a-ada6a9867f8f.

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Current regulatory and other policy trends in housing refurbishment relating to low-carbon performance standards tend to involve complex technologies and systems as well as innovative solutions to achieve 80% emissions reduction in line with the UK national target for 2050. Indicators of domestic energy performance tend to assume ideal performance of materials, complex systems and services, and that they are installed to high standards and under specific conditions, as well as rational occupant behaviour and interactions. Previous studies exploring the influence of socio-technical factors on the UK's domestic energy use highlight that one of the main reasons for under-performance of individual projects is the lack of understanding of how people interact with domestic technology. Considering this, and given that there is still little evidence on deep refurbishments that implement low-carbon 'whole house' approaches in the UK, this research explored occupants' interaction with heating and ventilation measures as these were designed, installed and operated. The main concern was to identify the type of interactions that occur between occupants (social housing tenants) and building systems (mainly low-carbon heating and ventilation systems), and how that influences actual energy use. Using a sample of 26 social housing properties involved in the Retrofit for the Future competition in the UK, the study employed an socio-technical mixed methods approach, in which qualitative and quantitative empirical data were explored together, cross-checking occupants' 'doings' and 'sayings'. A combination of theories was used to analyse the complex interrelated factors involved in users' interaction with building systems. The analysis identifies key factors that affect significantly occupants' everyday practices and their interactions with the new measures: thermal comfort and pastexperiences with measures and controls; knowledge and skills (of both occupants and those involved in the project); design of the technical interventions (systems/measures) and quality of their installation. The findings from this research showed that active measures (such as intelligent and conventional heating controls, MVHR boosters, etc.) fostered direct interaction with active users when there were no design or installation faults. On the contrary, low-carbon measures that are designed and installed to be passive (such as MVHR systems operation) tend, in practice, to involve indirect interactions with active users. The research findings provide an insight into the 'in-use' factors, demonstrating to policy makers and implementers of mass refurbishment programmes the need for a framework where critical combinations of different measures and design solutions are targeted on specific house types, locations and households, in order to achieve maximum savings. Higher standards in installation of the new measures and improved quality control are also found to be a key part of refurbishment policies.

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Xu, Ziping, and 徐梓苹. "Weighting in green building assessment : a study on GBT2k's application in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/210319.

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莊景彬 and King-pan Derek Chong. "Environmental and landscape improvements to the engineering orientatedSan Tin East Main Drainage Channel design." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31980818.

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Zhu, Wenjian, and 朱文健. "Planning, design and environmentally sustainable housing in a compact environment: public rental housing in HongKong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B41896968.

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McLeod, Catriona Jane. "Green architectural discourse : rhetoric and power." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2003.

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Okamoto, Paul Craig. "Architecture between the idea and the reality : a comparative study of ecological philosophy with the architecture of Paoli Soleri." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1987. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARCHM/09archmo41.pdf.

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Neto, Eugênio Henrique Leicht. "Sustentabilidade das edificações : do projeto à demolição." Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, 2011. http://www.unicap.br/tede//tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=604.

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A sustentabilidade como novo paradigma para as várias áreas da ciência e tecnologia é objeto de estudo do presente trabalho. Neste foram investigados os conceitos e o histórico referentes à sustentabilidade e sua repercussão na cadeia produtiva da construção civil, como deve ser a atuação dos profissionais envolvidos no processo, englobando desde o projeto arquitetônico até a demolição ou desmonte. Foram colocados ainda exemplos de obras sustentáveis no exterior e no Brasil. O autor acredita na sustentabilidade como um processo que requer o envolvimento de toda a sociedade, contribuindo para o diálogo entre os meios produtivos e o meio ambiente. Nesse sentido buscou-se aplicar alguns conceitos de sustentabilidade relacionados com o processo construtivo e a vida útil do imóvel, propondo um projeto arquitetônico para uma residência na região metropolitana do Recife<br>Sustainability as a new paradigm for the various areas of science and technology is the subject matter of this work. It investigates concepts and history related to sustainability and its impact on the construction supply chain, addressing the role of the professionals involved, covering from the architectural design to demolition or dismantling. Examples of sustainable construction in Brazil and abroad were placed. The author believes in sustainability as a process that requires the involvement of the whole society, contributing to the dialogue between the production and the environment. In this sense some concepts of sustainability-related construction process and property lifetime were applied proposing an architectural design for a residence in the metropolitan area of Recife

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關尚豪 and Sheung-ho Chevrio Kwan. "Mongkok crossing: a kinetic citywalk-briding two stations : KCR & MTR." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31986535.

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Leicht, Neto Eugênio Henrique. "Sustentabilidade das edificações : do projeto à demolição." Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, 2011. http://tede2.unicap.br:8080/handle/tede/53.

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Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T17:57:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_eugenio_leicht.pdf: 2721360 bytes, checksum: 85c33a9ea26fe3c1941bf6b73941a893 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-03-25<br>Sustainability as a new paradigm for the various areas of science and technology is the subject matter of this work. It investigates concepts and history related to sustainability and its impact on the construction supply chain, addressing the role of the professionals involved, covering from the architectural design to demolition or dismantling. Examples of sustainable construction in Brazil and abroad were placed. The author believes in sustainability as a process that requires the involvement of the whole society, contributing to the dialogue between the production and the environment. In this sense some concepts of sustainability-related construction process and property lifetime were applied proposing an architectural design for a residence in the metropolitan area of Recife<br>A sustentabilidade como novo paradigma para as várias áreas da ciência e tecnologia é objeto de estudo do presente trabalho. Neste foram investigados os conceitos e o histórico referentes à sustentabilidade e sua repercussão na cadeia produtiva da construção civil, como deve ser a atuação dos profissionais envolvidos no processo, englobando desde o projeto arquitetônico até a demolição ou desmonte. Foram colocados ainda exemplos de obras sustentáveis no exterior e no Brasil. O autor acredita na sustentabilidade como um processo que requer o envolvimento de toda a sociedade, contribuindo para o diálogo entre os meios produtivos e o meio ambiente. Nesse sentido buscou-se aplicar alguns conceitos de sustentabilidade relacionados com o processo construtivo e a vida útil do imóvel, propondo um projeto arquitetônico para uma residência na região metropolitana do Recife

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Sandstra, Theodore. "A framework for the love of nature : Henry David Thoreau's construction of the Wild in Walden and the gift as an ethos for architecture." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0034/MQ64120.pdf.

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Gou, Zhonghua, and 苟中华. "Addressing human factors in green office building design : occupant indoor environment quality survey in China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/194619.

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Although requirements in relation to indoor environment quality (IEQ) have been made in green building rating systems such as LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and China GBL (Green Building Label) to promote occupant comfort, health and productivity, in practice, very little is known about user perception and satisfaction with IEQ in green buildings. Recruitment and post-occupancy evaluation of 10 office buildings (8 green buildings and 2 non-green buildings) and their 696 occupants for this study generated a dataset representing many potential avenues of inquiry. From the occupant’s point of view, the green offices in buildings with whole-building certification were significantly more satisfactory than the non-green offices, whereas the green offices certified only on the basis of their interiors were comparable to the non-green offices. Mixed-mode ventilation performed much better than other ventilation types (central air-conditioning and split air-conditioning). However, the mixed-mode green buildings were invariably perceived to be too cold in winter. A correlation model showed that green building users tended to appreciate a well ventilated, daylit, and quiet indoor environment for their health and productivity. The findings in the study made critical suggestions with regard to pursuing green building certification and addressing human factors in sustainable building design and research. The strengths and weaknesses of this study were discussed to inform future studies.<br>published_or_final_version<br>Architecture<br>Doctoral<br>Doctor of Philosophy

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Wilcox, Ronald J. "An application of ecological design principles in multi-use facility planning and design in the context of outdoor recreation and environmental education : Camp Tecumseh, Y.M.C.A., Devault Property Eco-village." Virtual Press, 2000. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1178357.

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The care of planet Earth is the responsibility of all that inhabit it. Our environment sustains us, and choices we make can compromise the Earth's capacity to sustain life.This project explores how landscape architecture can be a tool that can aid in the process of sustaining certain systems of the Earth, while providing form and function for humans at the same time. Coupled with environmental education programming, the site design becomes the framework in which the programming is based.To sustain life, the Earth must give of its resources. It is well understood that the resources on the planet are limited. Altering systems of life support on the planet must embrace a holistic view in that all systems must be maintained, yet at the same time allow us to derive our means from them.Environmental education is a magical arena that allows for nurturing of human developmental needs by providing outlets for their social, emotional, physical, and cognitive growth. At the same time environmental education provides answers to questions that children and adults have about the environment. Landscape Design in the arena of environmental education can provide a direct link to issues of sustaining life support systems and how people learn about maintaining those systems wisely.<br>Department of Landscape Architecture

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劉曉莊 and Hiu-chong Candy Lau. "Roadside landscape along Cheung Sha Wan Road." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31980740.

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王穎儀 and Wing-yee Wong. "Redevelopment of waterfront landscape in Stanley, Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31980600.

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Chui, Chi-keung Chris, and 徐志強. "Sustainable landscape design for Fung Yuen butterfly reserve garden." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38293997.

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