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Chen, Xiao Long, Ning Zhang, and Ting Ting Yu. "The Low-Carbon Evaluation of Resident Buildings Based on the Value Engineering." Applied Mechanics and Materials 71-78 (July 2011): 456–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.71-78.456.
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Facing the increasingly serious energy and climate crisis, the concept of low-carbon indicates development direction for building conservation. However, building functions are easily neglected in the process of low carbon residential buildings construction. Therefore, based on the concept of value engineering, this paper presents a comprehensive evaluation method to evaluate carbon emissions of residential building. It highlights residential building functions as well. Function coefficient can be confirmed by establishing residential buildings function evaluation index system. Moreover,the unit carbon emission isadopted as cost coefficient. The low-carbon nature of residential building will be evaluated by the ratio of function coefficient and cost coefficient.The aim of this research is to advance the awareness of residential building carbon emissions, exploring the path of realizing maximum satisfaction of building functions with minimum carbon emissions, which can provide new ideas of residential building carbon emissions evaluation.
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Zhuo, Li, Qingli Shi, Chenyang Zhang, Qiuping Li, and Haiyan Tao. "Identifying Building Functions from the Spatiotemporal Population Density and the Interactions of People among Buildings." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 8, no. 6 (May 29, 2019): 247. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8060247.
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Buildings are fundamental components of cities. Understanding the function of buildings is therefore of great importance for urban development and management. Some studies have identified building functions using spatiotemporal data, which assumes that buildings with the same function have similar temporal activity patterns. However, these methods present difficulties in coping with the situation when buildings with the same function have heterogeneous activity patterns. To solve this problem, this research proposes a new method to identify building functions from the perspective of the spatial distribution and spatial interactions of human activities. First, taxi data were used to acquire the spatiotemporal interaction characteristics among buildings with different functions. Then, the spatiotemporal population density distribution was adopted to depict the building vitality. Finally, an iterative clustering method was introduced to identify the building functions. The proposed scheme was applied in the Haizhu district of Guangzhou and compared with the traditional method. The results prove that the spatial interaction characteristics are more helpful than the temporal variation characteristics and therefore can be used to improve the accuracy of building function identification. A higher accuracy for identifying building functions can be realized by combining the spatiotemporal interactions and building vitality characteristics. The overall accuracy reaches 0.8566, with a Kappa coefficient of 0.8174, which are both better than the results of using a single characteristic only.
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Neto, Fernando Fernandes. "Building Function Approximators on top of Haar Scattering Networks." International Journal of Machine Learning and Computing 8, no. 3 (June 2018): 262–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.18178/ijmlc.2018.8.3.697.
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Fonte, C. C., M. Minghini, V. Antoniou, J. Patriarca, and L. See. "CLASSIFICATION OF BUILDING FUNCTION USING AVAILABLE SOURCES OF VGI." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-4 (September 19, 2018): 209–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-4-209-2018.
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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> This paper examines the feasibility of using data from OpenStreetMap (OSM), Facebook and Foursquare as a source of information on the function of buildings. Such information is rarely openly available and if available, would vary between cities by nomenclature, making comparisons between places difficult. Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) including data from social media represents new potential sources of building function data that have not yet been exploited for this purpose. Using a part of the city of Milan as the study area, building data from OSM and points of interest (POIs) from OSM, Facebook and Foursquare were extracted to derive the building function. This resulted in the classification of building function for more than 80<span class="thinspace"></span>% of the buildings and demonstrated that both Facebook and Foursquare can complement the building function derived from OSM, helping to fill in missing gaps. This preliminary study has demonstrated the potential of this approach for deriving building function information from open data in a simple way yet still requires independent validation with alternative sources as well as extension to other areas that have different amounts of OSM and social media coverage.</p>
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JOHNSON, P. FRASER, and MICHIEL R. LEENDERS. "BUILDING A CORPORATE SUPPLY FUNCTION." Journal of Supply Chain Management 44, no. 3 (July 2008): 39–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-493x.2008.00065.x.
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Podzorov, Vitaly. "Building molecules for a function." Nature Materials 9, no. 8 (August 2010): 616–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat2820.
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Generalov, Viktor P., Elena M. Generalova, Nadezhda A. Kalinkina, and Irina V. Zhdanova. "Typological diversity of tall buildings and complexes in relation to their functional structure." E3S Web of Conferences 33 (2018): 01020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20183301020.
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The paper focuses on peculiarities of tall buildings and complexes, their typology and its formation in relation to their functional structure. The research is based on the analysis of tall buildings and complexes and identifies the following main functional elements of their formation: residential, administrative (office), hotel elements. The paper also considers the following services as «disseminated» in the space-planning structure: shops, medicine, entertainment, kids and sports facilities, etc., their location in the structure of the total bulk of the building and their impact on typological diversity. Research results include suggestions to add such concepts as «single-function tall buildings» and «mixed-use tall buildings and complexes» into the classification of tall buildings. In addition, if a single-function building or complex performs serving functions, it is proposed to add such concepts as «a residential tall building (complex) with provision of services», «an administrative (public) tall building (complex) with provision of services» into the classification of tall buildings. For mixed-use buildings and complexes the following terms are suggested: «a mixed-use tall building with provision of services», «a mixed-use tall complex with provision of services».
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Bogdanovic-Protic, Ivana, and Mihailo Mitkovic. "Town planning parameters in the function of building energy efficiency." Facta universitatis - series: Architecture and Civil Engineering 13, no. 1 (2015): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/fuace1501001b.
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Energy efficient building is that consuming the least energy while providing comfort. The energy consumption of buildings, in general, as well as in Serbia, is among other things conditioned by the heating, cooling and lighting requirements with a goal of achieving of thermal and light comfort. Heating energy consumption is the result of heat loss and gain, and their values, in addition to other parameters, depend on town planning parameters. The paper focuses on the comparative analysis of impact of building different exposures to wind as well as on impact of the different prevailing orientations on energy efficiency of buildings.
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Sun, Bing. "The Analysis of Synchronous and Influencing Factors on Building Facade Opening and Architectural Design." Applied Mechanics and Materials 174-177 (May 2012): 1619–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.174-177.1619.
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A good building needs the perfect functions and construction techniques besides beautiful exterior view. The facade opening is the main means for building daylighting and ventilation. The quantity, size and configuration of facade openings can change the figure of buildings. Facade opening must be designed with architectural designing simultaneously. This way is beneficial for the unification of building function and aesthetics.
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Hanna Wijaya and St. Laksanto Utomo. "Converting Mall-Apartments and Hotels Into Covid-19 Emergency Hospitals." Jurnal Indonesia Sosial Sains 2, no. 8 (August 21, 2021): 1259–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.36418/jiss.v2i8.383.
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The outbreak of the COVID-19 disease, which afterwards became a pandemic, impacted the world. Because the rapid spread and ongoing research, WHO and the government had created regulations that are changing constantly. President Joko Widodo has recommended the unused buildings be used as emergency hospitals in order to accelerate the handling of the Covid-19 virus in Indonesia. Lippo Group's owner wants to assist the government by converting Plaza Mampang Mall into Siloam Hospital (a Covid-19 emergency hospital), which will be housed in the same building as the Nine Residence Apartments. As a result, the inhabitants of the unit protested to the role being transferred. The author focuses on the process of transferring functions from the building owner to the Nine Residence mall-apartment, which serves as a Covid-19 emergency hospital, as well as the building owner's obligation for the function transfer. For COVID-19, not only Nine Residence mall-apartment, but also some hotels served as emergency hospitals. This study employs normative juridical research, with the law approach and the case approach as approaches. Secondary data was used as a source of information, and the research material was obtained through a library study. The findings of this study show that the building owner's procedure of transferring function to the mall-apartment must meet administrative and technical requirements in accordance with the building's purpose. Nine Residence, but if the transfer of function results in losses, the building owner is responsible to the building inhabitants.
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Nofal, Omar M., and John W. van de Lindt. "Minimal Building Flood Fragility and Loss Function Portfolio for Resilience Analysis at the Community Level." Water 12, no. 8 (August 13, 2020): 2277. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12082277.
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Current flood vulnerability analyses rely on deterministic methods (e.g., stage–damage functions) to quantify resulting damage and losses to the built environment. While such approaches have been used extensively by communities, they do not enable the propagation of uncertainty into a risk- or resilience-informed decision process. In this paper, a method that allows the development of building fragility and building loss functions is articulated and applied to develop an archetype portfolio that can be used to model buildings in a typical community. The typical single-variable flood vulnerability function, normally based on flood depth, is extended to a multi-variate flood vulnerability function, which is a function of both flood depth and flood duration, thereby creating fragility surfaces. The portfolio presented herein consists of 15 building archetypes that can serve to populate a community-level model to predict damage and resulting functionality from a scenario flood event. The prediction of damage and functionality of buildings within a community is the first step in developing risk-informed mitigation decisions to improve community resilience.
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Vink, Jacques. "Flex−Buildings Designed to Change." Open House International 30, no. 1 (March 1, 2005): 62–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-01-2005-b0009.
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Flex−buildings are buildings which are literally designed to change. A flex−building must be able to accept different infills and its users must be able to easily adapt their surroundings. Flexibility is defined as the capacity of a building to undergo modifications and accept changes of function with limited structural interventions. More than 40% of the activities housed in a flex building can continue to function during modification. Studies into flex−buildings (commissioned by the Dutch Government) have elicited a number of insights. These are not hard−and−fast conclusions but more in the region of statements and reminders for those involved with flex−buildings. These studies show that it takes more than civil engineering to successfully realise such buildings. Aspects of use and management are at least as important. Besides, it requires designers who are willing to let go of their design after it is finished. For the result is not a completed ‘architectural’ product but a continually changing object. Following insights (among others) will be illustrated with built and unbuilt projects in the Netherlands. • The façade design, for example, figures prominently in designing flexible buildings. It makes special demands on the design’s presentation during the design process, as the building can assume different appearances over time. The double facade is a promising concept that allows for expressive and/or open facades in flexible buildings. It can also help to reduce a building’s energy consumption. • Also by deliberately incorporating excessive space and construction a building has the necessary leeway to accommodate future developments. A building’s flexibility is enhanced by oversize in structure as well as space. • A big multi−use building in Rotterdam (H. A. Maaskant / W. van Tijen (1951)) and recent projects of RUIMTELAB are presented as case−studies. These are an inspiration for architects and planners looking for design tools to help achieve an open architecture.
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Liang, Jing, Mao Yin Zhang, Xiao Li Xu, Jing Wei Li, and Li Di Huang. "Topology Theory Application in Exhibition Design." Applied Mechanics and Materials 357-360 (August 2013): 289–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.357-360.289.
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The document demonstrates the topological theory application in architectural design, especially for the exhibition building. On the premise without changing the relationship between the various functions, the exhibition buildings can transform equivalently by the topological theory to adjust the function of the building and optimize design method. Building skin can be distorted, concave and convex, bending and so on, in order to boost the sculpture and modernity to exhibition architecture. The exhibition space can also be enhanced and amusing by disrupting flat, confused up and down, fuzzy inside and outside space. Summarize the topology theory application in exhibition design by topological analysis in the function, skin, streamline, space of the exhibition building.
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Kallaos, James, and Rolf André Bohne. "GREEN RESIDENTIAL BUILDING TOOLS AND EFFICIENCY METRICS." Journal of Green Building 8, no. 3 (July 2013): 125–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.3992/jgb.8.3.125.
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Residential buildings have the function of providing shelter, comfort, and a host of other amenities to their occupants, yet they are responsible for a large share of global negative environmental impacts. Understanding the need to reduce the negative impacts of buildings has led to an increase in both the quantity and popularity of green building rating schemes in recent years. Within most green building schemes, the common goal generally consists of an attempt at increasing aspects of the efficiency of resource use or environmental damage. Impact quantification is often reduced to modeled operational energy consumption, while the actual function is less simple to define or assess quantitatively. In many green building schemes, consideration of function is basically omitted from the assessment, except for the inclusion of a simple proxy metric. The dominant “function” metric that has emerged is floor area, carried over from commercial building assessments. Not only is floor area not a useful proxy for function provided by residential buildings, but placing it in the denominator of an eco-intensity metric results in a perverse ratio of two impacts. All else equal, increasing floor area gives the impression of increased efficiency, while masking the increased embodied and use-phase energy, GHG emissions, and materials use. This paper provides a review and initial inquiry into environmental assessment of residential buildings, addressing the utility of common metrics.
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Hu, Yuelian, and Jing Zhuo. "Study on thermodynamic functions of traditional building windows based on characters." Thermal Science, no. 00 (2020): 251. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/tsci200522251h.
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The indoor light environment of the building has an extremely important influence on its own use function, and there are many factors that affect the indoor light environment of the building, such as the surrounding environment of the building, the interior decoration of the building, and the design of the window. The window is used as the building envelope. An important part of the structure is responsible for lighting and ventilation to meet the requirements of the indoor environment. It exists as a lighting device for the building. The lighting performance of the windows not only meets people's requirements for living comfort, but also consumes energy in the building. It will have a very important impact. A variety of window shapes start from different functional needs. The comprehensive use of these window shapes by traditional buildings together creates its unique thermodynamic function. This article analyzes cold regions based on the analysis method of thermodynamic functions. Solar heat gain from traditional building windows.
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Suharjanto, Gatot. "Keterkaitan Tipologi dengan Fungsi dan Bentuk: Studi Kasus Bangunan Masjid." ComTech: Computer, Mathematics and Engineering Applications 4, no. 2 (December 1, 2013): 975. http://dx.doi.org/10.21512/comtech.v4i2.2539.
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Besides having a particular function or purpose, a building also has certain characters that generally appear and are accumulated into an image or impression given by anyone who sees the building. Function is a fundamental starting point for all architectural expression. The influence of function on the architecture is quiteobvious especially when we observe differences in the use of certain building and how certain activities can create the form of the building. However, is it true that the function and form of the building has any relation with the formation of building classification (typology)? For that reason, this paper discusses a case study ofmosque buildings.
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Sridhar, MS. "Institution building - Organizational structure and function." Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research 4, no. 2 (2015): 116. http://dx.doi.org/10.15380/2277-5706.jcsr.13.076.
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Carroll, Teena. "Building Intuition with Function Puzzle Pieces." PRIMUS 23, no. 7 (June 2013): 598–604. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10511970.2013.775620.
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Sandoli, A., G. P. Lignola, B. Calderoni, and A. Prota. "Fragility curves for Italian URM buildings based on a hybrid method." Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 19, no. 12 (June 18, 2021): 4979–5013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10518-021-01155-4.
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AbstractA hybrid seismic fragility model for territorial-scale seismic vulnerability assessment of masonry buildings is developed and presented in this paper. The method combines expert-judgment and mechanical approaches to derive typological fragility curves for Italian residential masonry building stock. The first classifies Italian masonry buildings in five different typological classes as function of age of construction, structural typology, and seismic behaviour and damaging of buildings observed following the most severe earthquakes occurred in Italy. The second, based on numerical analyses results conducted on building prototypes, provides all the parameters necessary for developing fragility functions. Peak-Ground Acceleration (PGA) at Ultimate Limit State attainable by each building’s class has been chosen as an Intensity Measure to represent fragility curves: three types of curve have been developed, each referred to mean, maximum and minimum value of PGAs defined for each building class. To represent the expected damage scenario for increasing earthquake intensities, a correlation between PGAs and Mercalli-Cancani-Sieber macroseismic intensity scale has been used and the corresponding fragility curves developed. Results show that the proposed building’s classes are representative of the Italian masonry building stock and that fragility curves are effective for predicting both seismic vulnerability and expected damage scenarios for seismic-prone areas. Finally, the fragility curves have been compared with empirical curves obtained through a macroseismic approach on Italian masonry buildings available in literature, underlining the differences between the methods.
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Khakurel, Shreedhar, Trevor Z. Yeow, Frankie Chen, Zam Wang, Sandip K. Saha, and Rajesh P. Dhakal. "Development of cladding contribution functions for seismic loss estimation." Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 52, no. 1 (March 31, 2019): 23–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.5459/bnzsee.52.1.23-43.
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One method to rapidly estimate seismic losses during the structural design phase is to use contribution functions. These are relationships between expected losses (e.g. damage repair costs, downtime, and injury) for a wide range of building components (e.g. cladding, partitions, and ceilings) and the building’s response. This study aims to develop contribution functions for common types of cladding used in different types of buildings considering damage repair costs. In the first part of this study, a building survey was performed to identify types and quantity of cladding used in residential, commercial and industrial buildings in Christchurch, New Zealand; where it was found that the most common cladding types are glazing, masonry veneer, monolithic cladding and precast panels. The data collected during the survey was also used to develop cladding distribution (i.e. density) functions. The second step involved identifying fragility functions from relevant literature which are applicable to the cladding detailing used in New Zealand. The third step involved surveying consultants, suppliers and builders on typical repair/replacement cost. Finally, Monte Carlo simulations were performed to combine the cladding density function with the fragility functions and the repair cost for each type of cladding to derive contribution functions for various types of cladding and building usage. An example (case study) is provided to demonstrate its usage.
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Li, Li Ping, and Shuai Fan. "Comprehensive Use of Renewable Energy in Building." Advanced Materials Research 734-737 (August 2013): 1671–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.734-737.1671.
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The envelope of traditional buildings have been so far designed and constructed only to protect the building from damage of sun, wind, snow, rain, and so on. There have been much direct and indirect renewable energy wasted. The key points of the new idea are that well make the envelope become a multi-function element, besides doing usual function it can provide the following functions: 1) collecting solar energy for heating for the buildings;2) catching wind for natural air conditioning ;3) planting on roof, wall and in window to provide beautiful color, sweet smell and helpful conditions for peoples psychology and physiology. This paper will abstractly explain our researches in this field.
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Darmawan, Edy. "The Problem Change Function of Heritage Building at the Old Cities in Central Java." European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 3, no. 4 (October 6, 2017): 142. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejis.v3i4.p142-153.
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The old city is the commercial center in Semarang City in The Dutch Government. It can be seen from the buildings a relic history of hotel, warehouse, and also religious buildings. Almost all this building still exist, but they were unable to function properly. Even some buildings are used as shed byt the rightful owner of the land. The use of building be a barn it gives the impression slum and not safe to the old city. The flood problem in the old city who lack of after causing the quality of the environment in the old city get worse. This condition certainly disturb the face of the city and made the building worthless again. If managed well, those buildings in ancient old city this can be icon historic for Semarang City. One concept which can be applied to overcome these issues is to conservation old buildings to be new functions as the best possible. This concept chosen because see that function old buildings are no right again when maintained, so we needed sought the use of more worthy economically for old buildings historic not to stopped and remain maintained. The purpose of this research is studying characteristic model the concept of conservation old buildings and produce model design as an application from the concept of conservation of any old buildings. To achieve this aim will be used a methodology qualitative descriptive which can explain problem indetail and described potentials. The result of this research in the form of a model design that can be applied in ancient building, so can improve their quality, both in terms of social, economic, and culturally.
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Darmawan, Edy. "The Problem Change Function of Heritage Building at the Old Cities in Central Java." European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 9, no. 1 (October 6, 2017): 142. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejis.v9i1.p142-152.
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The old city is the commercial center in Semarang City in The Dutch Government. It can be seen from the buildings a relic history of hotel, warehouse, and also religious buildings. Almost all this building still exist, but they were unable to function properly. Even some buildings are used as shed byt the rightful owner of the land. The use of building be a barn it gives the impression slum and not safe to the old city. The flood problem in the old city who lack of after causing the quality of the environment in the old city get worse. This condition certainly disturb the face of the city and made the building worthless again. If managed well, those buildings in ancient old city this can be icon historic for Semarang City. One concept which can be applied to overcome these issues is to conservation old buildings to be new functions as the best possible. This concept chosen because see that function old buildings are no right again when maintained, so we needed sought the use of more worthy economically for old buildings historic not to stopped and remain maintained. The purpose of this research is studying characteristic model the concept of conservation old buildings and produce model design as an application from the concept of conservation of any old buildings. To achieve this aim will be used a methodology qualitative descriptive which can explain problem indetail and described potentials. The result of this research in the form of a model design that can be applied in ancient building, so can improve their quality, both in terms of social, economic, and culturally.
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Zhivov, Alexander M. "Parameters for Thermal Energy Systems Resilience." E3S Web of Conferences 246 (2021): 08001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202124608001.
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To provide a building design that is robust, adaptable, and affordable, one must understand the aspects of the building’s geographic location that will impact equipment selections, operating hours, and maintenance needs. One must also consider the building’s “thermal resilience,” i.e., its ability to withstand a heating plant outage. Designing for resilience is of growing importance, especially for military and government installations that must maintain critical functions even during outages. Buildings with a fast rate of temperature degradation with the loss of heating system function have low resiliency; buildings with a slower rate of temperature degradation have higher resiliency. In extreme cold climates, resiliency can play an integral role in protecting property during an outage. A drop in indoor temperature can pose a risk of freezing plumbing, which can lead to burst pipes and interior flooding that can cause enormous and costly damage, and which can effect a loss of workspace in an office building. More resilient designs must consider not only building HVAC installations, but also building envelope and the whole energy infrastructure, including thermal capacity of concrete and brick walls, internal water pipes, critical system redundancy, outside insulation without weak points, and a centrally controlled, low carbon hot water heat supply. This paper describes a quantitative approach to evaluate a system’s resiliency based on analytical and experimental studies conducted under IEA EBC Annex 73 and the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) project Technologies Integration to Achieve Resilient, Low-Energy Military Installations, to evaluate building energy performance in extreme climate conditions. This work recommends that more thermally resilient designs for buildings in cold climates include consideration of increased thermal resistance of the building envelope, improved whole-building airtightness, and higher thermal mass.
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Radziejowska, Aleksandra, Anna Sobotka, and Joanna Sagan. "Support of Decision in Buildings Refurbishment with a Change of Utility." Tehnički glasnik 14, no. 2 (June 11, 2020): 162–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.31803/tg-20200501191758.
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Construction objects, including buildings, are characterized by a long period of use resulting from the properties of structural and material solutions properly designed, constructed and operated. Practice shows that functional aging of buildings is faster than technical. Therefore, for these reasons and taking into account current socio-economic concepts (sustainable development, preservation of cultural heritage, economic, location reasons, etc.) buildings that have ceased to perform their current function are subject to renovation and / or refurbishment, enabling them to perform new functions compatible with social needs: public and commercial. The choice of new functions cannot be accidental. The decision-making process regarding the refurbishment of a building with a change of utility function is subject to high economic risk, which is why it should be carried out using a methodology that ensures a holistic approach. The paper proposes a methodology of functional and functional programming in the pre-investment phase of project preparation using multi-criteria analysis of the utility function selection. The methodology is illustrated by an example of the choice of function in the adaptation of a post-production building from public resources.
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Dzeng, Ren-Jye, Wei-Chih Wang, and Fan-Yi Hsiao. "FUNCTION-SPACE ASSIGNMENT AND MOVEMENT SIMULATION MODEL FOR BUILDING RENOVATION." Journal of Civil Engineering and Management 21, no. 5 (May 6, 2015): 578–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/13923730.2014.890652.
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Building renovation is an effective way to revive the use of a building, the use efficiency of which is primarily determined by its layout. However, in architectural practice, architects and building owners renovate buildings based on their personal subjective perceptions of how occupants use the building instead of systematically analyzing their use behaviors. This study proposes a model, called the Function-space Assignment and MOvement Simulation (FAMOS) model, which integrates radio frequency identification (RFID), fast messy genetic algorithms (fmGA), and movement simulation techniques to solve the function-space assignment problem. The RFID equipment is specifically used to track the occupants’ movement data in a building, the fmGA is employed to identify the optimal result of function assignment, and the movement simulation technique is adopted to verify the result and support the decision-making of function-space assignment. This study presents a real case study to demonstrate the use of FAMOS and compare its assignments with those generated by a renovation architect. The objective function showed that FAMOS’s version had a 14.80% higher objective value than the architect’s version. The experiment also showed that FAMOS helped the architect find the best assignment or improve their assignment based on desired objectives such as preferred space size, minimized movement distance, or removal of corridor congestion.
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Jovanovic-Popovic, Milica, and Saja Kosanovic. "Selection of building materials based upon ecological characteristics: priorities in function of environmental protection." Spatium, no. 20 (2009): 23–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/spat0920023p.
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Numerous scientific researches show that the activities connected with building materials produce significant negative environmental effects. Observed from the point of architecture, the use of building materials is found to be one of the critical factors of environmental pollution and degradation. The purpose of introducing architectural interventions, including proper selection, is the reduction of the negative environmental impact of building materials. The aim of this paper is to define, from the ecological aspect, basic principles for the selection of building materials. First, principles were defined through the all - inclusive analysis of every phase in the life cycle of building materials. Summing categories: embodied energy and embodied CO2 are discussed afterwards. In the order to simplify the procedure of arriving at a decision, priorities in selection were emphasized in every separate segment of this paper. The selection of building materials with reduced negative environmental impact (ecologically correct building materials) is one of the key decisions in the process of designing ecologically correct buildings.
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Gandhi, Shan. "Building aspirations… building ambitions?" Faculty Dental Journal 8, no. 1 (January 2017): 20–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/rcsfdj.2017.20.
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Much has been written of late on the requirements of a patient-centred hospital environment suitable for healing. So much so that, within healthcare, the theoretical concept is referred to as ‘evidence-based design’, in which – through form and function – the positive interaction and outcomes that buildings and their environments can have on the health, recovery, safety and wellbeing of patients and carers – and on the health and morale of its staff – is considered. In view of Birmingham’s new £50 million Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry opening its doors to the public earlier this year, this article provides a précis of the establishment, and illustrates how evidence-based healthcare design concepts have been woven into its design.
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Yan, Wen Zhou, and Wei Hua Wang. "Studies on the Green Evaluation Function of Construction Parts." Advanced Materials Research 926-930 (May 2014): 631–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.926-930.631.
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The development of green building is the only way to protect the environment and resource conservation, construction parts green degree evaluation is an important measure to promote green building. In this paper, based on the classification of construction parts, to build a green degree evaluation index system, through the application of information diffusion, computer simulation, curve-fitting techniques, establishing a major construction parts green degree evaluation function. Based on this function so you can develop evaluation systems and databases for the construction parts, providing a scientific and concise way for the evaluation of green degree, effectively promoted the development of green buildings.
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Marzuki, Irfanuddin Wahid. "LOCATIONAL PATTERN OF INDIES BUILDINGS IN GORONTALO." Berkala Arkeologi 35, no. 1 (February 25, 2016): 79. http://dx.doi.org/10.24832/berkalaarkeologi.v35i1.40.
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Indies buildings in Gorontalo are spread within several areas, namely Ipilo, Biawao, and Tenda. These buildings serve as offices, houses, schools, hotels, religious building, and shop. Research on indies buildings in Gorontalo aims to find its locational pattern and to determine the relationship among those buildings. This research uses descriptive method with an inductive approach. Analysis of the data using the nearest neighbour analysis. The results showed a locational pattern of Indies buildings are clustered around the square. Based on their function, houses, and hotel are clustered, while school and office buildings are randomly located. The relationship between the building relates to the function of each building. Residential and office buildings are located adjacent to the effectiveness. School buildings are spread to facilitate access to people living in all parts of the town. Religious building is located in the center to facilitate access from every direction, and shops are clustered adjacent to the market as the economic center.
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Marzuki, Irfanuddin Wahid. "POLA KELETAKAN BANGUNAN INDIS DI KOTA GORONTALO." Berkala Arkeologi 35, no. 1 (May 25, 2015): 79–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.30883/jba.v35i1.40.
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Indies buildings in Gorontalo are spread within several areas, namely Ipilo, Biawao, and Tenda. These buildings serve as offices, houses, schools, hotels, religious building, and shop. Research on indies buildings in Gorontalo aims to find its locational pattern and to determine the relationship among those buildings. This research uses descriptive method with an inductive approach. Analysis of the data using the nearest neighbour analysis. The results showed a locational pattern of Indies buildings are clustered around the square. Based on their function, houses, and hotel are clustered, while school and office buildings are randomly located. The relationship between the building relates to the function of each building. Residential and office buildings are located adjacent to the effectiveness. School buildings are spread to facilitate access to people living in all parts of the town. Religious building is located in the center to facilitate access from every direction, and shops are clustered adjacent to the market as the economic center.
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Vavrovič, Boris, and Anton Puškár. "Window Structures in Building with Historical Building Preservation." Applied Mechanics and Materials 820 (January 2016): 236–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.820.236.
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The building of Faculty of Architecture SUT in Bratislava can be considered by its character and complex design as one of mature works of architect prof. Emil Belluš, DrSc. It is proofed not only by architectonic and spatial concept, but also overall technical facilities, details design and used material scale and their technical and handcrafted quality. The building was constructed in years 1950–1952. The window structures of building are not only the distinguished structural elements but also they are phraseology of the architectural work. They belong to relevant façade structural elements while, at the same time, they determine format, aesthetic impression and façade value. Due to extensive window defects which, in many cases, caused as much as a function loss, it was necessary to change them. The requirements of specialists for listed buildings comprised the preservation of material, facial, colour and function design with the aim of energy saving.
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He, Mengqi. "On the Function and Exertion of Management in Architectural Curtain Wall Design." Architecture and Design Review 2, no. 1 (April 22, 2020): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.18282/adr.v2i1.1077.
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<p>Curtain wall structure is the common type of external fixation structure of high-rise and super-high-rise buildings. The application advantages of curtain wall structure have been paid attention to by engineers, so its application is more and more extensive. Based on this, this paper briefly expounds the basic concept of curtain wall, and puts forward the development strategy of management work in building curtain wall construction, aiming at deeply analyzing the current situation of building curtain wall construction in China and deeply exploring the role of management work in building curtain wall construction stage from the project management level.</p>
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Son, Daehyuk, Youngjin Park, Yoonsik Park, and Sei-Jin Jang. "Building Korean Head-related Transfer Function Database." Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering 24, no. 4 (April 20, 2014): 282–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.5050/ksnve.2014.24.4.282.
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Gonzalez, Jose Villacis. "Building Rubiks Cube: A Function Of Production." Review of Business Information Systems (RBIS) 12, no. 1 (January 1, 2008): 25–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/rbis.v12i1.4395.
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The Rubiks cube is a special game and a very particular puzzle. The 3-dimensional cube is made up of six faces, or boundary sections, of the same size. Each face, or section, consists of several two dimensional square parts, or cubelets. Every cubelet has the same surface area, and each of the six faces has the same number of cubelets. Therefore, the cubes surface is entirely covered with isocubelets. The cubelets are painted in six different colours, and it is possible to create a design where each face shows only one colour. Such is the object of the game: to turn the cubelets and sections of the cube so that only one (different) colour shows on each one of the six faces. If one manages to master the puzzle, the cube will show six faces of the same size, each coloured differently. The cubelets and sections of the cube can be turned both horizontally and vertically in order to change colours while trying to determine the appropriate combination to complete the puzzle. This approach is linked to a particular function in microeconomics that deals with the relationship between two magnitudes: on the one hand, the moves needed to achieve the desired final design; and on the other hand, the cost linked to the required production processes. This analytical model must use combinatorial mathematics equipment because, after all, the key factor in solving the Rubiks cube is the way in which the cubelets and sections are arranged.
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Walker, Gloria. "Building an in‐house public affairs function." Journal of Communication Management 2, no. 2 (April 1, 1997): 151–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb023455.
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Increasingly more companies are recognising the importance of regulations and other legislation and their effects on business. This recognition has caused significant growth in public affairs practice, primarily through the growing number of public affairs consultancies which have been supporting the organisation's public affairs efforts. Importantly, organisations are realising that an in‐house public affairs practitioner offers greater understanding of the objectives of the company and is available to work with other internal managers to formulate effective public affairs programmes.
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Gangopadhyaya, Asim, and Constantin Rasinariu. "Building confidence in the Dirac δ -function." European Journal of Physics 39, no. 6 (October 4, 2018): 065402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/aaddcd.
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Parmelee, John H. "The agenda-building function of political tweets." New Media & Society 16, no. 3 (May 22, 2013): 434–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444813487955.
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Mitzenmacher, Michael. "Technical Perspective: Building a better hash function." Communications of the ACM 60, no. 7 (June 26, 2017): 93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3068770.
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Aitken, Alastair. "Building an annex - in structure and function." Trends in Cell Biology 3, no. 4 (April 1993): 138. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0962-8924(93)90177-3.
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Wang, Ling, Ru Mu, and Shu Ling Gao. "Development of Existing Residential Building Energy Saving Renovation Design and Management Systems." Advanced Materials Research 446-449 (January 2012): 3829–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.446-449.3829.
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Based on the analysis of the trends of buildings energy consumption, the thought of system development for existing residential building energy efficiency renovation design and management is proposed. General thought of design, control processes of data, modules and functions of system is introduced. The evaluation and analysis of building energy consumption can be efficiently and accurately completed by the system, and then renovation program is designed and optimized, at the same time with resource sharing, scalability of system function.
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Julya ; Anastasia Maurina, Sharon. "STRUCTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL FUNCTION IN BAMBOO CONSTRUCTION OF TAMAN BUAH MEKARSARI AMPHITEATHER BUILDING." Riset Arsitektur (RISA) 4, no. 1 (January 13, 2020): 81–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.26593/risa.v4i1.3689.81-98.
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Abstract- Building structures are one of the most essential and basic components to make designs and construction realizations in architecture. Choosing the material for building learning since influences have been building the system and its ability to support and act as a load-bearing structure. One material that Indonesia possesses, which is also able to compete in strength and become a structural element of the building, is bamboo. An example seen in Mekarsari Fruit Garden Amphitheater building in Bogor displays a roof that is not only for the building's enclosure but also a structural function of the building. This dual function in architecture affects space, activity, and space atmosphere created by the uniqueness and natural element of the material itself. The main purpose of this study is to find an optimal and functional structure and beauty in the architectural system in Mekarsari Fruit Garden Amphitheater building. This study uses qualitative methods and collects the data from several ways through the literature, site, and building observation, object visual documentation, interviewed architect of the Taman Buah Mekarsari Amphitheater, simulations of building structure software, and the analog model. From this study, it can be concluded that roof structures can keep the symmetric form of the Taman Buah Mekarsari Amphitheater building and give through the structure configuration inside and deliver the message of the building concept.. Key Words: Structure, bamboo, structural function and architectural function, Taman Buah Mekarsari Amphitheatre
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Hilmy, Mochammad, Herry Prabowo, and Yudhiarma Yudhiarma. "Potensi Pemanfaatan Hasil Pemeriksaan Berkala Bangunan Gedung dalam Penentuan Depresiasi Harga Bangunan Gedung Eksisting." Jurnal Vokasi 15, no. 2 (January 21, 2021): 9–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.31573/vokasi.v15i2.231.
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Over time, buildings are used to experience a decline in the physical quality of architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical components. To ensure its safety and functioning, periodic inspections of the building are required. The periodic technical inspection of buildings has been regulated in the Minister of Public Works Regulation No.16 / PRT / M / 2010. The results of the building inspection provide an overview of the physical condition and function of the building in detail and itemized by involving experts in building technical reviewers. The results of this examination show how much the percentage of physical degradation and function of the building under review has the potential to be used in assessing the price of existing buildings from an economic perspective. Thus the depreciation of building prices can be estimated. Depreciation value is a reduction in the value of fixed assets as a result of being used by the owner. This depreciation parameter is needed in an assessment of a property which is increasingly felt to be needed in various economic and development activities, including for loan guarantees, asset management, and appraisal for land acquisition for the purpose of building public facilities. The calculation of building prices that is carried out shows that the results of periodic inspections of buildings can be used to determine the depreciation of the price of the buildings under review.
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Lapinskienė, Vilūnė, Violeta Motuzienė, and Artur Rogoža. "The Assessment of Building Energy Functionality in the Integrated Building Design." Proceedings 16, no. 1 (July 25, 2019): 53. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019016053.
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Buildings are significant contributors to energy-related sustainability challenges and a sustainable future. Practice shows—that the traditional building design process is becoming ineffective and will no longer be able to meet the determined requirements and standards of low energy architecture. The aim of this research is to introduce and validate the newly developed technology of building design concept, which integrates Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and Axiomatic Design (AD) methods. The proposed technology eliminates the traditional building design problems, ensures a smooth Integrated Building Design (IBD) process and matches the needs of the customer and the whole building design team. The new technology also provides a quicker and more effective way to find a sustainable and customer-orientated solution. Validation of the technology on the case study has shown that the energy functionality of the building proved to be superior to buildings, created during traditional building design process.
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Ni, Hai Yang, Xiao Qin Zhu, Jin Hu, Yu Bie, Liang Chen, and Li Meng Chen. "Investigation Progress of Phase Change Building Materials." Applied Mechanics and Materials 672-674 (October 2014): 1828–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.672-674.1828.
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Phase change building materials are a category of building materials with the integration of structure and function, which can be achieved by phase change materials composite with the traditional building materials. They have such characteristics as the improvement of energy saving efficiency in buildings, the decrease of heating energy consumption and the adjustment of thermal comfort in the room environment etc. Therefore, phase change building materials are one of the most efficient means of energy utilizations, which has important significance for promoting their investigation and applications of energy saving in buildings.
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Konior, Jarosław, Marek Sawicki, and Mariusz Szóstak. "Intensity of the Formation of Defects in Residential Buildings with Regards to Changes in Their Reliability." Applied Sciences 10, no. 19 (September 23, 2020): 6651. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app10196651.
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Defining the basic determinants of the level of reliability with regards to the use of residential buildings and determining the function of the intensity of their characteristic defects are important issues concerning renovation strategy. The distribution of the exploitation time of residential buildings, the function of their reliability, and the distribution of the defect intensity of examined buildings are interdependent terms. Therefore, it can be assumed that the defect intensity of an object will be higher with an increase in its exploitation time. However, it is neither an increase reflecting the length of the building’s service life nor the value directly proportional to its age. The article presents a model and method of testing the defects and reliability of a representative group of traditional downtown residential buildings, which were erected in Wroclaw, Poland at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. A basic conclusion was drawn regarding the mechanism of damage of residential buildings: for the period of using the facility, in which the time of correct operation until failure has an exponential distribution, the average remaining time of failure-free operation is unchanged at any time. It was confirmed that the tested residential buildings, after a certain period of failure-free operation, fulfil their functions, just like new buildings. The optimal moment of renovation occurs after the end of the second period of operation, before the period of rapid wear. The study of the course of the damage intensity function over time reflects the wear process of a residential building in a representative sample of downtown residential buildings that were erected using traditional methods. Defining the average duration of the correct failure-free operation of an object by the reliability function, which determines the probability with which the correct operation time of an object will be longer than its age, has a practical application in the exploitation of a residential building and its components.
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Mantel, J. "Instandsetzung von Schallquellen und Schall schützenden Teilen im Bau / Overhaul of Sound Sources and Noise Protecting Parts in Buildings." Restoration of Buildings and Monuments 3, no. 6 (December 1, 1997): 603–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/rbm-1997-5223.
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Keywords In the context of sound propagation in buildings, we must differentiate between building parts which produce noise actively (water conducting parts, facilities with electrical motors and other equipment) and building parts which do not cause any noise but have a sound protecting function, such as e.g. ceilings or walls. We recognise that certain building parts do not change their sound protection function for long decades, while other parts are getting sound proof leaky due to amortisation (e.g. carpets, water spouts, window gaskets) or due to slow deformation in buildings (plaster dwellings, window and door surrounds). Moreover, various building parts are insufficiently dimensioned concerning their noise protection or have been carried out in a wrong way. This inevitably leads to an overhaul as mentioned above.
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IGNATIUS, Joshua, Amirah RAHMAN, Morteza YAZDANI, Jonas ŠAPARAUSKAS, and Syarmila Hany HARON. "AN INTEGRATED FUZZY ANP–QFD APPROACH FOR GREEN BUILDING ASSESSMENT." JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT 22, no. 4 (August 27, 2016): 551–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/13923730.2015.1120772.
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One of the major concerns in the construction industry is the sustainability of building projects. There are various trade-offs between functionality and design, which often lead to an issue of whether sustainably designed buildings would meet stakeholder requirements. This paper provides a novel integrated structure for assessing green buildings realistically based on stakeholders’ fuzzy preferences. In particular, the paper uses the analytic network approach (ANP) to evaluate the correlation matrices in a quality function deployment (QFD) framework. A case study on green building index assessment in Malaysia illustrates the proposed integrated method. Sensitivity analysis validated the customer-stakeholder agreement towards the design of the green building. Cluster analysis was also used to group design specifications prior to the analysis.
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Zhang, Chenyang, Qingli Shi, Li Zhuo, Fang Wang, and Haiyan Tao. "Inferring Mixed Use of Buildings with Multisource Data Based on Tensor Decomposition." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 10, no. 3 (March 20, 2021): 185. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10030185.
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Information on the mixed use of buildings helps understand the status of mixed-use urban vertical land and assists in urban planning decisions. Although a few studies have focused on this topic, the methods they used are quite complex and require manual intervention in extracting different function patterns of buildings, while building recognition rates remain unsatisfying. In this paper, we propose a new method to infer the mixed use of buildings based on a tensor decomposition algorithm, which integrates information from both high-resolution remote sensing images and social sensing data. We selected the Tianhe District of Guangzhou, China to validate our method. The results show that the recognition rate of buildings can reach 98.67%, with an average recognition accuracy of 84%. Our study proves that the tensor decomposition algorithm can extract different function patterns of buildings unsupervised, while remote sensing data can provide key information for inferring building functions. The tensor decomposition-based method can serve as an effective and efficient way to infer the mixed use of buildings, which can achieve better results with simpler steps.
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Ventura, Carlos E., W. D. Liam Finn, Tuna Onur, Ardel Blanquera, and Mahmoud Rezai. "Regional seismic risk in British Columbia — classification of buildings and development of damage probability functions." Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 32, no. 2 (April 1, 2005): 372–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/l04-099.
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Regional seismic risk estimations are needed in southwestern British Columbia, since it is one of the most seismically active and highly populated regions in Canada. Regional estimations typically involve a large number of buildings, which makes it necessary to establish a building classification system, where the average response to earthquake shaking is assumed to be similar within each building class. In this study, buildings in British Columbia were divided into 31 classes based on their material, lateral load bearing system, height, use, and age. A damage probability matrix (DPM) was then developed for each building class which describes the probability of being in a certain damage level (i.e., light, moderate, heavy, etc.) given the ground shaking intensity. Next, a probability distribution function was fit to the discrete probability values at each intensity level. The products of this study, the building classification system, the DPMs, and the probability distribution functions will allow regional damage and loss estimations in the area.Key words: seismic risk, vulnerability, building classification, structural system, building response, damage, probability.