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Cîrstolovean, Lucian, and Paraschiva Mizgan. "Validation of Building Energy Modeling Tools for a Residential Building in Brasov Area-Romania." Ovidius University Annals of Constanta - Series Civil Engineering 20, no. 1 (December 1, 2018): 43–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ouacsce-2018-0004.

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Abstract A building energy model is a simulation tool which calculates the thermal loads and energy use in buildings. Building energy models provide valuable insight into energy use in buildings based on architecture, materials and thermal loads. In addition, building energy models also must account for the effects of the building’s occupants in terms of energy use. In this paper we discuss building energy models and their accuracy in predicting energy use. In particular, we focus on two types of validation methods which have been used to investigate the accuracy of building energy models and on how they account for their effects on occupants. The analyzed building is P + M located in the climatic zone 4, Sânpetru / Braşov. We have carried out a detailed and exemplary energy needs analysis using two methods of analysis.
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Yin, Hang. "Building Management System to support building renovation." Boolean: Snapshots of Doctoral Research at University College Cork, no. 2010 (January 1, 2010): 164–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.33178/boolean.2010.37.

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Many publications have concluded that around 40% of the world’s energy costs are incurred in buildings. The biggest energy users in a building are facilities which cover 40% to 60% of the total energy cost. In recent years, construction work undertaken in building renovation and rehabilitation has increased considerably. Technical renovations have always brought better building management. Modern technology has a more user friendly interface as well as giving us the successful management of building systems and associated reduced costs. In order to implement more energy efficiency in existing buildings, Building Management System (BMS) and Building Information Modelling (BIM) play important roles in the energy & cost savings of the building’s life. This paper emphasises the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to support and justify essential building renovation that will improve a building’s performance and decrease annual energy costs. We will present an introduction to BMS and BIM ...
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Karakale, Vail. "Use of Structural Steel Frames for Structural Restoration of URM Historical Buildings in Seismic Areas." Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami 11, no. 04 (October 2017): 1750012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1793431117500129.

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Historic buildings and monuments are an important part of our cultural heritage that must be protected and their sustainability ensured, especially when earthquakes occur. In this paper, a technique that uses structural steel frames is proposed as one way of strengthening unreinforced masonry (URM) in historical buildings. The idea underpinning this technique is to reduce the earthquake displacement demand on non-ductile URM walls by attaching steel frames to the building floors from inside. These frames run parallel to the structural system of the building and are fixed at their base to the existing foundation of the building. Furthermore, they are constructed rapidly, do not occupy architectural space, save the building’s historic fabric, and can be easily replaced after an earthquake if some minor damage ensues. The proposed technique was applied to a five-story historical masonry building in Istanbul. The results of seismic performance analysis indicate that even though the building has plan irregularities, the proposed steel frames are able to effectively enhance the building’s seismic performance by reducing inter-story drifts and increasing lateral stiffness and strength.
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Chen, Shang Yuan. "USE OF GREEN BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING IN THE ASSESSMENT OF NET ZERO ENERGY BUILDING DESIGN." Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management 27, no. 3 (September 19, 2019): 174–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/jeelm.2019.10797.

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In the face of extreme climate, Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEBs) represent a very high standard of building energy conservation. The design of NZEBs requires continuous design improvement and analysis in a decision-making process that seeks to meet energy conservation goals. This paper recommends the use of green Building Information Modelling (BIM) to support the design of zero-energy buildings. The design of NZEBs requires two sets of tasks: First, it requires determination of whether the building will offer high-energy efficiency, and, second, it lacks the installation of sufficient renewable energy equipment to meet the building’s load needs. After drawing on the spirit of the United States’ Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and considering the current situation in Taiwan, this paper recommends the use of electricity Energy Usage Intensity as a measurement unit providing a holistic indicator of energy usage and takes optimized energy performance as a performance target for various solutions. This study demonstrated procedural steps in the application of green BIM and analyzed restrictions on the implementation of green BIM to the analysis of NZEB design.
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Tolkin, Axmedov. "Reconstruction of 5-storey large panel buildings, use of atmospheric precipitation water for technical purposes in the building." American Journal of Applied sciences 02, no. 12 (December 27, 2020): 86–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.37547/tajas/volume02issue12-14.

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This article provides basic information on engineering selection and beautification of urban areas where 5-storey residential buildings should be built in response to emergencies in ways to increase the energy efficiency of buildings using atmospheric water for technical purposes.
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Thomas, Valerie M., Alan K. Meier, Siva G. Gunda, and Thomas P. Wenzel. "Cars are buildings: Building-like energy use in automobiles." Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 16, no. 4 (June 2011): 341–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2011.01.010.

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Anderson, Jodi Smits. "ENERGY USE EXCELLENCE AND THE BUILDING ENVELOPE." Journal of Green Building 14, no. 3 (June 2019): 179–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.3992/1943-4618.14.3.179.

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We have spent the last 40–50 years working for energy efficiency in our buildings, and we have done so by increasing the performance of the heating, cooling, lighting, and ventilation systems we use. Only recently have we realized the importance of the building envelope in this endeavor. The spaces within a building are created to support the purpose and programs of that building, and it is the envelope made up of the walls, windows, doors, roof, skylights, and floor that protect and shelter those programs and purpose. In this article we will explore various components of the building envelope and discuss ways to achieve optimal energy use.
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Sobiech, Marian. "The safe use of building installations." Bulletin of the Military University of Technology 66, no. 2 (July 3, 2017): 55–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0010.1889.

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The article describes the issues of technical solutions to contemporary installations used in modern buildings. Technical characteristics of installation systems refer to various sources of heat for building heating and domestic hot water. Description of the technical installation solutions also presents available materials, such as pipes, shutoff valves, regulatory, safety, control and measurement, as well as circulation pumps. In reference to the applicable installation materials there are presented potential threats in operation of the system in the case of the absence of professional service and maintenance during building exploitation. Keywords: construction, heating and ventilation installations, exploitation, operating and maintenance, use
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Porter, Keith A., Anne S. Kiremidjian, and Jeremiah S. LeGrue. "Assembly-Based Vulnerability of Buildings and Its Use in Performance Evaluation." Earthquake Spectra 17, no. 2 (May 2001): 291–312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/1.1586176.

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Assembly-based vulnerability (ABV) is a framework for evaluating the seismic vulnerability and performance of buildings on a building-specific basis. It utilizes the damage to individual building components and accounts for the building's seismic setting, structural and nonstructural design and use. A simulation approach to implementing ABV first applies a ground motion time history to a structural model to determine structural response. The response is applied to assembly fragility functions to simulate damage to each structural and nonstructural element in the building, and to its contents. Probabilistic construction cost estimation and scheduling are used to estimate repair cost and loss-of-use duration as random variables. It also provides a framework for accumulating post-earthquake damage observations in a statistically systematic and consistent manner. The framework and simulation approach are novel in that they are fully probabilistic, address damage at a highly detailed and building-specific level, and do not rely extensively on expert opinion. ABV is illustrated using an example pre-Northridge welded-steel-moment-frame office building.
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Woods, Ruth, and Judith Thomsen. "Unboxing Buildings: Engaging with Occupants during Design, Testing and Use." Sustainability 13, no. 6 (March 15, 2021): 3201. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13063201.

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Current prioritization within EU funding sees technical requirements for sustainable buildings moving technologies closer to people’s everyday lives, thereby increasing the need for interdisciplinary research, and placing occupant engagement high on the research agenda. This is not always reflected in building research. Results are often black boxed, and occupants are offered few opportunities for participation in design and development processes. The paper considers the unintended consequences of black boxing buildings. A black box is a complex system or object which is viewed in terms of its inputs and outputs, but where knowledge of the internal workings is not required. Using an experienced-based analysis from a social science perspective, we go back and consider the controversies around black boxing the processes and results in three Norwegian building research projects. In the conclusion, we propose that some research projects should remain unboxed, making complexity visible and allowing more focus on the challenges faced by occupants. Not taking time to ask and to learn from those who will use new technical solutions hinders the design process and limits a building’s chances of achieving its sustainable potential. Designing successful building solutions requires collaboration between disciplines and occupants, encouraging an alliance between people, technology, and buildings.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Use of the building"

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Newman, Rayya Renee. "USE-LESS Building." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34976.

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A USE-LESS Building aims to use less square feet and resources by adapting over time and by accommodating various uses like apartments, stores, offices, cafes, etc. Adhering to the USE-LESS concept, this project was developed 4 dimensionally on a site in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC. The relationship between a building and time was explored through three elements, an existing wall that is preserved, a wet wall that houses services, and a moving wall that changes according to the userâ s will. This site specific approach to design, rather than program specific, enables the structure to adapt to the social and economic needs of the neighborhood at different rates.
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Go, Carlo. "Building Life Cycles: An Exploration of a Building's Transformation From One Life Into the Next." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46201.

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"Nothing endures but change" - Heraclitus. Buildings are designed and built to house a specific program for a set period of time. The end of a buildingâ s life marks a change in its use. In todayâ s building practices, some building owners opt to demolish an entire building prior to constructing a new one. Unfortunately, this world-wide attitude results in the production of millions of tons of waste every year and is not an ecologically sustainable practice. However, as green building methods become more valued in todayâ s society, building owners and designers are becoming more conscious of buildingsâ end lives. Construction methods are increasingly involving concepts of designing for disassembly, wherein parts and materials can be easily taken apart for reuse or recycling. Such practices are vital in minimizing the unnecessary production of construction waste. Everything on earth exhibits change. This thesis explores the development of a newly constructed building and its transformation at the end of its life into a new building. The project consists of two designs; the program of the first was predetermined while the program of the second was chosen by the committee at the concluding stage of the first design. This thesis seeks to develop a position on architectural design and construction methods that acknowledges the fact that buildings are not permanent objects and that they will, at some point in time, change.
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Webb, David John Tudor. "Stabilised soil building blocks." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/283.

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Many countries in the Third World are faced with the grave problem of providing adequate housing in sufficient quantity at a low cost in line with their economies and the resources of the people. From early ages soil has been used as a major building material for low cost dwellings and more recently, by using cement or lime as a soil stabiliser, reasonable building blocks have been produced. These blocks have been produced using a relatively low compacting pressure and have proved to be of limited satisfaction. Stabilised blocks are weak in the 'wet state' after dernoulding, and prone to damage whilst 'green'; however, after controlled curing, the undamaged blocks are generally usable. From experience it has been observed that the lime stabilised blocks deteriorate rapidly in a hot/wet climate whereas there is hardly any deterioration in a hot/dry climate. Manually operated block making machines have used a compacting pressure of around 2 MN/rn 2 and research has demonstrated that with a machine operating with a compacting pressure of 10 MN/rn2 good quality, durable stabilised soil building elements could be produced.
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Arababadi, Reza. "Energy Use in the EU Building Stock - Case Study: UK." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Energisystem, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-85840.

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Previous studies in building energy assessmnet have made it clear that the largest potential energy efficiency improvements are conected to the retrofitting of existing buildings. But, lack of information about the building stock and associated modelling tools is one of the barriers to assessment of energy efficiency strategies in the building stocks. Therefore, a methodology has been developed to describe any building stock by the means of archetype buildings.  The aim has been to assess the effects of energy saving measures. The model which is used for the building energy simulation is called:  Energy, Carbon and Cost Assessment for Buildings Stocks (ECCABS). This model calculated the net energy demand aggregated in heating, cooling, lighting, hotwater and appliances.   This model has already been validated using the Swedish residential stock as a test case. The present work continues the development of the methodology by focusing on the UK building stock by discribing the UK building stock trough archetype buildings and their physical properties which are used as inputs to the ECCABS. In addition, this work seekes to check the adequacy of applying the ECCABS model to the UK building stock. The outputs which are the final energy use of the entire building stock are compared to data available in national and international sources.   The UK building stoch is described by a total of 252 archetype buildings. It is determined by considering nine building typologies, four climate zones, six periods of construction and two types of heating systems. The total final energy demand calculated by ECCABS for the residential sector is 578.83 TWh for the year 2010, which is 2.6 % higher than the statistics provided by the Department of Energy and Climate Change(DECC). In the non-residential sector the total final energy demand is 77.28 TWh for the year 2009, which is about 3.2% lower than the energy demand given by DECC. Potential reasons which could have affected the acuracy of the final resualts are discussed in this master thesis.
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Wong, Shu-man Ken, and 黃書文. "Revitalization of the building activity." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31987345.

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Chernoff, Graham Thomas. "Building the Reformed Kirk : the cultural use of ecclesiastical buildings in Scotland, 1560-1645." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8176.

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This thesis examines the built environment and culture of Scotland between 1560 and 1645 by analysing church buildings erected during the period. The mid-sixteenth century ecclesiastical Reformation and mid-seventeenth-century political and ecclesiastical tumult in Scotland provide brackets that frame the development of this physical aspect of Scottish cultural history. This thesis draws most heavily on architectural and ecclesiastical history, and creates a compound of the two methods. That new compound brings to the forefront of the analysis the people who produced the buildings and for whom the church institution operated. The evidence used reflects this dual approach: examinations of buildings themselves, where they survive, of documentary evidence, and of contemporary and modern maps support the narrative analysis. The thesis is divided into two sections: Context and Process. The Context section cements the place of the cultural contributions made by ecclesiastical buildings to Scottish history by analysing the ecclesiastical historical, theological, and political contexts of buildings. The historical analysis helps explain why, for example, certain places managed to build churches successfully while others took much longer. The creative tension between these on-the-ground institutions and theoretical ideas contributed to Scotland’s ability to produce cultural spaces. The Process section analyses the narratives of individual buildings in several different steps: Preparing, Building, Occupying, and Relating. These steps connected people with the physical entity of a church building. The Preparing chapter shows how many reasons in Scotland there were to initiate a building project. The Building chapter uses financial, design, and work narratives to tease out the intricacies of individual church stories. Occupying and Relating delve into later histories of individual congregations to understand how churches sat within the world about them. Early modern Scottish church building was immensely varied: the position, style, impact, purpose, and success of church buildings were different across the realm. The manner people building and using churches reacted to their environments played no small role in forming habits for future action. Church buildings thus played a role establishing who early modern Scottish people were, what their institutions did, and how their spirituality was lived daily.
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Fung, Wing-kun. "The use of recycled concrete in construction." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B30517643.

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FORSLUND, GUSTAF. "The Use of Machine-to-Machine Communication in the Swedish Building Sector." Thesis, KTH, Industriell Management, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-198670.

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Keeping pace with the constantly changing surroundings is more important than ever as new game changing technologies appear faster than ever before. In the IT-sector a new technology known as Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communication is emerging. The technology has been around for almost 15 years but still has not had the major breakthrough on the mainstream market that has been expected. The reasons for this are topics for speculations and debates since many people have different views and opinions on the matter. M2M Communication uses the Internet to connect machines with each other and gives them intelligence so they can communicate with each other and make their own decisions without human interference. Today the decisions the machines make concerns simple things such as temperature control, automatic CCTV monitoring, turning the lights on and off etc., but in the future M2M Communication technology advocates hope the it will be able to predict heart attacks even before they happen by implementing the M2M Communication technology into smart pacemakers sending an emergency signal to a nearby ambulance that a patient may soon suffer from a heart attack. The technology is also hoped to be used in cars where it will send an emergency signal to a Public-Safety Answering Point (PSAP) saying that a car accident has occurred, where it occurred and how many people that were in the car in order to reduce the number of road deaths. So as mentioned above the public can benefit from the technology once it is widely available. Today experts say that there is somewhere between 5 to 10 years before the technology in general has been adopted by 20 to 30 percent of the potential sectors, known as Connected Things (CT) and third or higher generation innovations are implemented. However, as this Master Thesis research shows, at least one sector has already reached 5 to 10 years into the future and adopted the M2M Communication technology. This sector is the building sector with their Connected Buildings (CB). It is a mature sector that is estimated to grow somewhere around 16 percent CAGR globally and around 13 percent CAGR in the Nordic region until somewhere around 2020. In this Master Thesis research the M2M Communication technology was analyzed specifically for the building sector with focus on Real Estate Management Companies (REMC) on the Swedish market. Interviews and surveys were conducted with the 50 largest (based on revenue) REMCs in order to illustrate their opinion on the M2M Communication technology and its usage and advantages in the building sector. Of the 50 REMCs asked to participate in the survey 16 replied giving a response rate of 32 percent.
Att hålla jämna steg med den konstant förändrande omgivningen är idag mer viktigt än någonsin eftersom nya förändrande tekniker dyker upp snabbare än någonsin innan. Inom IT-sektorn finns idag en ny teknik på framfart, en teknik som är känd som Maskin-till-Maskin (M2M) Kommunikation. Tekniken har funnits i snart 15 år men trots det har den fortfarande inte fått det genombrott på den generella marknaden som man kan förvända sig. Anledningarna för detta är fortfarande något som debatteras eftersom många fortfarande har olika åsikter. M2M Kommunikation använder sig av Internet som en resurs för att koppla ihop maskiner så att de kan ”prata” med varandra och ta egna beslut utan mänsklig inblandning. I dagsläget tar maskinerna enkla beslut såsom temperaturreglering, automatisk videoövervakning, slå på och stänga av lampor etc., men i framtiden hoppas man att M2M Kommunikation tekniken ska kunna hjälpa till att bl.a. förutspå hjärtattacker redan innan de händer genom att implementera M2M Kommunikationstekniken i smarta pacemakers som kan sända en nödsignal till en ambulans som berättar att en patient snart kommer att få en hjärtattack. Tekniken hoppas även kunna utnyttjas i bilar som vid en krock direkt skickar en nödsignal till larmcentralen med information om att en krock har ägt rum, var den har ägt rum och hur många som var i bilen i syfte att minska dödsfallen på vägarna. Som nämnt ovan verkar det som att tekniken har enorma fördelar för befolkningen men ändå har den inte haft något större genombrott. Idag säger experter att det kommer att ta ca 5 till 10 år innan teknologin har generellt blivit implementerad av 20 till 30 procent hos de potentiella sektorerna, kända som Connected Things (CT) och tredje generationens innovationer har blivit implementerade. Trots detta, vilket denna studie visar, så har minst en sektor redan nått 5 till 10 år fram i tiden och har redan implementerat M2M Kommunikationsteknologin. Denna sektor är byggnadssektorn med deras Connected Buildings (CB). Det är en mogen sektor som förväntas växa med ca 16 procent CAGR globalt och ca 13 procent CAGR i den nordiska regionen till år 2020. I denna studie var M2M Kommunikationsteknologin analyserad specifikt för byggnadssektorn med fokus på fastighetsskötarbolag på den svenska marknaden. Intervjuer och en enkät-undersökning genomfördes med de 50 största (baserat på omsättning) fastighetsskötarbolagen med syfte att illustrera deras åsikt gällande M2M Kommunikationsteknik och dess användning och fördelar inom byggnadssektorn. Av de 50 st. fastighetsskötarbolag som tillfrågades om de ville ställa upp i enkätundersökningen deltog 16 st. vilket gav en svars-frekvens på 32 procent.
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Cooper, Justine. "Sustainable building maintenance within social housing." Thesis, University of Greenwich, 2015. http://gala.gre.ac.uk/13830/.

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The social housing sector contains the largest number of professionally managed properties and as such has a significant role to play in improving the UK’s economic, environmental and social sustainability. This thesis explores the viability of integrating the sustainability agenda with social housing maintenance decision making in order that the sustainability of existing social housing stock can be improved through planned maintenance (and refurbishment). The thesis presents the argument that the current single criterion, conditioned based approach to maintenance planning does not support the continuous improvement in sustainability of social housing. Furthermore it argues that a new, multi-criteria approach to maintenance planning is needed based upon the performance of a home in-use rather than its condition. The performance based sustainable social housing maintenance model was presented and its application explored with Octavia Housing. Two aspects were further explored, firstly what criteria did landlords need to assess to ensure sustainability was systematically integrated into maintenance planning, and secondly, how could this multi-criteria be assimilated in order to prioritise maintenance actions to improve the sustainability rating of housing going forward. The questionnaire determined that traditional social housing maintenance was still the norm and whilst the sustainability agenda was considered important, it wasn’t integrated within housing management planning. The interviews determined the criteria landlords wished to use to assess the sustainability of their housing stock and prioritise maintenance need, exceeded that expressed in the Decent Homes Standard but, more importantly the specific criteria was unique to individual landlords and no definitive list of criteria required. The case study demonstrated that the proposed maintenance model could be implemented and presented a methodology by which it could be populated. An important aspect of the new maintenance model was the development of the Analytical Hierarchy Process modelling toolkit to measure the sustainability of the existing stock and prioritise maintenance work to improve this measure over time through planned maintenance. Whilst the model was based on data collected in the field, the worked example was theoretical and provides an opportunity for further work with Octavia Housing.
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Ma, Daghoo. "The Role of Comparative Electricity Use Feedback at the Building Level in University Research Buildings." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/23128.

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University research buildings are significant energy consumers in the United States. There is therefore a need to reduce energy use on the nation\'s campuses, not only cutting their carbon footprints but also saving money. Universities\' efforts to reduce energy use include updating older facilities, implementing renewable energy systems, and encouraging energy saving behavior. This study evaluated the differential effects of two forms of feedback on electricity consumption in two groups of research buildings on a college campus to determine whether providing feedback to energy users has an impact on energy conservation behavior. A control group of buildings received no feedback regarding their electricity use. In the first study group of buildings, occupants received information about their electricity consumption with some electricity saving tips, distributed via email. The same procedure was followed with building occupants in the second study group, who received additional information showing their electricity consumption performance in comparison to other buildings within the study group. The baseline reading was conducted a week before the experiment began in August, 2012. Over the course of the five week study, the daily adjusted average reductions in electricity usage compared to the control group were less than 1 percent for both study groups, with study group 1 achieving an average reduction of 0.2 percent and study group 2 an average reduction of 0.8 percent. Although the reduction observed for study group 2 was 4 times greater than that for study group 1, the saving was not continuous over the study period. Accordingly, the result was deemed to be not statistically significant and the effectiveness of comparative energy use feedback in university research buildings was not supported. However, even small savings in the energy used in university research buildings can be very important in terms of the total amount of energy saved because research buildings use significantly more energy than other buildings on campus such as academic buildings and residence blocks. This study concludes with a consideration of potentially fruitful directions for future research into developing new ways to reduce the energy consumption on university campuses.

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Books on the topic "Use of the building"

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Institution, British Standards. Structural use of steelwork in building. London: B.S.I., 1990.

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Institution, British Standards. Structural use of steelwork in building. London: B.S.I., 1985.

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Institution, British Standards. Structural use of steelwork in building. London: B.S.I., 1990.

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Institution, British Standards. Structural use of steelwork in building. London: B.S.I., 1987.

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Institution, British Standards. Structural use of steelwork in building. London: B.S.I., 1987.

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Institution, British Standards. Structural use of steelwork in building. London: B.S.I., 1992.

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Hoigard, Kurt R., and Michael J. Scheffler, eds. Dimension Stone Use in Building Construction. 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959: ASTM International, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1520/stp1499-eb.

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Institution, British Standards. Structural use of steelwork in building. London: B.S.I., 1985.

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National Standards Authority of Ireland. The use of structural timber in buildings. Dublin: NSAI, 1998.

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Building adaptation. 2nd ed. Amsterdam: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006.

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McMullan, Randall. "Energy Use." In Environmental Science in Building, 55–86. London: Macmillan Education UK, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14811-0_4.

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Seeley, Ivor H. "Land Use and Value Determinants." In Building Economics, 380–402. London: Macmillan Education UK, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13757-2_14.

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Vischer, Jacqueline C. "Building-in-use Assessment: Analysis of Office Buildings." In Building Evaluation, 317–25. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3722-3_24.

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Roth, Hannah Rae, Meghan Lewis, and Liane Hancock. "Resource Use." In The Green Building Materials Manual, 35–57. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64888-6_4.

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Roth, Hannah Rae, Meghan Lewis, and Liane Hancock. "Energy Use." In The Green Building Materials Manual, 59–72. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64888-6_5.

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Roth, Hannah Rae, Meghan Lewis, and Liane Hancock. "Water Use." In The Green Building Materials Manual, 73–88. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64888-6_6.

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Pincetl, Stephanie, Hannah Gustafson, Felicia Federico, Eric Daniel Fournier, Robert Cudd, and Erik Porse. "Building an Energy Atlas." In Energy Use in Cities, 45–64. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55601-3_4.

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Bertram, Adam. "Use Version Control." In Building Better PowerShell Code, 121–23. Berkeley, CA: Apress, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6388-4_17.

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Armstrong, James. "Efficient Use of Energy & other Resources." In Green Building:, 83–120. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118984048.ch4.

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Seeley, Ivor H. "Use of Mensuration in Quantities." In Building Quantities Explained, 32–44. London: Macmillan Education UK, 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19343-1_3.

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Conference papers on the topic "Use of the building"

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Ouertani, Kais, and Moncef Krarti. "Impact of Shape on Building Energy Use in Tunisia." In ASME 2006 International Solar Energy Conference. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/isec2006-99135.

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This paper investigates the impact of the architectural form on the energy performance of residential buildings in Tunisia. A relative compactness is defined as one indicator of a building shape. The results of the analysis indicate that a significant decrease in heating and cooling energy requirements can be obtained by minimizing the relative compactness of detached residential houses. A simplified analysis tool, suitable for early design process, is developed to assess the impact of building form on its energy performance for several cities in Tunisia.
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Jagxhiu, Besar, and Ferhat Bejtullahu. "Use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) for Heritage Buildings in Kosovo." In University for Business and Technology International Conference. Pristina, Kosovo: University for Business and Technology, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.33107/ubt-ic.2017.78.

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Ashcroft, Ian, Melissa Burton, and David Farnsworth. "Use of Integrated Viscous Dampers to Control Wind Induced Vibrations in Tall Buildings." In IABSE Congress, New York, New York 2019: The Evolving Metropolis. Zurich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/newyork.2019.0362.

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<p>The tall building world is seeing a trend pushing building heights and slenderness ratios to levels previously unseen. The design of these buildings for both strength and serviceability is typically governed by the dynamic response of the building to wind. Comfort of building occupants during relatively low return period wind events is a key challenge, and engineers are increasingly turning to damping technologies to limit building accelerations rather than adding stiffness or mass. Large tuned mass dampers (TMDs) are a commonly used solution.</p><p>This paper suggests that integrating viscous dampers within a tall building’s structure can deliver a cost- effective alternative to TMDs, delivering high performing buildings with additional benefits in terms of robustness and space efficiency.</p><p>Two case studies are presented. Firstly, measured data from a tower in New York with viscous dampers integrated into the structure is provided, comparing design stage predictions to real-life performance. Furthermore, a case study for a super-slender tower is described, demonstrating the potential for enhanced performance and significant cost and space savings using integrated damping.</p>
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Davidson, Cliff I., Carli D. Flynn, Charitha Gunawardana, Alexsander Johnson, Mallory N. Squier, and Lucie L. Worthen. "The Use of a Large, Extensive Green Roof for Multiple Research Objectives." In 7th International Building Physics Conference. Syracuse, New York: International Association of Building Physics (IABP), 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.14305/ibpc.2018.gb-2.04.

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Xu, Yujie, Azizan Aziz, Bertrand Lasternas, and Vivian Loftness. "Comparison of data-driven building energy use models for retrofit impact evaluation." In 7th International Building Physics Conference. Syracuse, New York: International Association of Building Physics (IABP), 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.14305/ibpc.2018.ms-6.02.

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Álvarez, Carlos G. Prieto, Lluvia Morales Reynaga, Mario A. Moreno Rocha, and José Figueroa Martínez. "Building an Easy to Use Flexible University Timetabling User Interface." In the XV International Conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2662253.2662328.

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Ebeltoft, Richard. "Renovating an Old Building for Cultural Use: A Study in Unreinforced Masonry." In 1995 ACSA International Conference. ACSA Press, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.35483/acsa.intl.1995.73.

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This paper examines the issue of renovation of buildings in the urban fabric of older central cities. It does so with a the case study of one such building. The building under study is a church that was originally constructed in the early 1900's and was in use into the eighties. Since then, building has been abandoned and fallen into disrepair. The building was renovated for use as a cultural arts and performance center for small user groups. It was an unreinforced masonry building with many structural defects that had to be overcome before any use could be made of the structure. The foundations in the basement were badly deteriorating. It had high spaces with tall unreinforced masonry walls and a truss roof that was in distress.
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Zaniboni, Luca, Giovanni Pernigotto, Matthias Schuß, Kristina Kiesel, Andrea Gasparella, and Ardeshir Mahdavi. "Use of calibrated building simulation to investigate comfort conditions in a healthcare facility." In 7th International Building Physics Conference. Syracuse, New York: International Association of Building Physics (IABP), 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.14305/ibpc.2018.ms-6.06.

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Issa, Raja R. A., Patrick C. Suermann, and Svetlana Olbina. "Use of building information models in simulations." In 2009 Winter Simulation Conference - (WSC 2009). IEEE, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/wsc.2009.5429260.

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Amasyali, Kadir, and Nora El-Gohary. "Building Energy Use Modes and Thermal Comfort." In ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering 2017. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784480823.042.

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Reports on the topic "Use of the building"

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Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE), CGIAR Research Program on. Building resilience through sustainable groundwater use. International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE), 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5337/2017.208.

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Heidell, J., R. Mazzucchi, and R. Reilly. Commercial building end-use energy metering inventory. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), March 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/5816111.

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Reneke, Paul A., Richard D. Peacock, and Bryan L. Hoskins. Combined Stairwell and Elevator Use During Building Evacuation. National Institute of Standards and Technology, March 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/nist.tn.1793.

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Author, Not Given. Building Partnerships to Cut Petroleum Use in Transportation (Brochure). Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), February 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1123203.

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Graves, Ron, T. Stovall, K. Weaver, K. Wilkes, and S. Roy. A Phase-Change Composite for Use in Building Envelopes. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), June 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1149264.

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Taha, H., D. Sailor, and H. Akbari. High-albedo materials for reducing building cooling energy use. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), January 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/7000986.

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Eric Burger, Eric Burger. Studying Building Energy Use with a Micro Computing Cluster. Experiment, October 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.18258/3777.

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Taha, H., D. Sailor, and H. Akbari. High-albedo materials for reducing building cooling energy use. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), January 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/10178958.

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Graves, R. S., T. K. Sovall, F. J. Weaver, K. E. Wilkes, and S. Roy. A Phase-Change Composite for Use in Building Envelopes. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), June 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/770383.

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Christian, J. High Performance Homes That Use 50% Less Energy Than the DOE Building America Benchmark Building. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), January 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1045337.

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