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Ho, Chun-hung. "An analysis of the control and enforcement policy on unauthorised building works in Hong Kong." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19711839.
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Zemanchik, Normand Joseph. "Preferred building orientation for naturally ventilated buildings." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=60641.
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Determining optimum building orientation for naturally ventilated buildings is an important concept. Obtaining the optimum orientation will determine the success of the performance of a naturally ventilated building.<br>This project deals with obtaining the preferred building orientation for 10 regional weather stations across the province of Ontario. Different methods were utilized to obtain the preferred building orientation: the average ventilation rate method, the percentage of ventilation rates above and below the minimum summer ventilation rates, and the consecutive hours method, ie. the number of weather events that are below the minimum summer design ventilation rate for a specific building configuration. The analysis involves six building orientations (0$ sp circ$, 30$ sp circ$, 60$ sp circ$, 90$ sp circ$, 120$ sp circ$, and 150$ sp circ$) with respect to North, and exterior temperatures greater than or equal to 20$ sp circ$C, 25$ sp circ$C, or 30$ sp circ$C.<br>Optimizing building orientation, to minimize the number of weather events where the ventilation rates are below the summer design ventilation rate is the general goal of this research work.<br>A statistical analysis was carried out based on the results obtained from the data for the frequency of ventilation rates versus the ventilation rates below the summer design ventilation rate, for all 10 Ontario weather stations, for temperatures greater than or equal to 20$ sp circ$C, and all six building orientations. The output of the statistical analysis showed that for the above mentioned temperature range, that there is a relationship between the ventilation rates below the design summer ventilation rate and building orientation.
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Rutherford, Cassandra. "Building theatres/theatre buildings : reinventing Mull Theatre." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2014. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5254/.
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Mull Theatre is a professional touring theatre company based on a small island off the west coast of Scotland. In 2008 the company relocated from a small converted cow byre which seated 42 people to a new purpose-built venue –Druimfin - on a different part of the island. The move was made possible through a grant from the Scottish Arts Council in 2006, which was awarded on the expectation that the new building would be a ‘production centre’ as opposed to a theatre. That is to say the emphasis in the design of the new space was to be placed on the production rather than the reception of the theatrical event. This stands in contrast to the expectation of many theatre attendees that the new space would continue as it had been – as a place to go and see a theatre production - but that it would do so out of a much larger, more comfortable and better equipped venue. Building Theatres/Theatre Buildings stems from a three year Collaborative Doctoral Award between Mull Theatre and the University of Glasgow, which was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Using the partnership that emerged from this award, the thesis explores what was potentially lost and gained in the move in order to draw conclusions about the wider relationship between spaces of performance and the creation of theatrical meaning in relation to small and medium scale touring theatre. It also uses the company’s dual identity as a touring company with its own permanent building to extend the discussion and to examine the wide range of venues which currently form the rural touring circuit in Scotland. By bringing together primary fieldwork from a pivotal moment in the company’s identity alongside current dialogues regarding theatre space and touring theatre, this research provides new knowledge about this often overlooked theatre company, its buildings and its role within contemporary Scottish theatre and small scale rural touring.
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Egner, Matthew Colin. "Weathering characteristics of building stone at Ottawa, Canada." Ottawa.:, 1993.
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Manikanti, Murali Krishna. "Building Information Modelling for rehabilitation projects of historic buildings. A case study on building pathologies." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2021.
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The modern construction industry has undergone several changes since the introduction of Building information modelling (BIM). Mistakes that occur repeatedly and inevitably in the design and construction process could be controlled to a greater extent with the introduction of BIM. But using BIM for existing building has been a challenge. The usefulness of BIM is further challenged by features and interoperability issues with the lack of a user-friendly interface. Thus, many research opportunities when creating economical and automated BIM of existing buildings achieve a certain level of BIM maturity among stakeholders The core of this work is building pathologies and their remedial measures with the current industry's best Materials and Technologie by using BIM. In addition, the thesis proposes some seismic improvement interventions in order to equip the building for future seismic events. Furthermore, cost analysis and comparisons of costs for each intervention help us in understanding the economic viability of the project.
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Lee, Wing. "Factors affecting the successful implementation of the building maintenance program : a study of the proposed Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22360244.
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Aksoy, Gokhan. "The Building Performance Of The Metro Station Buildings." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/1136043/index.pdf.
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Station buildings are the most significant components of metro systems that combine underground facilities to the outer world, and include public life in itself. Thus, it is the main objective of that research, to put forward an acknowledgement documentation, which identifies the main design and construction problems of existing and under construction metro station buildings&trade<br>entrances, and which comes up with solutions to these problems. In the scope of thesis, foremost, basic terminology about station buildings are given and historical development of these buildings in abroad and Turkey are explained briefly. Then, observed problems of metro station entrances are put forward in detail. These problems are mainly categorized as design, construction, material and application related problems. Design part is investigated under following sub-titles: Psychological effects, lighting conditions, space requirements, relationship with city, navigation and disabled accessibility of stations. The affect of recent construction techniques and technological developments on design are also explained. Lastly, material choice and application related problems are investigated through such components of station as wall, floor, ceiling and details. All these problems are assessed by making comparisons with examples both from abroad and from Turkey. Finally, it is comprehended that, because of having weak connections to outer world, the entrances of the stations have adequate contributions neither to the station nor to the city. Assessment of building performance is made under the light of predefined problems and proposals are made in order to be used in design studies to get station entrances free from those problems.
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MELO, LUCIANA MONTICELLI DE. "BUILDINGS ENERGY EFFICIENCY–BUILDING OPTIMIZATION USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2009. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=31949@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO<br>COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR<br>PROGRAMA DE EXCELENCIA ACADEMICA<br>O crescente consumo de energia é preocupante, principalmente pelo uso de sistemas de condicionamento de ar e de iluminação artificial. Nas edificações modernas, os projetos arquitetônicos vêm negligenciando os fatores que proporcionam o conforto ambiental. Baseando-se nos conceitos da arquitetura sustentável,
esta dissertação propõe e modela um sistema que otimiza os parâmetros da edificação que influenciarão no consumo de energia elétrica, nos custos com a construção e na emissão de poluentes pela edificação. Propõe-se um modelo de algoritmos genéticos que, juntamente com um programa de simulação de energia, EnergyPlus, constitui o modelo evolucionário desenvolvido neste trabalho. Este modelo otimiza parâmetros como: dimensionamento de aberturas e de pédireito; orientação da edificação; condicionamento do ar; disposição de árvores no entorno da edificação; etc . O modelo evolucionário tem sua ação e eficácia testados em estudo de casos - edificações desenhadas por projetista -, em que se
alteram: espessura das paredes, altura de pé direito, largura de janelas, orientação quanto ao Norte geográfico, localização de elementos sombreantes (árvores), uso ou não de bloqueadores solares. Estes fatores influenciarão no conforto térmico da edificação e, consequentemente, no consumo elétrico dos sistemas de condicionamento de ar e de iluminação artificial, que por sua vez, influenciam os parâmetros
que se pretende otimizar. Os resultados obtidos mostram que as otimizações feitas pelo modelo evolucionário foram efetivas, minimizando o consumo de energia pelos sistemas de condicionamento de ar e de iluminação artificial em comparação com os resultados obtidos com as edificações originais fornecidas
pelo projetista.<br>The continuous rising on energy consumption is a concerning issue, especially regarding the use of air conditioning systems and artificial lighting. In modern buildings, architectural designs are neglecting the factors that provide environmental comfort in a natural way. Based on concepts of sustainable architecture, this work proposes and models a system that optimizes the parameters of a building that influence the consumption of electricity, the costs with the building itself, and the emission of pollutants by these buildings. For this purpose a genetic algorithm model is proposed, which works together with an energy simulation program called EnergyPlus, both comprising the evolutionary model developed in this work. This model is able to optimize parameters like: dimensions of windows and ceiling height; orientation of a building; air conditioning; location of trees around a building; etc. The evolutionary model has its efficiency tested in case studies - buildings originally designed by a designer -, and the following specifications provided by the designer have been changed by the evolutionary model: wall thickness, ceiling height, windows width, building orientation, location of elements that perform shading function (trees), the use (or not) of sun blockers. These factors influence the building s heat comfort and therefore the energy consumption of air conditioning systems and artificial lighting which, in turn, influence the parameters that are meant to be optimized. The results show that the optimizations made by the evolutionary model were effective, minimizing the energy consumption for air conditioning systems and artificial light in comparison with the results obtained with the original buildings provided by the designer.
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Hall, Samantha Jane. "Green building performance evaluation for existing commercial buildings." Thesis, Curtin University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1002.
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Existing commercial buildings are performing poorly relative to the demands of the decarbonising agenda. The result is not only excess carbon emissions, but working environments that are sub-optimal for occupants. This thesis covers the development and trial of the Green Performance Evaluation Tool (GPET) which identifies five key elements impacting holistic building performance. The GPET shows interlinked and interdependent weaknesses across the five elements and proposes a new concept called ‘Conscious Building’.
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Bealle, John McComb. "The building envelope as a double-sided skin." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23431.
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Mumford, Peter John. "Enhancing performance-based regulation : lessons from New Zealand's building control system : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy [in Public Policy] /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1206.
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Cooper, David L. "An eco-profile of building materials." N.p, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/.
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Hunt, Andrew Ryan. "a building within a building." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32951.
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It is my proposal that unused building shells of the past serve as cocoons for the future, providing the precedence from which grows "a building within a building". The tension created between old and new encourages a didactic relationship between building and city, cognizant of the past while looking towards the future.<br>Master of Architecture
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Wu, Kin-kwong. "A study of the cost management process and estimation techniques for estimating building services installations in the building construction industry /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25949597.
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Hughes, Patricia Marjorie. "Buildings and the building trade in Worcester 1540-1650." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.633668.
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Tabulated accounts form the framework for this investigation into the building craftsmen of sixteenth and seventeenth century Worcester and the buildings they produced. Augmented by other research material they have allowed the organisation and financial basis of the building trade to be assessed and the family background and social status of the craftsmen to be examined. The costs and sources of the materials used have also been evaluated and the prices of timber and brick compared during the crucial period when brick was supplanting timber as an economic material. Building methods have also been reviewed. A central aspect of the study is the transformation of the mediaeval house and the effect on the houses of Worcester. For this, local probate records have been analysed to provide material relating to the decline of the hall and the spread of glass windows and masonry chimneys. The shape of the house and the use of space have also been considered. Physical and visual material, standing buildings and photographs and pictures have played a vital part in this study and the interaction between buildings and documentary data is fundamental to the thesis. 81,500 words.
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Aksoy, Gökhan. "The building performance of the metro station buildings' entrances." Ankara : METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1136043/index.pdf.
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GOIA, FRANCESCO. "Dynamic Building Envelope Components and nearly Zero Energy Buildings." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2534506.
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Due to the significant impact of the building sector on greenhouse gas emissions, newer and stricter regulations aimed at reducing total energy use in buildings have appeared in the last few years. In the European context, all the new constructions will thus soon be asked to be nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB).
In order to reach this target, new concepts and technologies capable of further improving buildings’ energy efficiency need to be developed. A very promising strategy to overcome current technologylimitations is represented by revisiting the conventional approach that considers the building as a staticobject and moves towards the vision where the building is a responsive and dynamic system. The main feature of this concept is the possibility of continuously changingthe interaction between the building elementsand the outdoor/indoor environment in order to reduce the energy demands and enhance the exploitation of “environmental” and low-exergy energies.
In this framework, the building skin isprobably that element of the construction which shows the largest potential, especially if its properties can be continuously tuned so that the best response to different dynamic indoor and outdoor boundary conditions can be achieved. Although it is not possible to state that the dynamic building envelope alone could represent the only solution to achieving the nZEB target, great expectations are placed on advanced integrated façade systems.
The aim of this research is therefore to evaluate to what extent dynamic and active building skins can reduce operational energy demand in buildings. In order to find an answer to such a wide (and general) question, the research activity is organized using a multi-level structure. Each segment of the investigation is thus dedicated to assessing the impact of such a vision on different scales: from a whole building skin approach (concept level) to an intermediate scale (system level) and further down to a very detailed and specific class of components (material-technology level).
In the concept level, an ideal dynamic building skin is assumed and modelled. The performance of such a theoretical configuration is then numerically assessed and compared with that of a more conventional reference envelope solution. In the system level, an integrated multifunctional façade module, characterized by a high degree of adaptability and responsiveness, is presented, and its energy and thermo-physical behaviour evaluated by means of an experimental analysis. Finally, in the material-technology level, the implication of glazing systems integrating phase change materials on the energy performance and on thermal comfort are evaluated by means of experimental, numerical and laboratory analyses.
The findings demonstrate that improvements in energy efficiency and comfort performance can be achieved when dynamic concepts, systems and technologies are applied. In every level, the dynamic component often provides a very good performance and, when compared to a conventional solution, advantages are shown.However, it is important that dynamic components are coherently employed in the framework of an integrated building design vision and properly managed. Further, the simple adoption of such systems without a global approach and optimal control strategies is often not enough to reach a significant improvement in energy efficiency and IEQ. The results also show that, sometimes, the advantages achieved by the investigated configurations may be lower than expected, though an optimization of their performance is probably still possible.
Limitations in the analyses and possible solutions for future development of the research activity are also discussed, pointing out that, if from the one hand, considerable efforts are still needed in research and development before a completely adaptable building skin can be effectively employed on a large scale, on the other hand the large potentials that this vision has are worthy of further investigation.
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Chong, Wing-hong Benjamin. "A study on HKSAR Government's enforcement policy on unauthorized building works." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31967486.
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Yung, Pui-i. "Building safety in Hong Kong an empirical inquiry into the proliferation of unauthorized building works in residential buildings /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKU Scholars Hub, 2006. http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B37943911.
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Abouseda, Hassan. "Building in Cairo, building over Cairo." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79035.
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Thesis (M. Arch)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1987.<br>MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 41).<br>The section of the Medieval city of Cairo centered around Shari' AI Moe'iz which connects the Northern gate of Bab AI Futuh with the Southern gate Bab Zowayla, is now known as AI Gamaliya. From the time the city of Cairo was laid-out, in 969 A.D. to the arrival of European colonialism with the Napoleonic Campaign. AI Gamaliya has been the site for buildings that serve as superb examples of the formal beliefs. technical capabilities and social patterns of the respective eras that built them. For this project, I have elected to inhabit the now empty pockets that riddle this dense and seemingly homogeneous environment. in an effort to place an architecture of the late twentieth century among the historic struCtures of Shari' Al Moe'iz. Fundamental to this effort is a definition of a contemporary formal vocabulary that would be in harmony with those historic vocabularies which exist. Many of the elements of the various styles. From Fatimid to Mamluke, such as arches and vaults were a direct result of technical limitations, others such as the distinctive mashrabiya screens were an accommodation of social patterns, while the gilt inscription band carried from one building to the other down Shari' Al Moe'iz served as religious icon. The power of such elements lies in their historic integrity as direct expressions of climatic. technological and social conditions of their time. The mere replication of existing or historic formal vocabularies or the reorganization of such vocabularies in a pastiche of iconic elements to house current uses totally alien to them, does not adequately satisfy the conditions of our time. The issues involved are simultaneously simpler and more profound Climate remains a powerful factor but the availability of materials and technology offers opportunities until recently unknown. The cultural or behavioural patterns which simultaneously inspired and resulted from these historic struCtures prompts a recognition of formal, particularly dimensional concerns. and the exigencies of modem life, as mundane as vehicular access and parking on streets designed only for pedestrians, present an additional set of requirements to which we must respond. This thesis is an attempt to manifest an understanding of these conditions. as a result of observation, and, based on such understanding. to develop formal principles, which offer a transformation of the traditional as well as a reflection of the contemporary.<br>by Hassan Abouseda.<br>M.Arch
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Faleide, Ronald G. ""Building"." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53210.
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I guess my concern is for building.
This thesis became a search for form. It did not start that way.
The start was a search for reasons, for methods, for a way. It was, however, the pursuit of an understanding of the essence of an object that proved the most rewarding. How l design has come from investigating WHAT I design.
The thesis has not left me with answers, but with questions. And what are those questions?
The thing:
The thing as OBJECT: it seems to boil down to - how is it made?
The thing as EVENT: it seems to boil down to - what is it like to be there?
The thing as DESIGNED: it seems to boil down to what do I want its nature to be? What will inform my forms?<br>Master of Architecture
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Seavy, Ryan. "Building." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50428.
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Building for concrete is temporary. The building of wood and steel stands against the concrete to give form and then gives way, leaving a trace of its existence behind.
Concrete is not a building material. One does not build with concrete.
One builds for concrete.<br>Master of Architecture
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Seeam, Amar Kumar. "Validation of a building simulation tool for predictive control in energy management systems." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/16196.
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Buildings are responsible for a significant portion of energy consumption worldwide. Intelligent buildings have been devised as a potential solution, where energy consumption and building use are harmonised. At the heart of the intelligent building is the building energy management system (BEMS), the central platform which manages and coordinates all the building monitoring and control subsystems, such as heating and lighting loads. There is often a disconnect between the BEMS and the building it is installed in, leading to inefficient operation, due to incongruous commissioning of sensors and control systems. In these cases, the BEMS has a lack of knowledge of the building form and function, requiring further complex optimisation, to facilitate efficient all year round operation. Flawed BEMS configurations can then lead to ‘sick buildings’. Recently, building energy performance simulation (BEPS) has been viewed as a conceptual solution to assist in efficient building control. Building energy simulation models offer a virtual environment to test many scenarios of BEMS operation strategies and the ability to quickly evaluate their effects on energy consumption and occupant comfort. Challenges include having an accurate building model, but recent advances in building information modelling (BIM) offer the chance to leverage existing building data, which can be translated into a form understood by the building simulator. This study will address these challenges, by developing and integrating a BEMS, with a BIM for BEPS assisted predictive control, and assessing the outcome and potential of the integration.
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Sjögren, Jan-Ulric. "Energy performance of multifamily buildings : building characteristic and user influence." Licentiate thesis, Umeå University, Department of Applied Physics and Electronics, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-35598.
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<p>Today many professional property holders use different types of software for monthly energy analyses. The data is however often limited to energy and water use, that is paid for by the property holder. In year 2001, financed by the Swedish Energy Agency, the first steps were taken to create a national web based data base, eNyckeln. A property holder may then enter consumption data together with about 50 other building specific parameters to this data base in order to enable benchmarking and energy performance evaluations. Due to EU-regulations and the increasing awareness of energy and environmental issues there is a large interest in evaluating the energy performance and also to identify effective energy retrofits. The used energy performance indicator is still only the annual energy use for heating per square meter of area to let, kWh/m<sup>2</sup>,year, despite the fact that monthly data often are available. The main problem with this indicator, which is the stipulated measure, is that it reflects a lot of user influence and that only a part of the total energy use is considered. The main focus of this thesis is to explore the possibilities, based on the national data base, to extract additional energy information about multi family buildings (MFB) using monthly data in combination with different assumed consumption pattern but also to identify potential for energy savings. For the latter a multivariate method was used to identify relations between the energy use and building specific parameters. The analysis gave clear indications that the available area, the area to let, is not appropriate for normalization purposes since the remaining heated area can be significant. Due to this fact, the analysis was mainly limited to qualitative conclusions. As measure of the buildings energy characteristic, the total heat loss coefficient, <em>K<sub>tot</sub></em>,(W/ºK) is determined and the robustness for the estimate of<em> K<sub>tot</sub></em> to different assumptions of user behaviour is investigated. The result shows that the value of <em>K<sub>tot</sub></em> is fairly insensitive to different indoor temperature, use of domestic hot water and household electricity. With the addition of m<sup>2</sup> it can of course be used for benchmarking. Using the mentioned measure of the buildings energy characteristic for validating the energy performance has a clear advantage compared to the traditional kWh/m<sup>2</sup>, since the user behaviour is of minor importance. As a result of this an improved analysis of the energy performance will be obtained. A guarantee for new buildings energy performance based on this method is therefore a challenge for the building sector to develop.</p>
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Keshani, Hussein. "Building Nizamuddin, a Delhi Sultanate dargah and its surrounding buildings." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0019/MQ47283.pdf.
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Wong, Chun-hung Samuel, and 黃俊雄. "Opportunities for building energy conservation in Hong Kong (residential buildings)." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31253891.
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Hillier, Justine Fern. "Modern building services for listed historic buildings : problems & risk." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.404689.
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The English Heritage Press Office has estimated that listed buildings represent a finite cultural resource of approximately 6% of England's building stock. Many of these listed buildings are historic. It is often necessary to find an appropriate use for them, in order to preserve them for future generations. Many, not threatened by obsolescence, require upgrading to comply with statutory regulations. Others are improved to provide the occupants with twenty-first century standards of environmental comfort, lighting and power, sanitation, security and communications systems. The revitalisation or upgrading of property is commonly accepted as refurbishment. The study initially focused on the refurbishment of listed historic buildings - the enquiry was then narrowed to investigate the integration of modern building services into listed historic buildings. This element of the refurbishment process was identified as an area that frequently constitutes a considerable proportion of the contract sum. A naturalistic form of enquiry was used to elicit information that would contribute to the body of knowledge on this area of building conservation work. Refurbishment characteristics pertaining to the process of integrating modern building services into listed historic buildings were identified and rated for frequency of occurrence and degree of difficulty. An evaluation of perceptions and attitudes to adverse events, that posed risk in the process, was also undertaken. Practitioners from the Construction Industry then described both success and problem factors encountered in this element of building conservation. Having built up a picture of the process, based on the experiences of the constituent members of the project team, three individual projects were studied to gain further insight into the project and what might be considered as 'repetitive essentials'. To facilitate analysis the elicited data was assigned to the most appropriate choice from eight different project categories. These categories were employed as a way of recording the data throughout all stages in the research enquiry. The study concludes by outlining a model, based on these project categories, which could be developed to provide a common project framework. A key function of such a project framework would be to promote understanding through improved communication and integrated teamwork. The study concludes by recommending areas worthy of further research relating to the project framework, the project team and risk in listed historic buildings.
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Wong, Chun-hung Samuel. "Opportunities for building energy conservation in Hong Kong (residential buildings) /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B1873439X.
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Duckles, Beth Molinari. "The Green Building Industry in California: From Ideals to Buildings." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195694.
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This dissertation examines the growth of environmentally sustainable commercial building practices as a voluntary, market-based standard called Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), created by the US Green Building Council. I address how environmental ideals became institutionalized and integrated into the design and construction of commercial buildings through the growth of this standard. My goal is to discuss the site at which an ideal becomes a part of organizational practice and to discuss mechanisms by which social movement ideals become institutionalized without the state as a coercive force.First, I look at the historical context in which the environmental movement and the green building movement emerged to see understand adoption of voluntary market-based standards. The USGBC was able to bring together three disparate forms: environmental ideals, the creation of a voluntary standard and a market-based profit focus. I examine how the decentralized environmental movement, the rise of "third wave" environmentalism and corporate strategic environmentalism and a lack of political opportunity made this new form a useful strategy for the movement. Then I examine the importance of the LEED AP accreditation program as a mechanism for integrating green practices into professional work by socializing them through three frames, the LEED system, integrated design and high efficiency buildings. I introduce a new model called hybrid professionalization to explain the integration of social movement ideals across an industry and with a variety of professional groups. Finally, I turn to the demand side of the field to examine the role of organizational consumers and their strategies to rationalize green building to stakeholders. I discuss various ways that green buildings allowed organizations to display and enact their greenness.
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Skandhakumar, Nimalaprakasan. "Integrated access control for smart buildings using building information models." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2014. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/72922/1/Nimalaprakasan_Skandhakumar_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis investigates the use of building information models for access control and security applications in critical infrastructures and complex building environments. It examines current problems in security management for physical and logical access control and proposes novel solutions that exploit the detailed information available in building information models. The project was carried out as part of the Airports of the Future Project and the research was modelled based on real-world problems identified in collaboration with our industry partners in the project.
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賴漢忠 and Hon-chung Lai. "The control of indoor air quality in modern buildings to tackle sick building syndrome and building related illness problems." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31252850.
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Sheppard, Barbara Dorothea. "Assessing the environmental performance of building developments : the Green Building Tool." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2000. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envs549.pdf.
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Bibliography: p. 119-122. Aims to show how the GB Tool (Green BuildingTool) can be used to access the environmental performance of residential building developments, with a focus on South Australia. Describes the history of, and rationale for, the GB Tool; and its practical implementation. Identifies some theoretical short comings of the GB Tool, as well as some practical difficulties with using it.
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Cotter, Donal Fergal. "Thermally activated building systems within building envelopes." Thesis, Ulster University, 2016. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.700825.
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The purpose of the work presented in this thesis is to investigate if an externally insulated cavity wall activated using a 'Thermally Activated Building System' (TABS) and linked to an environmental source can become an energy actuator~ balancing distribution within a building's thermal mass and reducing peaks in energy demand. Internal space conditioning is mainly responsible for high levels of energy consumption within most buildings. Many energy strategies strive to manipulate building physics and architectural design to exploit viable low energy heating and cooling systems that can maintain and balance envelope integrity and occupant thermal comfort. A common method of reducing energy consumption and improving performance is the application of external insulation to walls. This reduces dynamic transmission and creates a capacitive layer with the potential to provide a heat sink for environmentally generated heat and coolth for short-term usage. To exercise the distribution of heat from generation sources, TABS is embedded into the outer mass layer that is externally insulated. The large surface areas involved creates dynamic heat flows that positively influence structural integrity and the internal space. The ability to hydraulically circulate energy within this mass layer and other zones also provides reduced thermal elemental stratification and improved structural thermal equilibrium. This project used both steady-state and cyclical scientific methods to carry out experimental testing within a hot box calorimeter. Steady-state testing was completed and compared to calculated methods, validating the thermophysical properties of the wall. A parametric study using a hot box calorimeter was conducted (with and without TABS) across staged performance upgrades to the cavity wall and a comparative study completed based on the results. In this thesis, results from cyclical testing showed that elemental thickness and location was key to maximising the walls performance within winter and summer variations. The air-filled cavity wall with external insulation outperformed the full filled cavity with insulation (with and without activation), even though the full filled cavity wall had a lower U-value. A detailed analysis of thermal stratification in the vertical plane of the wall showed that increased thermal control was possible with an optimised wall configuration and thermal activation. The application of TABS increased thermal storage (heating and cooling) within the mass layers with redundancy to accommodate increased overall performance from the TABS and aggregated systems. The thesis concludes that overall the application of TABS to a cavity wall is an effective solution, increasing the performance potential of primary systems (heating and cooling) and reducing the effects of construction deficiencies.
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Mouton, Jacques P. "Drawing the building and building the drawing." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45292.
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The way we build is inherently bound to methods implemented when representing any proposed intervention. Superficially, it would seem that the techniques used for representing architecture have rapidly progressed, especially with regard to the influence technology has on the depiction of architectural form in a graphically accessible manner. However, when critically examining the consequential products that arise from either method, it becomes evident that very little has been gained through employing these new methods of creation and depiction. Through accepting, wholeheartedly, drawing conventions adapted from generation to generation- combined with the digitisation of methods used for depicting architectural intent and/or instruction, a schism emerged. There exists a divide between the act of drawing, and the primal meaning represented through the product. To escape the doldrums created by the aforementioned condition, this dissertation presents a fourfold investigation on ‘architectural drawing’ as entity. The four individual chapters should be understood as reflections on the methodological approaches employed in the formation of the resulting intervention. The summarised topics are as follows:
It is important to note that all the drawings presented in this document were done by hand, and drawn with considerable love and precision. As such, The drawings are intended to be carefully studied and contemplated - with specific regard to the preceding text - in order to create a holistic view of the project. The resulting intervention is informed by, and thus a direct product of, investigative sketches that act as research- and mapping devices. This process enables the communication of internalised ideas, both to oneself and to others. Since communication is fully dependent on the clear translation of ideas, drawings become the embodiment of the formulated approach, instead of a representation of internalised ideas. The programme housed by the resulting architecture aims to further strengthen the proposed theoretical premise through emphasising the impact that drawing has on spatial hierarchy. The act of drawing possesses the power to define or alter perceptions of hierarchal value contained within artefacts. through manipulating the emphasis placed on an object within a drawing it becomes possible to manipulate it’s perceived importance.<br>Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2014.<br>Architecture<br>MArch(Prof)<br>Unrestricted
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Stapleton, Lina M. "Strained + spliced." This title; PDF viewer required. Home page for entire collection, 2010. http://archives.udmercy.edu:8080/dspace/handle/10429/9.
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Tsang, Chun Wang. "Pedestrian-level wind environment around buildings--with special reference to the effects of building dimensions, building separation and podium structure /." View abstract or full-text, 2009. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?CIVL%202009%20TSANG.
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Strickner, Alexandra. "Building resistance: Ansätze EU-weiter Protestkoordination." Beirat für gesellschafts-, wirtschafts- und umweltpolitische Alternativen (BEIGEWUM), 2014. http://epub.wu.ac.at/5249/1/Building%2DResistance.pdf.
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Noack, Andrea. "Building identities, building communities, lesbian women and gaydar." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ39217.pdf.
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wang, menglin. "Building Information Modeling (BIM): Site-Building Interoperability Methods." Digital WPI, 2011. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/1026.
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"Nowadays, many companies in the Architecture/Engineering/Construction (AEC) industry are using Building Information Modeling (BIM) in achieving a faster, sustainable and more economic project. Among the new developed concepts and BIM applications, two of the concepts most frequently used with the support of BIM technology in the planning, organization and scheduling of projects are 4D and 5D in which a 3D model is tied to its time execution (4D) at any point in time and its corresponding cost (5D). However, most of these applications concentrate on modeling the building but it does not include a corresponding modeling of the site in which the building is located. To date, there are few studies and systematic implementation of the site and the building integrated into one BIM model. This site-building integrated model can also be conceptualized as ¡°6D BIM¡± model. The benefit of integrating the site and building together into one model is that the building is no longer treated in isolation of its surround site but incorporates extremely helpful short-term and long-term information for the owner, designer, and builder regarding site topography, landscaping, access roads, ground conditions and the location of site utilities. Major existing research and technology issues that are preventing this site-building integration deal with functionality and interoperability of the BIM software, different orientation and coordination of building model and site model. The objectives of this thesis are to explore current organizational and technological issues preventing this integration, to investigate a feasible method to create a site-linked BIM model, and to discuss the benefits and limitations of bringing BIM concept to the site conditions. The research has been conducted by an extensive review on the literature related to the topic of interest published primarily by AEC. A review on current applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has also been included because of the wider context provided by this technology to the specific topic of this research. Related BIM software developed by three different vendors ¡ªhas been discussed and compared to determine the level of feasibility and operational features of technological support necessary to implement the site-linked BIM model. A case study based on the design and construction of the WPI Recreational & Sports Center, currently under construction, was developed to explore and understand the details that are involved in creating a new site model and to link it with the existing 3D building model. What has been learned from the analysis of this case study is presented, discussed and analyzed in terms of benefits and limitations. Recommendations for future extensions from both the research aspect and the technology support aspect finally presented. These include the creation of 3D BIM Campus Map, which is one site model with several building models placed on it to facilitate future planning of new building and/or maintenance and operation of the current buildings and campus infrastructure. "
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Gist, Corinne Marie. "Building Fluency With Frequency Building and Precision Teaching." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1554295068566168.
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Noack, Andrea. "Building identities, building communities lesbian women and gaydar /." Connect to this title online via Theses Canada Portal Connect to this title online via UMI ProQuest, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pMQ39217.
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Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 1998. Graduate Programme in Sociology.<br>Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 116-120). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pMQ39217.
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Bothin, Ellinor. "Preservation of historically valuable buildings under the Planning and Building Law." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-147588.
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In today's society when the pressure is high on exploitation and on local governments and their decisions about resources, we must not forget our heritage. The built environment is an important part of the heritage and need to be taken care of and protected for future generations. Municipalities have the ability to work with preservation of historically valuable buildings with the help of the Planning and Building Law. By designing areas and impose restrictions on what the individual property owner may do with their building, the municipality can ensure that their ambitions of preservation are met. The purpose of this essay is to describe the methods that municipalities have available in the Planning and Building Law when it comes to the preservation of historically valuable buildings. The essay is partly based on a survey that was sent to the Swedish municipalities. The survey is primarily focused on the financial compensation a property owner may claim, if restrictions imposed on his building. An assumption that was made early in the process was that the compensation limits municipalities in planning for preservation. A previous study showed that financial compensation was not a problem in local preservation work. The conclusion I make after analyzed the answerers of the survey is that the majority of the responding municipalities, due to possible claims for financial compensation, in fact hesitant at imposing restrictions when planning for preservation of the historically valuable buildings. The survey also shows signs that building sanction fees rarely are charged for breaches.<br>I dagens samhälle som kantas av högt exploateringstryck och den ökade pressen på kommunerna och deras beslut om resurser, så får vi inte glömma vårt kulturarv. Den byggda miljön är en viktig del i kulturarvet och behöver tas hand om och bevaras till kommande generationer. Kommunerna har möjligheten att arbeta med bevarande av kulturhistoriskt värdefull bebyggelse med hjälp av plan- och bygglagens regler. Genom att planlägga områden och införa restriktioner för vad den enskilde fastighetsägaren får göra med sin byggnad, kan kommunen säkerställa att deras bevarandeambitioner uppfylls. Syftet med denna uppsats är att beskriva de metoder som kommunerna har att tillgå i planoch bygglagen när det kommer till bevarande av kulturhistoriskt värdefull bebyggelse. Uppsatsen bygger delvis på en enkät som har skickats ut till Sveriges kommuner. Enkäten inriktar sig främst på den ekonomiska ersättning som en fastighetsägare kan göra anspråk på, om restriktioner påförs dennes byggnad. Ett antagande som gjordes tidigt i arbetet var att ersättningen begränsar kommunerna vid planläggning för bevarande. En tidigare studie visade att den ekonomiska ersättningen inte var ett problem i kommunernas bevarandearbete. Den slutsats som jag kommer till efter en analys av svaren från enkätundersökningen är att majoriteten av de svarande kommunerna, på grund av eventuella anspråk på den ekonomiska ersättningen, i själva verket tvekar vid införande av restriktioner för bevarande av kulturhistoriskt värdefull bebyggelse. Enkätundersökningen visar även tendenser på att byggsanktionsavgifter sällan tas ut vid överträdelser.
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Coleman, Keith LaMar. "Building optimization : an integrated approach to the design of tall buildings." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38942.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2007.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-75).<br>There has been much research done on building optimization that deal with the issues within specific individual fields, such as architecture, structural engineering, and construction engineering. However, in practical application these issues must be addressed in a much more holistic manner as building design is becoming much more inclusive. A balance must be made that addresses the constructability and scheduling concerns of the contractor, the enclosure and spatial concerns of the architect, and finally the load-carrying concerns of the structural engineer. What if these issues were considered altogether and integrated more fully into building optimization? These issues and concerns would indubitably result in compromise solutions and tradeoffs that would have to be taken into account. This research will not only investigate and utilize current optimization techniques for the conceptual design of tall buildings, but also introduce a new metric in the dynamic analysis of high rise structures.<br>by Keith L. Coleman.<br>M.Eng.
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Lenz, Stephen C. "Converting Sacred Buildings: Revitalizing a Way of Life Through Building Restoration." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337085390.
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Aquino, Eddie Villanueva. "PREDICTING BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE: LEVERAGING BIM CONTENT FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2013. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1077.
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Reducing and managing the environmental impacts of building structures has become a priority of building stakeholders and within the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) community; although, conflicting approaches and methods to combat the issues are present. For example, green building standards are widespread throughout the world; however each one has its own characteristics and consequently its own specific requirements. While all have proven to be effective rating systems and have similar requirements, the distinguishing characteristic that separates them is their treatment of performance and prescriptive metrics. The feature they all severely lack or currently limit is the inclusion of strict engineering evaluation through energy simulations; hence, the reason why they fail to offer procedural steps to meet performance metrics. How can design professionals design energy efficient buildings with such constraints? Fortunately, advances in technology have allowed design professionals access to content found in Building Information Modeling (BIM). However, extracting pertinent information for specific use in energy analysis is problematic because BIM software currently available is filled with interoperability issues when placed in external software for energy analysis and energy analysis software itself is created with many assumptions that affect the tabulated energy results.
This research investigates current building rating systems, determines how current professionals meet energy requirements, and prove that it is possible to create an add-on feature to Autodesk Revit that will allow design professionals to extract the needed information to meet energy goals with actual prescribed methods of mechanical systems selection and evaluation.
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Taboada, Orozco Adrian. "Distributed Knowledge in the Building Management Systems Architecture for Smart Buildings." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 2022. http://www.theses.fr/2022UBFCK114.
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L'avenir des villes est en jeu. Au cours des dernières décennies, la répartition de la population s'est considérablement modifiée. Depuis 1980, les modes de cohabitation sont remis en cause par le passage de l'exode rural à l'exode urbain. Les villes abritent désormais 60 % de la population mondiale. Cette concentration massive de personnes, sans anticipation, a entraîné une mauvaise connectivité, des transports inadaptés, une concentration de la pollution, une sécurité inadéquate et un gaspillage énergétique. Par conséquent, assurer la croissance durable des villes nécessite des ruptures technologiques évolutives qui doivent apporter une meilleure qualité de vie sans appauvrir les ressources. La principale préoccupation des villes est la gestion de la question énergétique, notamment dans les bâtiments, qui représentent 40 % d'énergie dans la consommation totale des villes. Cette thèse aborde le domaine émergent du Smart Building. L'objectif principal est de travailler vers le concept de Building Operating Systems (BOS). BOS est un système piloté par les données qui facilite et permet le développement d'applications orientées Bâtiment. Nos études ont identifié que le principal obstacle au développement du BOS est l'intégration des données et le manque de contexte dans un système de gestion du bâtiment (BMS) naturellement et physiquement dispersé. Le BMS est le système sous-jacent qui prend en charge les services dans le bâtiment, et sa compréhension de ses caractéristiques est fondamentale pour atteindre l'objectif principal de cette thèse. Les résultats de cette recherche servent de base pour concevoir l'approche principale appelée WITTYM. Elle vise à créer et diffuser des connaissances sur les bâtiments en tirant parti du Building Information Modeling (BIM) et d'autres sources de données hétérogènes (IoT). L'approche WITTYM est une conjonction d'ontologies, de connaissances et de méthodes de distribution. L'approche WITTYM est évaluée à travers des hypothèses de recherche sur des cas d'utilisation métiers. Les résultats ont montré une optimisation du BMS pour l'intégration des données, les applications, la sécurité et la réponse décisionnelle. Notre travail pose les bases de recherches futures et d'applications de systèmes à plusieurs niveaux dans les bâtiments intelligents<br>The future of cities is at stake. Over the previous few decades, the population distribution has shifted substantially. Since 1980, people's ways of cohabiting have been challenged by the change from rural to urban migration. Cities now hold 60 % of the world's population. This massive concentration of people has resulted in poor connectivity, ineffective transportation, pollution, inadequate security, and energy waste. As a result, ensuring the sustainable growth of cities necessitates scalable technological breakthroughs that must give quality of life while maximizing resources. The main concern in cities is dealing with energy waste, especially in buildings, which represent 40 % of energy in the total consumption of cities.Therefore, this thesis addresses the emergent Smart Building field. The main goal is to work toward the concept of Building Operating Systems (BOS). BOS is a data-driven system that facilitates and enables the development of applications. Our studies have identified that the main barrier to BOS development is the integration of data and lack of context in a naturally and physically dispersed Building Management System (BMS). BMS is the underlying system that supports services in Building, and its understanding of its features is fundamental to achieving the main goal of this thesis. Therefore, this thesis first reviews the Smart Building field and then focuses on the BMS architecture. The results of the review serve as the basis for conceiving the main approach of this thesis, which is the WITTYM Approach. It aims to create and distribute buildings' knowledge by leveraging Building Information Modeling (BIM) and other heterogeneous data sources. WITTYM Approach is a conjunction of Ontologies, Knowledge, and Distribution Methods. The WITTYM Approach is evaluated through research hypotheses over use cases. Results have shown an optimization of BMS for data integration, applications, security, and decision-making response. Our work sets the basis for further research and applications on BMS
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Font, Palma Guadalupe Maria. "Ballet building." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31689.
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Dance and architecture have much in common; both involve
the experiential movement of the human body through space,
and both convey meaning through form. In ballet there are
two kinds of meanings, the metaphorical and the literal, but
the meanings are important as forms. In architecture, the
forms are important when they respond to a use. In a ballet
building, where the main use is the dance itself, how can the
design of such a building be expressive of its function? How
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building? Can architecture help to give new meanings to
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ballet and architecture and its application in the design
methodology of a ballet building.<br>Applied Science, Faculty of<br>Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of<br>Graduate
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Isdalen, Olga, and Hamsa Taufik. "Flexible building." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Kommunikations- och transportsystem, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-144839.
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Städer i Sverige växer ständigt. Folk flyttar från ett område till ett annat område och detta leder till att byggnader i vissa distrikt börjar sakna sin betydelse. Till exempel om en räjong i staden bosätt med många barnfamiljer finns det behov för stort antal förskoleplatser och i sin tur byggnader som är anpassad för förskoleverksamhet. När räjongens befolkning mognar och barnen flyttar ut så minskar behovet av förskoleplatser och omvandlas istället till ett behov av stort antal lägenhetshus i området. Detta examensarbete har syftet att utreda möjligheten att konvertera bostadshus till förskolor i samband med den ökande befolkningsmängden och vice versa, d.v.s. att konvertera en förskola till ett lägenhetshus. Arbete berör både sociala aspekter vad gäller förskolan samt arkitektoniska perspektivet och lösningar angående hur ett flexibelt hus kan designas. Enkätundersökningen och litteraturstudier är metoder för att få fram resultatet av detta arbete. Resultatet visas i form av skisser, diagram, ritningar och renderingar.
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Crichton, Scott Wesley George. "Building faith." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ39644.pdf.
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Fu, Douglas. "Body-building." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ39654.pdf.
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