Journal articles: 'Living Building'

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Wun, Kwok Soon, In Young Hwang, and Matthew Wook Chang. "Living building blocks." Nature Materials 21, no. 4 (March 31, 2022): 382–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41563-022-01227-z.

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Hu, Yi Nan. "Elevation Design of Urban Business-Living Building." Applied Mechanics and Materials 584-586 (July 2014): 34–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.584-586.34.

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According to China's urban characteristics and features of business-living building, the relationship between residential portion and business portion of business-living building is analyzed, focusing on the business, exposition ability, and the harmony between elevation design and surrounding environment, to describe the specific methods of elevation detail design in order to coordinate the relation between residential and business portions. Findings: according to elaborate design, buildings can be more aesthetically harmonious in favor of the development of urban business-living buildings, and this special type of architecture can also get more recognition.

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Lieorungruang, Vitul, Rawiwan Oranratmanee, Phisith Sihalarth, and Sithixay Insisiengmay. "Comfortable Living Design for Vihara and Sim." Journal of Architectural/Planning Research and Studies (JARS) 5, no. 1 (September 3, 2018): 117–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.56261/jars.v5i1.169232.

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The research is a study and an analysis of the design for comfortable living in public building whichis an ordinary hall, or vihara in Chiang Mai and sim in Luang Prabang. The primary data indicated thesimilarity in location and topography, weather, climate, historical and social background. The field datacollection on the architectural and technical design concerning comfort, such as thermal and lightingcomfort, could be used for comparing factors affecting the buildings chosen for this study. It is found thatthe conventional design and the passive design using local intelligence can bring about the adaptation anddesign for the better comfort in the buildings and application of knowledge for the development of modernarchitectural design in Chiang Mai and Luang Prabang. The local intelligence for building design wascategorized as site selection, building orientation, building designs, shading devices and opening designs,building envelopes and materials, comfort designs, daylighting designs, user behaviors and otherconsiderations. The results of this research are able to confirm that local intelligence could be applied tomodern architectural design aimed at a combination with active design for much more efficiency in energyconservation at present.

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Oviatt, Candace. "Dynamic aquaria. Building living ecosystems." Limnology and Oceanography 44, no. 6 (August 24, 1999): 1598. http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.1999.44.6.1598.

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Grilli, Matteo. "Imagining, Building and Living Nkrumaism." African Historical Review 50, no. 1-2 (July 3, 2018): 159–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17532523.2018.1516597.

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Roberts, J. M. "Dynamic Aquaria: Building Living Ecosystems." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 251, no. 1 (August 2000): 133–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0022-0981(00)00174-x.

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Blaxter, J. H. S. "Dynamic aquaria: Building living systems." Aquaculture 110, no. 3-4 (March 1993): 373–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0044-8486(93)90383-a.

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Mitsch, William J. "Dynamic aquaria: Building living ecosystems." Ecological Engineering 1, no. 3 (September 1992): 257–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0925-8574(92)90008-p.

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Gardner, Haley M., Vaclav Hasik, Abdulaziz Banawi, Maureen Olinzock, and Melissa M. Bilec. "Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment of a Living Building." Journal of Architectural Engineering 26, no. 4 (December 2020): 04020039. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)ae.1943-5568.0000436.

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Ciugudeanu, Calin, Dorin Beu, and Elena Rastei. "Living Building Laboratory – Educational Building Project in Cluj-Napoca." Energy Procedia 85 (January 2016): 125–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.12.282.

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Sroufe, Robert. "Business Schools as Living Labs: Advancing Sustainability in Management Education." Journal of Management Education 44, no. 6 (September 11, 2020): 726–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1052562920951590.

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The buildings in which we teach management and decision analysis are ideal labs for advancing sustainability in management education, experiential learning, and integrated performance measurement. Utilizing building-based learning and design competition, student teams can learn about aspects of sustainability while proposing investments into the spaces we spend over 90% of our time inside of buildings. Buildings on university campuses provide an opportunity to design and deliver hands-on assignments showing how the actions taken on an existing building can improve the overall health and performance of that building and its owners and occupants. Contributions of this study include a primer on how to develop and deliver building-based learning and demonstrating ways in which to integrate a social cost of carbon in investments with a proven approach to assess and measure the return on integration of financial, environmental, and human health and productivity in a return on integration, integrated rate of return, and integrated future value. Insights and the lessons learned provide linkages to learning outcomes and assessment so that learning objectives are aligned with and advance sustainability in management education and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals with outcomes generalizable to any building and business.

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Lee, Chae-Young, Hong Liu, and Sun-Kee Han. "Application of Microbial Fuel Cells to Wastewater Treatment Systems Used in the Living Building Challenge." Korean Journal of Environmental Health Sciences 39, no. 5 (October 31, 2013): 474–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.5668/jehs.2013.39.5.474.

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Aleixo, Joana, Gonçalo Roque Araújo, and Manuel Correia Guedes. "Comparison of passive design strategies to improve living conditions: a study in Ondjiva, Southern Angola." Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability 6 (2021): 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/rees/2021020.

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Passive design strategies aim at creating comfortable buildings while reducing their energy consumption. Simple strategies such as the correct orientation of the building, the correct design of the building's openings, or the correct sizing of the building's constituent parts (such as walls, ceilings, etc.) according to their material specificities (regarding the region's climate) would greatly improve the performance of a building. This paper intends to show how the application of simple passive techniques in housing design can reduce the energy loads spent annually and improve the house's interior comfort. It translates the results of interior comfort computer simulations into suggestions for the application of passive strategies in housing design, to improve the living conditions in Southern Angola.

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Hart, Gary C., Chukwuma G. Ekwueme, Stephanie A. King, and Anurag Jain. "Living buildings." Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings 14, no. 4 (2005): 267–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tal.290.

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HUI, Eddie C. M., Cheuk-kin TSE, and Ka-hung YU. "THE EFFECT OF BEAM PLUS CERTIFICATION ON PROPERTY PRICE IN HONG KONG." International Journal of Strategic Property Management 21, no. 4 (December 20, 2017): 384–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/1648715x.2017.1409290.

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In response to the public’s increasing awareness of sustainable development, the construction industry has introduced “green” buildings which emphasize better environmental performance. However, as a building’s environmental performance is difficult to discern for laymen, different green building certifications have been established for evaluations in this regard. This study evaluates whether there exists a price premium for living space in buildings certified with BEAM Plus. The findings show that the prices of flats in BEAM Plus-certified buildings are 4.4% higher than those in nonregistered buildings, and that housing units in buildings with an “unclassified” rating are transacted at a discount of 5.9%. Nevertheless, if homebuyers mistake an “unclassified” building for a non-registered building, due to the non-disclosure of the “unclassified” result by developers, the price premium of BEAM Plus certification becomes higher (6.2%). Regardless, the price premium is much lower than those on the office sector. The reasons behind such differences can be attributed to the disparities in the tangible and intangible benefits associated with green living space and green office space. Policy implications with reference to Hong Kong’s GFA concession policy are then discussed.

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Alderman, Chris. "Building A Living Memorial for Veterans." Senior Care Pharmacist 36, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 1–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.4140/tcp.n.2021.1.

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Veterans have served their nations and their people, and though some might argue that monuments and ceremonials may serve the glorification of war, it is important to separate political philosophies from the actions of those whose work allows national security decisions to be enacted. What is indisputable is that, along with respect, recognition, and acknowledgement of the service of Veterans, we owe a debt of gratitude that must translate into action.

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Alderman, Chris. "Building A Living Memorial for Veterans." Senior Care Pharmacist 36, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 1–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.4140/tcp.n.2021.1.

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Veterans have served their nations and their people, and though some might argue that monuments and ceremonials may serve the glorification of war, it is important to separate political philosophies from the actions of those whose work allows national security decisions to be enacted. What is indisputable is that, along with respect, recognition, and acknowledgement of the service of Veterans, we owe a debt of gratitude that must translate into action.

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Hassan, Amira S. Ayoub. "Introduction to the Living Building Challenge." QScience Proceedings 2016, no. 3 (November 9, 2016): 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qproc.2016.qgbc.2.

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Pollack, Keshia M., Maryanne M. Bailey, Andrea C. Gielen, Sarah Wolf, M. Elaine Auld, David A. Sleet, and Karen K. Lee. "Building safety into active living initiatives." Preventive Medicine 69 (December 2014): S102—S105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.08.010.

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Booth, Colin A., Sona Rasheed, Abdul-Majeed Mahamadu, Rosemary Horry, Patrick Manu, Kwasi Gyau Baffour Awuah, Emmanuel Aboagye-Nimo, and Panagiotis Georgakis. "Insights into Public Perceptions of Earthship Buildings as Alternative Homes." Buildings 11, no. 9 (August 25, 2021): 377. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings11090377.

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Sustainable futures necessitate a concomitant requirement for both sustainable buildings and sustainable behaviours under one roof. The defining principles behind Earthship buildings are to promote the use of local, recycled, waste, natural and renewable materials in their construction, for the adoption of a passive solar design for internal heating/cooling, collection of rainwater as a potable water supply, and encourage the onsite recycling of used water for plants to aid food production. However, despite growth in Earthship buildings constructed across many countries of the world, their appeal has not yet made a noticeable contribution to mainstream housing. Therefore, this study is the first to attempt to explore public perceptions towards the benefits and barriers of Earthship buildings as a means of understanding their demand by potential home builders/owners. Opinions were sought through questionnaire surveys completed by visitors to the Brighton Earthship building. Results reveal that the public believe that the reclamation of rainwater and greywater, renewable energy consumption and use of recycled materials included in the design/build are the major benefits of Earthship buildings, whilst the opportunity for a modern living style in a conservative lifestyle/setting, having a building that is cheaper than an ordinary home and the possibility of living totally off grid are considered the least beneficial reasons for building Earthship homes. Results also reveal that the public believe acquiring necessary permits/permissions to build may be more complicated, securing financial support (mortgage/loan) may be more challenging, and identifying/attaining suitable building plots are major barriers of Earthship buildings, whilst the futuristic/alternative building design, being built from waste materials and being entirely dependent on renewable resources (rainfall/wind/sunshine) are considered the least important barriers to building Earthship homes. Notwithstanding the participants included in this study already having an interest in Earthship buildings/lifestyles, it is concluded that the general public deem the general principles of Earthships as an acceptable choice of building/living but it is the formal means of building or buying an Earthship home that is the greatest hurdle against the uptake of Earthship buildings. Therefore, if sustainable futures are to be realized, it is proposed that a shift away from traditional house building towards Earthship building will require the involvement of all stakeholders immersed in the building process (architects, planners, builders, investors, lawyers) to path an easier journey for Earthship buildings and sustainable living.

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Mohamad, Andriliwan, Moh Karmin Baruadi,, Hasanuddin Fatsah, and Dakia N. Djou. "BANTAYO POBOIDE GORONTALO TRADITIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION: CULTURE PERSPECTIVE." International Journal of Education and Social Science Research 05, no. 04 (2022): 421–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/ijessr.2022.5429.

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The traditional buildings of an area, including the construction of the Bantayo Podoide Gorontalo traditional building, have their characteristics compared to other traditional buildings. This study examined the construction of the Bantayo Podoide Gorontalo traditional building. This study aimed to examine the construction of the Bantayo Podoide Gorontalo traditional building located in Gorontalo Regency, Gorontalo Province, Indonesia. This study used a qualitative approach and hermeneutical methods to examine the construction of the Bantayo Podoide Gorontalo traditional building. Data collection was carried out by direct observation of the Bantayo Podiide Gorontalo traditional building and interviews with informants as traditional leaders who understand the Bantayo Podoide Gorontalo traditional building. The data were analyzed qualitatively by displaying, reducing the required data, and drawing conclusions. The results showed that the construction of the Bantayo Podoide Gorntalo traditional building followed the traditional philosophy and function of the Bantayo Podoide traditional building as a meeting place for the King and traditional stakeholders of Gorontalo. The construction of the traditional building is supported by 32 pillars supporting Bantayo Poboide Gorontalo, which is divided into five parts, namely: (1) the outer or front porch, (2) the living room, (3) the living room, (4) the interior room, and (5) the living room. The back includes the kitchen, bathroom, and other small rooms.

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Giyasov, Botir, and Irina Giyasova. "The Impact of High-Rise Buildings on the Living Environment." E3S Web of Conferences 33 (2018): 01045. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20183301045.

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Urbanization as a socio-economic process manifested in the concentration of the population in modern big cities contributes to the development of high-rise building construction. With the development of education and culture, changing leisure habits, city residents put forward new architectural and functional requirements to the living environment and urban infrastructure. This calls for the creation of new types and forms of residential buildings, the structure of the city and transport networks. In addition, the need to develop high-rise building construction is justified by the growing demand for residential, public and administrative buildings and the lack of free space.The paper analyzes the development of high-rise building construction in urban areas. The problem of the impact of high-rise building construction in big cities on the living environment is considered. Using analytical methods, causes and sources of pollution, such as transport and engineering infrastructure have been identified. In some urban areas, there are zones with modified thermal conditions and air exchange resulting in the formation of the “urban heat island”The qualitative and quantitative characteristics of variations in temperature and wind speed with respect to the height of the building have been calculated, using the example of the Evolution Tower of the Moscow International Business Center (“Moscow City”). Calculation and comparative analysis for the cities of Moscow, Khanty-Mansiysk and Vladivostok has made it possible to assess the variation in temperature and wind speed and their impact on the living environment under different climatic conditions.

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Lindblad, Fredrik, and Åsa Gustavsson. "A Comparison between Architects' and Residents' Perceived Living Quality in Wooden Multifamily Houses in Sweden." Forest Products Journal 70, no. 4 (November 1, 2020): 462–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.13073/fpj-d-20-00031.

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Abstract There is currently great interest in the production of wooden multifamily houses in Sweden, due to increased environmental concern combined with a demand for modern building solutions. The focus in industry and academia alike has been dominated by new innovative building solutions along with increased industrialization of the building process, aiming to improve the overall building quality and the profitability for the involved actors. However, little attention has been paid to what the residents perceive as living quality. Understanding residents' perceived living quality—compared with architects' perceptions—allows the possibility of adjusting the modern building solution of wooden multifamily houses in order to meet residents' actual expectations and, in the long term, to increase the wood-building industries' market share. The purpose of this article is to compare how residents and architects perceive living quality and whether these stakeholders' perceptions differ regarding building type and material choice (i.e., multifamily wooden or concrete buildings). A survey was sent out to 485 respondents in Sweden to gain insight into living quality perceptions. The results revealed discrepancies in what is perceived to be important in new housing development, although neither group was willing to pay more to live in a wooden building compared with a concrete building.

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Saarimaa, Sini, and Sofie Pelsmakers. "Better Living Environment Today, More Adaptable Tomorrow?" Yhdyskuntasuunnittelu-lehti 58, no. 2 (October 29, 2020): 33–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.33357/ys.89676.

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In Finland, maximising urban land value has often resulted in urban housing with increased efficiency. This study highlights how increased building efficiency can lead to reduced living environment quality, manifesting in for example deep plan plans with limited opportunities for dwellers to adapt spaces to meet their changing needs over time. Within the Finnish urban housing context, this study evaluates the adaptation potential of two case study apartment buildings, with seven apartments studied in more detail. These cases represent a broader set of housing cases finished in 2019 or planned to be constructed in 2020–2022 in Finland's largest urban areas. Illustrated by comparative building and apartment plans, the findings indicate that the selected cases generally lack much capacity to accommodate change, but this can be improved with fairly simple spatial modifications with the same apartment number and size. It was also highlighted that in some cases there may be broader implications for the land use, and the city plan. The implications of the findings draw out a discussion about the inter-relationship between housing adaptability, dwelling quality and apartment type, building typology and urban housing block design at the city plan level.

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Pengly, K., and C. Tirapas. "A Survey of Phnom Penh Apartment Shophouses’ Conditions for Future Housing Adaptability Revitalization in Phnom Penh." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1101, no. 4 (November 1, 2022): 042024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1101/4/042024.

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Abstract Phnom Penh, Cambodia, has planned to be one of the liveable and sustainable cities by improving the living quality of citizens. However, the new living developments (high-rise apartments, townhouses, office buildings) have ignored the neighbourhood living conditions (mixed use and dense) and caused urban gentrifications. Moreover, the study also shows that new generations prefer a good quality home design responding to needs and lifestyles. These address opportunities for pursuing living design solutions according to the policies, people’s preferences, and pain points of existing housing designs. A typical urban residential type in Phnom Penh is Apartment Shophouses. In the past, they were a row of two-story buildings located in city areas. The ground units were for business purposes, while the upper floors were for multi-family living accessing from a courtyard in the middle. Presently, the Apartment Shophouses have changed into a row of 5-6 story, diversified-use, and lively buildings. Nevertheless, they lack maintenance, poor daylight, and ventilation. According to the policies and residents’ preferences, these challenges for the Apartment Shophouses revitalization into an adaptable, lively neighbourhood and good lifestyle building for the new generations. The study investigates the living and adaptive conditions of the Apartment Shophouses from the 40 residents via online questionnaires and 10 residents via interviews. The results show weak conditions and opportunities for building with quality improvement based on the Open Building approach.

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Emmitt, Stephen. "Living with buildings." Building Research & Information 47, no. 7 (July 11, 2019): 785–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2019.1637595.

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Olah, Andras Bela. "The Green Building and Sustainability: Sustainable Construction of Ecological Green Living Buildings." International Journal of the Constructed Environment 1, no. 1 (2011): 39–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/2154-8587/cgp/v01i01/37387.

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Rahman, Md Samin, and Md Humayun Kabir. "Social Internet of Things (SIoT) Enabled System Model for Smart Integration of Building‟s Energy, Water and Safety Management: Dhaka City, Bangladesh Perspective." AIUB Journal of Science and Engineering (AJSE) 18, no. 1 (May 31, 2019): 19–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.53799/ajse.v18i1.18.

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Dhaka, being the largest township of Bangladesh City Buildings is excreted by in-migration, a rapid growth of population, withering of living and infrastructure standard, which eventually is threatening overall sustainability and well beings. Modernization and digitalization of building infrastructure is not only an important step towards resolving the problems but also it will be a facilitator for smart, efficient and optimized urbanization. On May 2018, the authors conducted a survey among 51 Residential Building’s owner/building managers, 25 Non-residential Building’s owner/building managers and 25 corporate building’s owner/building managers to find market adoptable IoT solutions for building’s smart efficient energy, water and safety managements. The features requested in this survey are optimized and implemented by the authors and finally, here the system model with simulation results is presented. This system shows promising energy, water resource management optimization and some intriguing factors that validate its objectives, social characteristics, market usability.

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Zhang, Lei, and Fu Ting Wang. "The Analysis of Green Building's outside Decoration Materials." Advanced Materials Research 805-806 (September 2013): 1583–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.805-806.1583.

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As the citys main carrier, building plays an irreplaceable role in healthy and green living environment of the people. Nowadays, green building has become an important standard evaluation of building. Outer decoration materials are a part of the buildings structure,its jacket, and appearance of the city. Through investigating and understanding the outer decoration materials at home and abroad, analyzing the advantages and disadvantages that may exist in the process of development, interpreting the application value of environmental protection materials, renewable energy, intelligent materials in building facade design, as a result, provide some basis for exploring new materials about green building outside decoration. Do advocate protecting the environment and having a healthy living.

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Larson, K., S. Intille, T. J. McLeish, J. Beaudin, and R. E. Williams. "Open Source Building — Reinventing Places of Living." BT Technology Journal 22, no. 4 (October 2004): 187–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/b:bttj.0000047598.66712.e0.

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Dunn, Richard M. "Living, Dying, and Building in the Metropolis." Journal of Urban History 22, no. 6 (September 1996): 727–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009614429602200605.

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Hudson, Ken, Robert Pollin, and Stephanie Luce. "The Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy." Contemporary Sociology 29, no. 1 (January 2000): 263. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2654964.

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Conti, Riccardo Luca, Joana Dabaj, and Elisa Pascucci. "Living Through and Living On?" Migration and Society 3, no. 1 (June 1, 2020): 213–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/arms.2020.030117.

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In this article, we examine the school project implemented by the architecture charity CatalyticAction in the informal refugee settlement of Jarahieh, in the Bekaa, Lebanon. In doing so, we propose an approach to participatory humanitarian architecture that extends beyond the mere act of designing “together” an “object building.” We see participatory architecture as a process that develops incrementally through the socioeconomic life of precarious communities—through what we call the “living through” and “living on” of participation. While remaining attentive to the infrastructural and political limitations to architectural durability in refugee settlements, we foreground the social life of architectural forms, and consider the built environment as not simply “used,” but produced and (re)productive through time, beyond, and often in spite of, humanitarian interventions.

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Carswell, Andrew T. "Living where you work." Facilities 36, no. 5/6 (April 3, 2018): 258–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/f-12-2016-0106.

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Purpose This paper aims to examine whether property managers who live on-site within a residential apartment building provide a value-added benefit to the management in the form of cost control and revenue maximization. Design/methodology/approach This research uses two large US data sets that cover operational and financial data of apartment owners/operators and the financial and individual housing situations of renters themselves. The regression models developed were general linear models with operating expenses, rent collection and monthly rent paid as dependent variables, with on-site resident manager status as the experimental variable. Findings This research finds that the value of on-site property managers does not definitively maximize rent revenue, as expected. On-site property managers also don’t show significant reductions in operating expenses, although they are not cost centers either. Individual renter households do, however, pay a significant rent premium for units in communities with on-site personnel living there. Research limitations/implications The limitations of this research include the inability to merge the two data sets and the inability to measure the intangible attributes of the on-site residential manager’s experience. Practical implications As roughly 30 per cent of US rental apartment buildings have some form of on-site manager, this research has some practical implications for multifamily housing investors/owners, a highly visible US building sector. Social implications The action of hiring an on-site residential property manager also addresses issues related to the optimization and efficient allocation of human resources for property management companies. Originality/value This appears to be the first research addressing property managers who live at the site where they also work.

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Ganesh, Viswanathan, Ajay Krishna V.M, Senthilmurugan S, and Ajit Ram R.R. "Role of Green Buildings in Sustainable Living: Implementation and Impacts." ECS Transactions 107, no. 1 (April 24, 2022): 189–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/10701.0189ecst.

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The rise in the number of carbon footprints has led to various new challenges and opportunities to reduce the rate of global warming and carbon footprints present in the atmosphere. Similarly, the amount of global warming caused by the modern buildings and electrical devices which are required for the purpose of cooling and heating have played a key role in the higher concentration of temperature in the urban areas. On the other hand, the temperature levels in rural areas are comparatively lower than the urban areas due to large bare land available for the free movement of air and the effect of trees have reduced the temperature with the help of natural shades and oxygen production. Therefore, the concept of green building and net zero building have been incorporated to enable the concept of nature into the buildings where the people can be more interconnected to the nature and get benefited to reduce the overall temperature and global warming effect in the coming future.

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Rodger, Susan C., and Andrew M. Johnson. "The Impact of Residence Design on Freshman Outcomes: Dormitories Versus Suite-Style Residences." Canadian Journal of Higher Education 35, no. 3 (September 30, 2005): 83–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.47678/cjhe.v35i3.183515.

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This study was designed to measure affective, behavioural, and cognitive variables in a sample of 3159 first-year students, and to compare these variables by the type of residence building in which the student lived. Students living in suite-style buildings reported a greater sense of belonging, and higher activity levels than students living in dormitory- style buildings. Furthermore, sense of belonging was predicted by high extraversion and low conscientiousness. This suggests that introverted, conscientious students living in traditional dormitory-style buildings may be most at-risk of feeling “out-of-place” in residence.

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Gouws, S., and M. Gouws. "Thermally regulated green living wall." South African Journal of Chemistry 76 (2022): 91–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/0379-4350/2021/v76a13.

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Green living walls can improve the aesthetic quality of a building and moderate the temperature within it. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the green wall has any effect on the interior temperature of the building in the hot and cold months of the year. Temperatures on an outside wall as well as on research and control areas were monitored to capture temperature data for a one-year period that encompassed all seasons: sunny, cold and wet. The findings of this research contribute to the knowledge of the effects provided by green living walls in terms of cooling and heating, the influence on the proximity microclimatic conditions, and overall energy transfer. Heat flux of 20-100 W/m2 was found indicating an insulating effect that brings about cooling in the interior of the building. During summer months a cooling effect of 2-4 °C was observed, while the opposite effect was observed during winter in that the temperatures did not drop by much but provide a insulating effect of 2-3 °C higher than it was for the control area. Altogether, green living walls could be implemented to reduce and insulating interior living conditions and therefore reduce building energy demands.

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Bai, Shan. "Discussion on Urban Residential Building Energy Efficiency Design." World Construction 1, no. 1 (December 27, 2012): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/wc.v1i1.31.

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<p>With the rapid development of the country's overall per capita consumption level has been greatly improved, so as the development of urbanization, the demand for urban housing construction has greatly increased, and people's living standards but also pay more attention to improve energy saving urban housing, in order to ensure the health of people living environment, green, green. Furthermore, urban residential building energy saving marks the development of urban modernization, strictly follow the principle of sustainable development in our country. With the development of society, resources and energy consumption of large quantities of now, we do not just want to ensure the quality of people's living standards and even possible to reduce energy and resource consumption, so that energy-saving design of urban residential buildings became heavy in the weight. Therefore, this article on some of the problems of urban residential building energy efficiency design of the existence of and the factors affecting these issues briefly analyze and find appropriate solutions to ensure that the urban residential buildings not only meet the needs of people's lives but also to achieve energy saving and environmental protection role.</p>

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Bai, Shan. "Discussion on Urban Residential Building Energy Efficiency Design." World Construction 1 (December 27, 2012): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/wcj.v1i1.5.

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<p>With the rapid development of the country's overall per capita consumption level has been greatly improved, so as the development of urbanization, the demand for urban housing construction has greatly increased, and people's living standards but also pay more attention to improve energy saving urban housing, in order to ensure the health of people living environment, green, green. Furthermore, urban residential building energy saving marks the development of urban modernization, strictly follow the principle of sustainable development in our country. With the development of society, resources and energy consumption of large quantities of now, we do not just want to ensure the quality of people's living standards and even possible to reduce energy and resource consumption, so that energy-saving design of urban residential buildings became heavy in the weight. Therefore, this article on some of the problems of urban residential building energy efficiency design of the existence of and the factors affecting these issues briefly analyze and find appropriate solutions to ensure that the urban residential buildings not only meet the needs of people's lives but also to achieve energy saving and environmental protection role.</p>

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Smith, Andrew J., Andrew Fsadni, and Gary Holt. "Indoor living plants’ effects on an office environment." Facilities 35, no. 9/10 (July 4, 2017): 525–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/f-09-2016-0088.

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Purpose The use of indoor living plants for enhancement of indoor relative humidity and the general environment of a large, modern, open plan office building are studied using a mixed-methods paradigm. Design/methodology/approach The quantitative element involved designated experimental and control zones within the building, selected using orientation, user density and users’ work roles criteria. For a period of six months, relative humidity was monitored using data loggers at 30 min intervals, and volatile organic compounds were measured using air sampling. Qualitative “perception data” of the building’s users were collected via a structured questionnaire survey among both experimental and control zones. Findings Study findings include that living plants did not achieve the positive effect on relative humidity predicted by (a-priori) theoretical calculations and that building users’ perceived improvements to indoor relative humidity, temperature and background noise levels were minimal. The strongest perceived improvement was for work environment aesthetics. Findings demonstrate the potential of indoor plants to reduce carbon emissions of the [as] built environment through elimination or reduction of energy use and capital-intensive humidification air-conditioning systems. Originality/value The study’s practical value lies in its unique application of (mainly laboratory-derived) existing theory in a real-life work environment.

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Shaikh, Sajan, Mir Aftab Hussain Talpur, Farrukh Baig, and Manzoor Ahmed Ogahi. "Setback Violation and Residents’ Perception about Living Conditions in Vertical Buildings of Qasimabad, Hyderabad." Journal of Art Architecture and Built Environment 2, no. 1 (June 2019): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.32350/jaabe.21.01.

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Setback is a building regulation enforced to regulate spacing between two buildings in order to have adequate solar exposer and ventilation. It is mandatory on the part of every individual who wants to construct a structure to obtain permission from the local authority before its construction. Despite rules and regulations framed for good reasons, instances of violation of development control rules (especially setback rules) are observed in the residential buildings of Qasimabad, Hyderabad. This results in the obstruction of sunlight, poor ventilation and high consumption of energy. It also results in deteriorating living conditions and narrowing of the adjacent local roads and alleys, creating congestion. So, this paper has tried to highlight the violations of setback rules in residential buildings and their impact on living conditions. For the perception of living conditions, a questionnaire survey with the Likert 5-point scale was used. Field survey technique was also carried out to measure the existing setbacks of residential buildings in Qasimabad. Standardized setbacks were determined by applying the formulas and by comparing them with existing setbacks. The comparison shows that existing setbacks are against building bye-laws. Despite discussing all building laws with various development agencies, this research is limited to discussing the setback rules mentioned in National Reference Manual (NRM). The study reveals that those residents who do not have a side setback area are more concerned with their privacy, smoke, sound and darkness; whereas, ineffective lighting, air circulation and the rise of temperature affect the living conditions and result in high energy consumption by residents. The study is imperative because it brings the focus of the development agencies towards the neglect of setback rules in high rise buildings and provides the evidence of their impact on living conditions by measuring residents’ perceptions.

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Edwards, Nancy, Donna Lockett, Faranak Aminzadeh, and Rama C. Nair. "Predictors of Bath Grab-Bar Use among Community-Living Older Adults." Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 22, no. 2 (2003): 217–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0714980800004530.

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ABSTRACTBathrooms are a common location for falls among older adults. Bath grab bars can assist in promoting safe bath transfers. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of bathroom safety-device use among community-living seniors. A two-stage sampling strategy was used to select, first, a random sample of non-universal apartment buildings and a matched sample of universal buildings, from among non-profit apartment buildings in two Canadian regions; and second, a random sample of participants within each building. A total of 550 seniors participated in face-to-face interviews in their apartments. Participants within each building type presented with similar profiles. A logistic regression was used to identify predictors of grab-bar use among participants who had grab bars and entered the bathtub on a regular basis (n= 478). Significant predictors, in order of odds ratios, were bathing difficulties, ease of grab-bar use, living in buildings with policies supporting universal access to grab bars, having a history of falls, and reporting few psychosocial consequences of grab-bar use. Findings of this study emphasize the importance of promoting access as a key strategy for increasing use and have important implications for policy planning and falls-prevention initiatives.

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Söderholm, Anna, Ann Öhman, Berndt Stenberg, and Steven Nordin. "Experience of living with nonspecific building-related symptoms." Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 57, no. 5 (August 17, 2016): 406–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12319.

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Scarfo, Bob. "Building a More Sustainable Future for Senior Living." Educational Gerontology 37, no. 6 (June 2011): 466–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2011.570198.

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Gardner, Haley, Julissa Garcia, Vaclav Hasik, Maureen Olinzock, Abdulaziz Banawi, and Melissa M. Bilec. "Materials life cycle assessment of a living building." Procedia CIRP 80 (2019): 458–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2019.01.021.

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Smith, Mark Stafford, Craig James, Murray McGregor, and Jan Ferguson. "Guest Editorial: Building a Science of Desert Living." Rangeland Journal 30, no. 1 (2008): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rj08900_ed.

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Ouyang, Liliang, James P. K. Armstrong, Manuel Salmeron‐Sanchez, and Molly M. Stevens. "Assembling Living Building Blocks to Engineer Complex Tissues." Advanced Functional Materials 30, no. 26 (February 5, 2020): 1909009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201909009.

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Ma, Ming, Yong Li, Jing Kong, Juan Wang, Min Zhang, Wen Ming Wang, Hao Su, Li Qiu, Jing Kang, and Wen Chen. "The Traditional Steppe Herders of Inner Mongolia Settlements Residential Building Pattern Language." Applied Mechanics and Materials 368-370 (August 2013): 134–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.368-370.134.

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Under the revelation of typology method, this essay aims at analyzing the evolution of the traditional residential buildings in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, summing up the prairie residential building construction pattern language, and exploring the appropriate settlement of pastoralists living space mode. In order to inherit the essence of excellent grassland culture, improve the environment and living conditions in pastoral areas habitat which has important practical significance.

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Generalov, V. P., and E. M. Generalova. "Potential of Buildings Creating High-Quality Urban Environment." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 988, no. 4 (February 1, 2022): 042086. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/988/4/042086.

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Abstract The study deals with the problem of creating high-quality comfortable residential urban environment with the inclusion of residential buildings that have different space-planning structure. The analysis of objects built both in the middle of the last century and in the last 20-30 years is carried out. The research provides comparative assessment of these buildings and complexes that have a developed network of service functions in their structure. As a result, these buildings and complexes have a more significant impact on the creation of high-quality comfortable living environment. Due to the different impact of a building on the living environment, the authors propose to introduce such a concept as «typological potential of a building». Depending upon the impact on comfort and quality of the environment there are residential buildings with «negative», «zero», «small», «medium», «above-average» and «high potential».

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Martínez-Bello, Nadhiely, Mónica José Cruz-Prieto, David Güemes-Castorena, and Alberto Mendoza-Domínguez. "A Methodology for Designing Smart Urban Living Labs from the University for the Cities of the Future." Sensors 21, no. 20 (October 9, 2021): 6712. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21206712.

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Cities have high demand and limited availability of water and energy, so it is necessary to have adequate technologies to make efficient use of these resources and to be able to generate them. This research focuses on developing and executing a methodology for an urban living lab vocation identification for a new water and energy self-sufficient university building. The methods employed were constructing a technological roadmap to identify global trends and select the technologies and practices to be implemented in the building. Among the chosen technologies were those for capturing and using rain and residual water, the generation of solar energy, and water and energy generation and consumption monitoring. This building works as a living laboratory since the operation and monitoring generate knowledge and innovation through students and research groups that develop projects. The insights gained from this study may help other efforts to avoid pitfalls and better design smart living labs and off-grid buildings.

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