Adaptive Thermal Comfort of Indoor Environment for Residential Buildings

This book is structured in four parts: First, it analyzes the sustainability objectives established for the building stock and the importance of thermal comfort in this aspect. Second, the existing adaptive thermal comfort models and the main energy-saving measures associated with these models are analyzed. Third, the energy savings obtained with these measures are analyzed in several case stud…

Data-Driven Modelling of Non-Domestic Buildings Energy Performance

This book outlines the data-driven modelling of building energy performance to support retrofit decision-making. It explains how to determine the appropriate machine learning (ML) model, explores the selection and expansion of a reasonable dataset and discusses the extraction of relevant features and maximisation of model accuracy. This book develops a framework for the quick selection of a …

Construction Waterproofing: HANDBOOK

Edition

2

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-07-148973-7

Collation

xiii, 632 hlm. ; 25 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

693.892 Kub c

SPON'S CONTRACTORS' HANDBOOK ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

0-419-16690-3

Collation

xv, 293 p.; 20 cm.

Series Title

-

Call Number

621.319 Spo s

Construction Materials Reference Book

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

0-7506-1004-2

Collation

794 p. : ill, ; 26 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

624.18 Con c

Alternative Envelope Components for Energy-Efficient Buildings

This book examines ways of saving energy by using green roofs and facades, solar devices such as building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), and thermal solar panels, as components of energy-efficient building envelopes. The author takes an interdisciplinary / multidisciplinary approach to the subject that analyzes several different scientific fields connected to building research—sustainabilit…

CONTRACTOR`S MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK, Second Edition

Edition

2nd

ISBN/ISSN

0-07-047797-3

Collation

ix, 25.19 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

624.068 O`Br c

SPONS' S CONTRACTORS' HANDBOOK; MINOR WORKS ALTERATIONS, REPAIRS AND MAINTENA…

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HANDBOOK OF ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

0-442-20525-2

Collation

490 p.; ill.; tab.; 25 cm.

Series Title

-

Call Number

690 Han h

HANDBOOK OF UTILITIES AND SERVICES FOR BUILDINGS: PLANNING, DESIGN, AND INSTA…

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

0-07-026829-0

Collation

x, p. bervariasi : ill. ; tab. ; 24 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

721 Har h

SPON`S CONTRACTORS` HANDBOOK: ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION, THIRD EDITION

Edition

3rd

ISBN/ISSN

0-419-16690-4

Collation

p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

621.319 Spo s

SPON'S CONTRACTORS' HANDBOOK; PAINTING AND DECORATING, 1991 FOURTH EDITION

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Seismic Design Methods for Steel Building Structures

The book, after two introductory chapters on seismic design principles and structural seismic analysis methods, proceeds with the detailed description of seismic design methods for steel building structures. These methods include all the well-known methods, like force-based or displacement-based methods, plus some other methods developed by the present authors or other authors that have reached…

Environmental Sustainability in Building Design and Construction

This monograph offers analyses of construction activities using various key concepts and assessments of sustainable development, and provides students and researchers with methodologies and design aspects for the sustainable development of the built environment. Additionally, the book demonstrates various national and international policies for assisting architects, engineers and policy makers …

Covered Bridges in China

This book is the first comprehensive work on Chinese covered bridges study, covering fields of human geography, historical buildings, and transportation. It includes more than 300 covered bridges of ancient and modern China, researching and analyzing their historical evolutions, architectural technologies and aesthetic values. And it, for the first time, divides Chinese covered bridges into “…

Design and Technological Applications in Sustainable Architecture

This volume discusses the climate responsiveness of sustainable architecture design and technology in China, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea in recent years, addressing concepts and applications in urban planning, building design, and structural performance evaluation. The four sections of the text cover the theory and implementation of sustainable architecture within various geographic bound…

Building Materials for Sustainable and Ecological Environment

This book uses theories, hypotheses, policies, practical insights and case studies to introduce and elucidate green building materials for sustainable construction. Cement is the most widely used building material in construction; however, it is not sustainable, being responsible for 7% of global carbon dioxide emissions and consuming huge quantities of energy. In order to limit the ecological …

Construction Materials

Construction Materials is a comprehensive textbook covering all raw materials and products related to the construction processes, and not only those applied to building structures. The book is organized to help readers achieve competent knowledge about construction materials. At the beginning of the book the author offers the general concepts, definitions, and standards adopted worldwide…

Full-Scale Field Tests of Different Types of Piles

This book provides full-scale field tests of different types of pile foundations. For the testing, it includes static load tests which consider various loading orientations, dynamic load tests, inclinometer monitoring and tests that aim to determine the load transfer mechanism of pile foundation. This book also covers the up-to-date popular topic with detailed project studies. This includes the…

Reviewing Design Process Theories

This interdisciplinary book explores design theories, combining research from a range of fields including architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, urban design, industrial design, software engineering, environmental psychology, geography, anthropology, and sociology. Following an extensive review of the current literature, the author reveals eight major types of theory in design pr…

Sustainability and Automation in Smart Constructions

This book gathers outstanding papers presented at the Conference on Automation Innovation in Construction (CIAC-2019). In recent years, there have been significant transformations in the construction sector regarding production and the use of computers and automation to create smart and autonomous systems. At the same time, innovative construction materials and alternative technologies are cruc…

Construction and Building Research

Many areas of knowledge converge in the building industry and therefore research in this field necessarily involves an interdisciplinary approach. Effective research requires strong relation between a broad variety of scientific and technological domains and more conventional construction or craft processes, while also considering advanced management processes, where all the main actors permane…

Materials and Joints in Timber Structures: Recent Developments of Technology

This book contains the contributions from the RILEM International Symposium on Materials and Joints in Timber Structures that was held in Stuttgart, Germany from October 8 to 10, 2013. It covers recent developments in the materials and the joints used in modern timber structures. Regarding basic wooden materials, the contributions highlight the widened spectrum of products comprising cross-lami…

Proceedings of the 3rd RILEM Spring Convention and Conference (RSCC 2020)

This book gathers peer-reviewed contributions presented at the 3rd RILEM Spring Convention and Conference, held at Guimarães and hosted by the University of Minho, Portugal, on March 9-14, 2020. The theme of the Conference was “Ambitioning a Sustainable Future for Built Environment: comprehensive strategies for unprecedented challenges”, which was aimed at discussing current challenges and…

Hygrothermal Behaviour and Building Pathologies

This book presents recent research in the area of construction pathology, hygrothermal behaviour of buildings, service life and diagnostic techniques, and highlights the latest developments in building physics, hygrothermal behaviour, durability and numerical models applied to building materials analysis. Discussing the state of the art in the field, and covering topics relevant to variety of e…

UHPCC Under Impact and Blast

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-981-33-6844-6

Collation

xxiii, 504p.:Ill.

Series Title

-

Call Number

620.135 Fan u

Environmental and Construction Engineering: Reality and the Future

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-030-75182-1

Collation

xv, 390p.:Ill

Series Title

-

Call Number

690 Env

Proceedings of the 3rd RILEM Spring Convention and Conference (RSCC 2020)

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-030-76543-9

Collation

xxv, 315p.:Ill

Series Title

-

Call Number

620.11 Pro

Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Structural Damage Modelling an…

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-981-15-9121-1

Collation

xii, 503p.:Ill.

Series Title

Lecture Notes in Civil; Engineering

Call Number

624.171 Pro

Case Studies in Building Rehabilitation

The book presents recent research and practical insights relating to building pathology. As such it contributes toward the systematization and dissemination of knowledge regarding structural and hygrothermal pathologies, durability and diagnostic techniques, while at the same time, demonstrating the latest advances in this domain. It includes new developments in the field of building pathology …