Life Cycle Assessment On Green Building Implementation Bedited By Vivian W Y Tam Khoa N Le And Liyin Shen

Author : Vivian W. Y. Tam,Khoa N. Le,Liyin Shen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Environmental engineering
ISBN : 3038422576

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Life Cycle Assessment on Green Building Implementation$Bedited by Vivian W.Y. Tam, Khoa N. Le and Liyin Shen by Vivian W. Y. Tam,Khoa N. Le,Liyin Shen Pdf

Greenhouse-gas emissions have become one of the most impacting environmental issues in today's society. A rapidly increasing trend in global CO2emissions particularly since the early nineties (23.64% since 1990) has led to the generation of about 50,000 million tons of CO2-equivalent (eqv) worldwide in 2010. According to mainstream climate experts, the increasing concentration of greenhouse-gases is having a warming effect on the world climate. To slow down global warming, there is a global focus on reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. Life cycle assessment in green building implementation is the focus of this Special Issue

Author : Vivian W. Y. Tam,Khoa N. Le,Liyin Shen
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-27
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9783038422563

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Life Cycle Assessment on Green Building Implementation by Vivian W. Y. Tam,Khoa N. Le,Liyin Shen Pdf

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Life Cycle Assessment on Green Building Implementation" that was published in Sustainability

Author : Cuong N. N. Tran,Vivian W. Y. Tam,Khoa N. Le
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000409154

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Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Commercial Buildings by Cuong N. N. Tran,Vivian W. Y. Tam,Khoa N. Le Pdf

This book develops a model to evaluate and assess life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions based on typical Australian commercial building design options. It also draws comparisons between some of the many green building rating tools that have been developed worldwide to support sustainable development. These include: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) by the Building Research Establishment, Comprehensive Assessment System for Building Environmental Efficiency (CASBEE) by the Japanese Sustainable Building Consortium, and Green Star Environmental Rating System by the Green Building Council of Australia. Life-cycle assessment (LCA), life-cycle energy consumption, and life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions form the three pillars of life-cycle studies, which have been used to evaluate environmental impacts of building construction. Assessment of the life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of buildings is one of the significant obstacles in evaluating green building performance. This book explains the methodology for achieving points for the categories associated with reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the Australian Green Star rating system. The model for the assessment uses GaBi 8.7 platform along with Visual Basic in Microsoft Excel and shows the relationship between the building’s energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions released during the lifetime of the building. The data gathered in the book also illustrates that the green building design and specifications are becoming more popular and are being increasingly utilized in Australia. This book is important reading for anyone interested in sustainable construction, green design and buildings and LCA tools.

Author : I.M. Chethana S. Illankoon,Vivian W. Y. Tam,Khoa N. Le
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780128200636

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Life-Cycle Cost Models for Green Buildings by I.M. Chethana S. Illankoon,Vivian W. Y. Tam,Khoa N. Le Pdf

Life-Cycle Cost Models for Green Buildings: With Optimal Green Star Credits illustrates the tools and methods for developing a life-cycle cost model that incorporates developer constraints while maximizing the number of credit points achieved. The book identifies the interdependencies among various credits in the Green Star environmental rating system. Afterwards, life-cycle cost is calculated by considering six main central business districts (CBDs) of Australia. The net present value (NPV) technique is used to calculate life-cycle costs. Further, a sensitivity analysis is also carried out for selected credits to identify the changes to life-cycle cost to the changes in discount rate. Once all the life-cycle cost data is calculated, this book illustrates the development of the proposed model using a Java application which allows users to evaluate each key criterion of green buildings separately. The book is designed to provide ample knowledge of the various options available to get green building certification and the further implications in-terms of life-cycle. Provides cost saving and management advice for keeping a green building project operating on time and budget throughout their life-cycle Expertly explains the various options available for gaining green building certification Allows users to build life-cycle cost models which is unique to the project at hand

Author : Vivian Y. Tam,Khoa N. Le
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128117507

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Sustainable Construction Technologies by Vivian Y. Tam,Khoa N. Le Pdf

Sustainable Construction Technologies: Life-Cycle Assessment provides practitioners with a tool to help them select technologies that are financially advantageous even though they have a higher initial cost. Chapters provide an overview of LCA and how it can be used in conjunction with other indicators to manage construction. Topics covered include indoor environment quality, energy efficiency, transport, water reuse, materials, land use and ecology, and more. The book presents a valuable tool for construction professionals and researchers that want to apply sustainable construction techniques to their projects. Practitioners will find the international case studies and discussions of worldwide regulation and standards particularly useful. Provides a framework for analyzing sustainable construction technologies and economic viability Introduces key credit criteria for different sustainable construction technologies Covers the most relevant construction areas Includes technologies that can be employed during the process of construction, or to the product of the construction process, i.e. buildings Analyzes international rating systems and provides supporting case studies

Author : Shpresa Kotaji,Agnes Schuurmans,Suzy Edwards
Publisher : SETAC
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Building
ISBN : 9781880611593

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Life-cycle Assessment in Building and Construction by Shpresa Kotaji,Agnes Schuurmans,Suzy Edwards Pdf

Author : Robert Crawford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Building materials
ISBN : 041555795X

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Life Cycle Assessment in the Built Environment by Robert Crawford Pdf

Against a backdrop of environmental standards becoming increasingly stringent, and the growing environmental consciousness of clients, the importance of life cycle assessment to those working in the built environment has increased dramatically. After outlining the framework for life cycle assessment, this book uses a range of case studies to demonstrate the innovative input-output-based hybrid approach for compiling a life cycle inventory.

Author : Vladik Kreinovich,Nguyen Hoang Phuong
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030495367

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Soft Computing for Biomedical Applications and Related Topics by Vladik Kreinovich,Nguyen Hoang Phuong Pdf

This book presents innovative intelligent techniques, with an emphasis on their biomedical applications. Although many medical doctors are willing to share their knowledge – e.g. by incorporating it in computer-based advisory systems that can benefit other doctors – this knowledge is often expressed using imprecise (fuzzy) words from natural language such as “small,” which are difficult for computers to process. Accordingly, we need fuzzy techniques to handle such words. It is also desirable to extract general recommendations from the records of medical doctors’ decisions – by using machine learning techniques such as neural networks. The book describes state-of-the-art fuzzy, neural, and other techniques, especially those that are now being used, or potentially could be used, in biomedical applications. Accordingly, it will benefit all researchers and students interested in the latest developments, as well as practitioners who want to learn about new techniques.

Author : James F. Mank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Recycling (Waste)
ISBN : UOM:39015095045756

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Size Reduction of Solid Waste by James F. Mank Pdf

Author : Bradley T. Erford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317525271

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Group Work in Schools by Bradley T. Erford Pdf

School counselors are often the only employees in school settings with any formal education in group work, and yet their training is typically a general course on how to run groups. Group Work in Schools provides an alternative training model; one that presents exactly what counselors need to know in order to successfully implement task-driven, psychoeducational, and counseling/psychotherapy groups in any educational setting. Additions to this newly updated second edition include: discussion topics, activities, case examples, integrated CACREP standards and learning outcomes, as well as an overall update to reflect the most recent research and knowledge.

Author : Finn Orstavik,Andrew R. J. Dainty,Carl Abbott
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118655535

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Construction Innovation by Finn Orstavik,Andrew R. J. Dainty,Carl Abbott Pdf

Construction innovation is an important but contested concept, both in industry practice and academic reflection and research. A fundamental reason for this is the nature of the construction industry itself: the industry and the value creation activities taking place there are multi-disciplinary, heterogeneous, distributed and often fragmented. This book takes a new approach to construction innovation, revealing different perspectives, set in a broader context. It coalesces multiple theoretical and practice-based views in order to stimulate reflection and to prepare the ground for further synthesis. By being clear, cogent and unambiguous on the most basic definitions, it can mobilise a plurality of perspectives on innovation to promote fresh thinking on how it can be studied, enabled, measured, and propagated across the industry. This book does not gloss over the real-life complexity of construction innovation. Instead, its authors look explicitly at the challenges that conceptual issues entail and by making their own position clear, they open up fresh intellectual space for reflection. Construction Innovation examines innovation from different positions and through different conceptual lenses to reveal the richness that the theoretical perspectives offer to our understanding of the way that the construction sector actors innovate at both project and organizational levels. The editors have brought together here leading scholars to deconstruct the concept of innovation and to discuss the merits of different perspectives, their commonalities and their diversity. The result is an invaluable sourcebook for those studying and leading innovation in the design, the building and the maintenance of our built environment.

Author : Mark J. van der Laan,Sherri Rose
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-17
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781441997821

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Targeted Learning by Mark J. van der Laan,Sherri Rose Pdf

The statistics profession is at a unique point in history. The need for valid statistical tools is greater than ever; data sets are massive, often measuring hundreds of thousands of measurements for a single subject. The field is ready to move towards clear objective benchmarks under which tools can be evaluated. Targeted learning allows (1) the full generalization and utilization of cross-validation as an estimator selection tool so that the subjective choices made by humans are now made by the machine, and (2) targeting the fitting of the probability distribution of the data toward the target parameter representing the scientific question of interest. This book is aimed at both statisticians and applied researchers interested in causal inference and general effect estimation for observational and experimental data. Part I is an accessible introduction to super learning and the targeted maximum likelihood estimator, including related concepts necessary to understand and apply these methods. Parts II-IX handle complex data structures and topics applied researchers will immediately recognize from their own research, including time-to-event outcomes, direct and indirect effects, positivity violations, case-control studies, censored data, longitudinal data, and genomic studies.

Author : Ana-Maria Dabija
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783030406714

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Energy Efficient Building Design by Ana-Maria Dabija Pdf

This book is the result of recent research that deals with the built environment and innovative materials, carried out by specialists working in universities and centers of research in different professional fields ─ architecture, engineering, physics ─ and in an area that that spans from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf, and from South Eastern Europe to the Middle East. This book takes the necessity of re-shaping the concept of building design in order to transform buildings from large scale energy consumers to energy savers and producers into consideration. The book is organized in two parts: theory and case studies. For the theoretical part, we chose from the wide range of sources that provide energy efficient materials and systems the two that seem to be endless: the sun and vegetation. Their use in building products represents a tool for specialists in the architectural design concept. The case-studies presented analyze different architectural programs, in different climates, from new buildings to rehabilitation approaches and from residential architecture to hospitals and sports arenas; each case emphasizes the interdisciplinarity of the building design activity in order to help readers gain a better understanding of the complex approach needed for energy efficient building design

Author : Marco Armiero,Marcus Hall
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780821419168

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Nature and History in Modern Italy by Marco Armiero,Marcus Hall Pdf

Marco Armiero is Senior Researcher at the Italian National Research Council and Marie Curie Fellow at the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technologies, Universitat Aut(noma de Barcelona. He has published extensively on-Italian environmental history and edited Views from the South: Environmental Stories from the Mediterranean World. --

Author : Catherine B. Avery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1076 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Italy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006489707

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The New Century Italian Renaissance Encyclopedia by Catherine B. Avery Pdf