The article briefly describes the technical characteristics of Russian high-rise buildings. It presents an in-depth study and analysis historical background main problems buildings today assesses trends in construction industry. This is based on extensive review scientific literature, focusing development tall Russia, current shortcomings prospects Russia are analyzed, analogy graphic methods. ...

In recent years, there has been a frequent occurrence of extremely cold conditions which has had a serious impact on the life of residents of buildings in various locations around the world. However, there have only been a very limited number of studies on the effects of residential area building layout on the winter wind environments, which led to a lack of quantitative guidance for residentia...

The percent of energy consumed by plug load equipment in commercial buildings is on the rise. Research conducted in the past has included surveying plug load equipment, measuring plug load electricity consumption and equipment operating patterns, and studying plug load reduction solutions in office buildings, but plug load energy use across other building types is poorly understood. A universit...