The new age of computer graphics and the Internet, and the advancement of new technologies, forces the design environment of construction to undergo rapid changes. Such changes require good IT skills and a high level of Spatial Visualization Skills (SVS) for those who are training to use CAD environments. These skills deal with the ability to visualize 2D-3D information, and are considered to b...

In the research activity carried out in this PhD’s Project, the Ecodesign approaches and tools are transferred into the Building Sector in order to check the common concepts between these two cultures. This main goal is justified by the awareness that in the building sector several changes have been done. First of all to conform itself to Sustainable principles, and then, in wide use of buildin...

The construction and development of the PASSYS outdoor test cells were funded by the European Commission with the objective of providing high quality test environments for quantifying the performance of passive solar building components. Over the years since the original test cells were commissioned, the original concept for outdoor testing has been extended to include other test cell types. Si...

To solve this problem, corporate developers are increasingly designing applications that insulate the business functionality (application logic) from the business rules for routing work among the multiple steps that need to be performed. This approach is especially well-suited to componentbased architectures that are driven by workflow engines. In this presentation, Mr. Sprinzen will discuss th...