The debate on sustainable development has lead to the view of buildings as flows (mass, energy, money and information) or capitals. In this context buildings are considered as the largest physical, economical, social and cultural capital of a society. In Germany many institutions record different kind of data about buildings. Unfortunately there are just a few basic statistics about the amount ...

BACKGROUND In Chile, the government is providing basic dwellings to poor elderly subjects that do not have a place to live. These dwellings may be located in buildings or in codominiums. AIM To assess the quality of life perception of elderly subjects whose dwellings are located in buildings or in condominiums. MATERIAL AND METHODS The brief version of the quality of life questionnaire desi...

It is accepted that the visual comfort in schools depends on the quality of the whole visual environment. This leads to the concern upon the quality and quantity of lighting. Currently in Iran, in order to calculate energy transfer for public buildings a coefficient is usually used. This coefficient considers the rate of sunlight energy absorption in these kinds of buildings. To increase the ...

Indoor air quality (IAQ) in a building is a very important element to ensure the health and comfort level of the building occupants. This is because work productivity may be interrupted due to the polluted environmental condition and bad indoor air quality. Both factors may lead to bad health and physical condition and consequently to bad work performance. The study presents the understanding a...

Demolition of buildings at the end of their life cycle has become more and more important. These buildings are either no longer attractive in an architectural sense or did not reach sufficient standards. Especially industrial buildings which are no longer used because of technological or business reasons are often demolished by controlled explosives. To avoid damage of neighboring buildings or ...

Design and procurement based on holistic whole life appraisal can improve functional quality and, therefore, the overall cost effectiveness and performance of buildings. It is furthermore expected these principles can strengthen the competitiveness of concrete. The initial part of the work, analysed requirements on buildings and how concrete provides answers to these. Life cycle costing, enviro...

In this paper, Chi Lin Nunnery, the imitation of early Tang-Dynasty timber-structure building in Hong Kong, is used as an example to perform 3D model reconstruction and demonstrate the assembling process, as well as make a digital database of buildings. This paper gives an introduction to the features of ancient Chinese timber-structure buildings and also the workflow of 3D reconstruction of an...

In this study, six poultry buildings, consisting of four layer hen houses and two broiler houses located in Manisa Province in Turkey, were examined to find out the effects of planning systems on indoor environmental conditions where the age of litter for broiler ranged from 4-18 weeks and the age of commercial layer hens ranged from 22-43 weeks. Air quality parameters, as concentrations of amm...