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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"green building practices"”.
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Green rebuilding the South Bronx : mapping the capacity to promote sustainable development in New York
… policy in New York City with the promotion of green building practices. I focus on the low-income minority communities of the South Bronx to ensure all of NYC-even historically marginalized neighborhoods-is part of the journey towards sustainable development. This green building study of New …
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Green building technologies : should a developer implement photovoltaics, underfloor air distribution, and natural ventilation?
This thesis explores implications of green, or environmentally sensitive, development in the commercial real estate industry. Developers, as building owners, will respond to ideas that can improve their profits, not necessarily to an environmental call to arms. The ability to lease up a development …
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The Effect of Green Insulation Standards on Moisture Accumulation within Framing of Residential Structures
Green building standards recommend use of a variety of new thermal insulation products. However, durability of wooden framing used in conjunction with new insulation materials has not been thoroughly examined, specifically in reference to interstitial condensation. This research used a single-sided …
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Changing Mindsets: Sustainable Design in Historic Preservation
… inherently sustainable. Unfortunately, current green building practices focus more on the ever-growing technological innovations that can be applied to new construction. A lack of education and collaboration amongst historic preservation and sustainable design practitioners, scholarly research …
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Re-defining the Architectural Design Process Through Building a Decision Support Framework for Design with Reused Building Materials and Components
Waste from construction and demolition-building activities is increasing every day. Landfills have almost reached their capacity. When thinking about the negative impact of demolishing activities on the environment it becomes very necessary to think about reusing and recycling building materials in …
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A roadmap for net-zero energy buildings in emerging economies: a study of residential new-buildings in Nigeria
The building industry is widely believed to be a major contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and consequently, climate change worldwide. Buildings contribute approximately 40% of global energy consumption and over 30% of total CO2 emissions. Over the past three decades, there has …