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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"home building"”.
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The credit crunch and pension fund investment in home building
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1992.
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Anticipating the market for technological innovations in the home building industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1987.
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Strategic decisions in the home building industry : factors related to competitive advantage
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1987.
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Financial intermediation and real estate development : a new paradigm for the home building industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1994.
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ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΤΗΣ ΠΡΟΤΥΠΟΠΟΙΗΣΗΣ ΣΤΗ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΟΠΟΙΗΜΕΝΗ ΔΟΜΗΣΗ ΚΑΤΟΙΚΙΑΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ
… REVOLUTION UNTIL TODAY (DEVELOPED TRADITIONAL BUILDING, PREFABRICATION, SYSTEMS BUILDING). PROOF THAT NOT INDUSTRIALISED BUILDINGS EXIST NO MORE AND BUILDING IN THE INDUSTRIAL NATIONS HAS BEEN FORMED TO SYSTEMS OF COMBINATIONS OF STANDARDISEDPRODUCTS THROUGH NATIONAL STANDARDISATION …
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Old to green: A green renovation to a historic home and its important role in the current green building era
… applicability of each component of a historic home. The focus on historic homes in particular is to explore the important role they can play in the sustainable home building industry. With so much attention focusing on new home construction nowadays, there is concern that the critical …
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Besting the tract home : a software-based bricolage approach to affordable custom housing
… as the overwhelmingly dominant paradigm of home building and ownership in America because it's such an efficient and therefore cost-effective system. Custom-designed housing has provable benefits over a one size-fits-all approach, but has remained unreachable for the vast majority of home …
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The Operations of FNMA in the Secondary Mortgage Market
… financing was the creation of the Federal Home Loan Bank System in 1932 . The 1932 Act was the first of a series of measures that were designed to provide, among other things, a more adequate and well distributed volume of funds available for home financing .|The RFC Mortgage Company was …
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Industrializing housing through factory production : future or fantasy?
… question: What would be a viable factory-based home building strategy for the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S.? The thesis begins with research on the history and early ethos of the factory-built housing industry in conjunction with an analysis of the factory-built housing industry's current …
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Interior Chinatown: Chinatown as a Performative Space
… of creation, that of “Asia” for Hollywood and home for Taiwanese immigrants. I argue that <em>Interior Chinatown</em> offers a unique look at the perception or notion of Chinatown, paying attention to the way Hollywood has shaped it and used it to create a sense of China and “Asia” in the …
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Reconstructing low-energy housing using ‘systems of practice’.
… change mitigation targets (DECC, 2011). New homes are required to be carbon-neutral by 2016, presenting a considerable challenge to the housing industry (DCLG, 2006). Addressing this ambition remains shaped by the ‘techno-rational paradigm’, where energy savings rely on optimal design, …
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Caught in between policies: the intertwined challenges of access to land and housing in Gaborone, Botswana
… Housing Agency as the primary rationale for home building and ownership by low-income households in Gaborone was articulated through policy assessment and analysis. Furthermore, in-depth interviews to appreciate the affected populace's lived experiences in response to the practicality of …
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Latino lifestyle & the new urbanism : synergy against sprawl
… the amount of environmental impact, provide the home building industry a viable option to profit from the huge projected housing demand and enable local governments to accommodate growth in a more sustainable manner.
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Analysis of Means and Methods of Construction Improvement in Single Family Housing in Mid-Atlantic Rural University Towns
… of this study was to determine if innovative building methods and materials have the potential to lead to better productivity. Furthermore, this study endeavored to establish the premise that builders who use pre-fabrication, pre-assembly, and modular materials and building methods will …
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An Analysis of the Accounting Methods Used by Builders Producing Twenty-Five or Fewer Homes per Year
… jobs in any given year. Although small-volume home builders make up 70 percent of the membership of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), a trade association of the home building industry, little is known about the accounting practices of these builders. This thesis undertook to …
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“Professionals in a Soviet America” Federal Housing Policy, the Popular Front, and Architects in Los Angeles, 1919–1947
… magazine “The Delineator,” founded Better Homes in America, a national organization to promote the ideal American home through publications, model homes, and local events. Herbert Hoover, the then-Secretary of Commerce, served as the organization’s first president, operated it as the …
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Belonging in the Karst Mountains: Hmong Ways of Life on The Dong Van Karst Plateau,Vietnam
… are portrayed as refugees, forced to leave their homeland in China, and ending up in remote highland realms in Vietnam, Laos and Thailand under the arbitrary rule of culturally alien lowland states. They have been marginalised, dislocated and reformed according to lowland criteria, and find solace …
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Belonging in the Karst Mountains: Hmong Ways of Life on The Dong Van Karst Plateau,Vietnam
… are portrayed as refugees, forced to leave their homeland in China, and ending up in remote highland realms in Vietnam, Laos and Thailand under the arbitrary rule of culturally alien lowland states. They have been marginalised, dislocated and reformed according to lowland criteria, and find solace …
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Payback Information: It's Effect on Home Buyers Regarding Energy Efficiency
… affect consumer decision making with regards to home energy efficient upgrade packages. Three different home plans were obtained from a local builder and seven different energy efficient packages were created. Using Hot2000 the heating and cooling loads were calculated for each building, with …
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