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Smart and Sustainable Built Environments.

This book brings together a group of international specialists to explore the current state of the art and future potential for encouraging, developing and implementing smart and sustainable built environment strategies. It covers a broad spectrum of issues, ranging from technological advancement, t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yang, Jay
Otros Autores: Brandon, P. S. (Peter S.), Sidwell, Anthony C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Smart & Sustainable Built Environments; Contents; Preface; Introduction
  • bridging the gaps in smart and sustainable built environments; PART 1 CREATING SMART AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES; 1 Smart sustainable office design
  • effective technological solutions, based on typology and case studies; 2 Sustainable building: perspectives for implementation in Latin America; 3 Demonstrating New Zealand's future residential buildings; 4 Smart and sustainable city
  • a case study from Hong Kong; 5 Evaluation of scenarios of a Southern-European intelligent city of the future.
  • PART 2 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND TOOLS6 Building as power plant
  • BAPP; 7 Development of a self-contained micro-infrastructure appliance; 8 Concept for a DC-low voltage house; 9 Development of phase change thermal storage wallcoverings in buildings; 10 Investigating the energy efficiency of double-skin glass facades for an office building in Istanbul; 11 How to reduce energy-related greenhouse gas emissions in homes and offices in New Zealand; P.