Search Results - subject:"Sustainable architecture"

A sustainable architecture approach to the economic and social aspects of the bazaar of Tabriz

Kalan, Arezou; Oliveira, Eduardo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Sustainable architecture aims to design buildings and infra-structures, such as squares and bazaars, adapted to the … social, economic, cultural and environmental contexts of certain place. The practice of sustainable architecture contributes … bioclimatic strategies, but also economic, social and cultural facets. Sustainable architecture research is either carried while …

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Parametric Study of Thermodynamics in the Mediterranean Courtyard as a Tool for the Design of Eco-Efficient Buildings

Rojas, Juan M.; Galán-Marín, Carmen; … - In: Energies 5 (2012) 7, pp. 2381-2403

Traditionally,<strong> </strong>people in the Mediterranean region knew that the temperatures in their courtyards were cooler in summer than outside temperature. This paper provides a quantitative study on the usefulness of Mediterranean courtyards as passive energy saving systems. This work is based on the...

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IMPORTANCE OF SERVICE LIFE PLANNING IN SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE

HERNÁNDEZ-MORENO, Silverio - In: Management Research and Practice (2011) 3, pp. 21-31

In most of the architecture and construction firms service life planning is not considered in the process of architectural design, and neither is life cycle assessment; and even on occasions, sustainable design is neither taken into account in the processes of building creation because it is...

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