Essays about: "housing industry"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 151 essays containing the words housing industry.

  1. 21. Enhancing the value of customization in the Swedish prefabricated housing industry : an architectural design approach

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för design (DE)

    Author : Kristina Mae Banzon; [2022]
    Keywords : Customization; prefabrication; modularity; BIM; sustainability;

    Abstract : Houses are unique personal spaces and individuals want flexibility and personalization in building their dream house. There is a current challenge in the prefabricated housing industry in Sweden where customers have increasing design demands and options that in essence, defeat the purpose of fixed design and prefabrication. READ MORE

  3. 22. Buildings LCA methodology, focus on the climate impact of maintenance and replacement processes

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Zoé Louise Barjot; [2022]
    Keywords : Buildings; life cycle assessment; maintenance; replacement; methodological choices; Swedish conditions; Byggnader; livscykelanalys; underhåll; utbyte; metodval; svenska förhållanden;

    Abstract : The Swedish government introduced on Monday 3rd of January 2022, a new bill to promote buildings’ sustainability. Assigned by the government, the bill was developed by the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning (Boverket). READ MORE

  4. 23. Spatiotemporal changes in Gothenburg municipality's green space, 1986 to 2019

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Kristin Blinge; [2021-04-01]
    Keywords : NDVI; multitemporal change analysis; incremental change; urbanization;

    Abstract : As the world’s population is becoming increasingly more urban the infrastructure expands to accommodate the inhabitants’ needs. In a dense urban environment green space has an important function since it provides vital ecosystem services, contributes to recreational and cultural values and is essential for biodiversity. READ MORE

  5. 24. The impact of building regulations on the price of a property : A study on the construction and real estate industry's views on building regulations

    University essay from KTH/Byggteknik och design

    Author : Therese Jensen; Philip Söderman; [2021]
    Keywords : National Board of Housing; housing market; construction costs; building regulations; new production; Planning and Building Act; planning process; pricing; production costs; interpretation; boverket; bostadsmarknad; byggkostnad; byggregler; nyproduktion; plan- och bygglagen; planprocess; prissättning; produktionskostnader; tolkningsfrihet;

    Abstract : Sweden is currently experiencing major population growth, focused predominantly in and around its major cities. This has created an ongoing challenge for municipalities to ensure housing supply meets demand, in turn increasing the required rate of construction. READ MORE

  6. 25. Time budgets of dairy cows in cow-calf contact system with automatic milking

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Teresa Johansson; [2021]
    Keywords : Dairy cows; Time budget; AMS; Cow-calf contact;

    Abstract : Time budgets of dairy cattle are useful to determine the amount of time the cows can allocate to all the behaviours throughout the day. In an automatic milking system (AMS), time budgets are of interest as the individuals are able to choose how to spend the majority of their time, besides the time in the milking robot, and can be used to ensure adequate amounts of time are spent on essential behaviours, such as lying and eating. READ MORE